News
Japanese Language and Lacrosse
July 20, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
A love of Japanese culture and language led Kinori Rosnow ’17 to live, work, and play lacrosse in Japan.
![lacrosse players running on field](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kinorirosnow.jpg?itok=9CDQmL0n)
Oberlin to Host Conference of Japanese Literary Studies
February 5, 2018
Amanda Nagy
The Association of Japanese Literary Studies will bring to campus scholars from a range of disciplines in the group’s annual meeting in February.
![Peters Hall Peters Hall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peters_winter-arisa_williams.jpg?itok=Qn_opbCw)
Traveling Exhibit Examines Oberlin’s Social Justice Legacy in World War II
February 2, 2018
Tyler Sloan '17
Oberlin’s history of embodying leadership and empathy in times of political and social turmoil makes the title of the upcoming traveling exhibit, Courage and Compassion, especially fitting.
![Oberlin College’s 1943 student council. Back row: J. Benedict, K. Okuda, B. Burton, P. Lansdale. Front row: N. Rafetto, J. Prothero, G. Wettingfield, J. Pawlinson. Eight students in a 1940s living room.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/okuda_student_council_733w.jpg?itok=8pjqdaR0)
Lindsay Brubaker ’19 Awarded State Department Critical Language Study in Japan
May 16, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
The second-year student will study Japanese in Hikone, Japan.
![Lindsay Brubaker ’19](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lindsay_brubaker_17.jpg?itok=utC5FLVa)
Grace Evans Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Taiwan
May 8, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
The East Asian studies major will live and teach in Taiwan.
![Grace Evans ‘17](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/grace-evans-17.jpg?itok=uy0sn7xi)
Annelise Giseburt '16 Awarded Shansi Hiroshima Fellowship
April 26, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
Annelise Giseburt ’16 has been selected as the first-ever recipient of the Shansi Hiroshima Fellowship.
![Annelise Giseburt '16](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/giseburt_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=8ztveUuX)
Henry Aberle '16 Receives Shansi Fellowship
April 25, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Henry Aberle ’16 has been awarded a Shansi Fellowship to teach English at J.F. Oberlin University in Japan.
![Henry Aberle sitting on a staircase](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs59276_mg_0751160414henryaberle_0.jpg?itok=Qqdw05ll)
A Voice for Women Migrant Workers
May 23, 2015
Amanda Nagy
First-year Dai Li receives a Davis Projects for Peace grant to empower China’s factory workers through a labor-focused Android app.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/istock_000052674068_china_0.jpg?itok=8g3UAcGr)
Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura '15 Receives Fulbright Research Grant
April 29, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura ’15 will study regional food systems as drivers of local economies in Japan.
![Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura standing by a window](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/taiyo_jmanna.jpeg?itok=JjYO7fAo)
Grant Connects Study of Asia and Environment
March 5, 2015
Communications Staff
An exploratory grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has paved the way for intensive study trips to China and Japan, special seminars on campus, and curriculum development.
![Students and faculty (group shot).](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/wt15_china_ma_students_green_earth_volunteers_0.jpg?itok=cdwFDbNw)