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A new course this fall, Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sports, provides an innovative platform for students to talk about sports’ dynamic role in society.

Assistant Professor Jillian Scudder has gained a following with public outreach on topics of space, astronomy, and astrophysics.

Associate Professor of Africana studies Meredith Gadsby and her former student, Caitlin O’Neill ’11 participated in a panel about Afrofuturism during the "Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color" conference at Oberlin.

Obies earn top prizes for their research presentations at the National Association of Black Geoscientists annual conference.

In StudiOC clusters, faculty and students collaborate to connect disciplinary insights and lessons from individual classes.

The revamped academic advising model launched this fall aims to transform the first-year experience.

Carmen Twillie Ambar becomes first African American leader in the institution’s 184-year history.

Summer program facilitates dialogue on human rights and social justice.

A scholar athlete, Newton plans to pursue a PhD in politics or Africana studies.

Their love of track and field brought them to Oberlin—and to NCAA acclaim.