News
From Art History Major to Marketing Manager
March 10, 2023
Ava Miller '25
A series of marketing internships and a willingness to be open to new ideas paid off for Jessica Moskowitz, who handles media planning and buying of social media ads for Microsoft.
![Jessica and 3 others at a Microsoft sign outside an office building.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jessica-moscowitz.jpg?itok=_azorR0C)
Students Lead Reproductive Justice Symposium March 10-11
March 9, 2023
Amanda Nagy
Exhibition of student research and expert-led workshops sponsored by Oberlin's Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
![Reproductive Justice Three people stand in front of a screen with a projected image. The text reads "Reproductive Justice, Looking Forward, Learning from the Past."](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/reproductive_justice-alice_koeninger.jpg?itok=za5qxXbv)
Oberlin Secures $1M Mellon Foundation Grant for Food Studies Partnership with Lorain County Community College
March 6, 2023
Office of Communications
Wide-ranging collaboration to address food justice across the region through the humanities.
![Students cheerfully tending to a garden.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/students_at_george_jones_farm_by_yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=EOayJ4_O)
Field Finds His Pasture
March 3, 2023
Jarrett Hoffman
After 26 years at Oberlin, innovative director Jonathon Field trades higher ed for Mister Ed.
![Jonathon Field.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jonathon_field_2015_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=aPUnoc9r)
Oberlin Improv Fest 2023 Celebrates Range of Creative Practices
March 2, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
This year Oberlin students have had the opportunity for the first time to declare a minor in a new formalized course of study in improvisation. And from Thursday, March 2 through Saturday, March 4, they will have an immersive experience in the Oberlin Improv Fest 2023. All events of the festival are also open to audiences and are free.
![Four guest artists of the Oberlin Improv Festival Four guest artists of the Oberlin Improv Festival](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/improv_fest_cover.png?itok=NPVYtn5X)
How Biostatistical Analysts Are Born
March 1, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Ian Dinsmore studied physics and math. Then an internship shed light on a new path.
![Ian Dinsmore sits at his desk at Geisinger.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ian_dinsmore_headshot.jpeg?itok=izmAYv2b)
Oberlin Opera Theater Presents "Candide" March 9-12
March 1, 2023
Joshua Reinier
“ Candide is one of Leonard Bernstein's finer works. It’s a piece that transmits both hope and irony, and shows us the remarkable strength of the human spirit. It is a piece that is more of a musical than an opera, and it’s brought to life by our remarkable cast and production staff,” says director Jonathon Field.
![Candide production graphic Candide production graphic](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/candide-poster.png?itok=8VFJImDB)
He’s Feeling Lucky
February 28, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Software engineer Matt Blankinship ensures digital privacy for Google’s 1 billion users.
![Matt Blankinship selfie in front of Google sign.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/matt_blankinship_17_google_sign.jpg?itok=CApFNsZ1)
Cybersecurity is Topic of President’s Lecture by Stephen Checkoway
February 24, 2023
Communications Staff
Associate Professor of Computer Science is a leading scholar in the field of finding vulnerabilities in computer systems.
![Stephen Checkoway portrait Stephen Checkoway.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/stephencheckoway-trj.jpg?itok=zC-MZ10g)
Finding a Calling in Oberlin's Writing Associates Program
February 23, 2023
Ava Miller '25
After graduating from Oberlin in 2022, Ryo Adachi began a full-time position in Oberlin’s Writing Associates Program.
![Ryo Adachi portrait Ryo Adachi.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/ryoadachi_portrait-trj.jpg?itok=z7NMBy4U)