News
Emily Cohn ’17 to Have Feature Film Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
March 28, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
A 2017 graduate, Emily Cohn’s feature film, CRSHD, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this spring.
!["CRSHD" movie still for the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival "CRSHD" movie still showing three main actresses looking at the camera, holding their phones, against purple, pink, and yellow background](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/crshd_header_photo.jpg?itok=2AxZIWRj)
Oberlin Named Top Producer of Fulbright Students for Tenth Consecutive Year
March 22, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Oberlin has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Students for the 2018-19 academic year.
![Close-up of students taking notes at desks](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/fulbright_story_photo_header.jpg?itok=-jd5_J_B)
Enlivening Politics: Ziya Smallens ’16
December 11, 2018
Jane Hobson ’22
As an associate at West Wing Writers, Ziya Smallens ’16 is bringing a fresh perspective to political communications.
![Ziya Smallens ’16 Ziya Smallens](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ziya_s._headshotjpg.jpg?itok=U0e0PZ-M)
Amidst Fiction, Worlds Collide
October 24, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
The Creative Writing Program, along with Alumni in Service to Oberlin College, brought together Thisbe Nissen ’94 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Abbey Mei Otis ’11 to present their latest fiction writing to current students.
![Thisbe Nissen ’94 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Abbey Mei Otis ’11 Thisbe Nissen and Abbey Mei Otis](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cw_alumnae_talk1.jpg?itok=moHs8aqc)
Milena Williamson ’17 Takes Ownership of the Word ‘Poet’
July 12, 2018
Amanda Nagy
A double major in creative writing and English, Williamson was selected for this spring’s Poetry Ireland Introductions Series and received an award for emerging poets in Ireland.
![Milena Williamson photo Portrait of Milena Williamson standing in front of university](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/milena_williamson.jpg?itok=Fk71RgTS)
Olivia Goffman ’18 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia
May 21, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The history and creative writing double-major will teach English in Malaysia.
![Olivia Goffman Olivia Goffman](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/olivia_goffman.jpg?itok=QpHob1z2)
CJ Blair Wins 2018 Watson Fellowship
April 18, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Blair will combine his interests in science and creative writing by learning about how threatened species impact communities across the globe.
![CJ Blair portrait of CJ Blair](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cj_blair_jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=pRGPZjxX)
Creative Writing Professor Dan Chaon Inks Deal to Adapt Latest Novel to Television
June 23, 2017
Communications Staff
Dan Chaon, Delaney Professor of Creative Writing, has finalized a deal with Buster Productions as writer, executive producer, and creator of a limited television series based on his 2017 novel Ill Will.
![Dan Chaon](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dan_chaon_portrait.jpg?itok=w-muJq5O)
An Invitation to Write
December 15, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Creative writing teaching residency makes poetry accessible for local middle school students.
![Philippa Brandt](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/langston_poetry_3.jpg?itok=uYmV3q0T)
Olivia Schwartzman '16 Receives Fulbright in Taiwan
May 24, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Schwartzman says she looks forward to immersing herself in a language she is passionate about learning.
![Olivia Schwartzman](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs60293_mg_3075160519oliviaschwartzman-scr_0.jpg?itok=GEhzmOEB)