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Helping Kids Think Like Scientists
February 24, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Poised in front of an audience in Wright Lecture Hall, Assistant Professor Robert Owen sprinkles sand on a vibrating plate. But instead of presenting to his usual audience of college students, 51 children fill the seats.
![Assistant Professor Robert Owen](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs68481_get_with_the_program_141_of_156-lpr.jpg?itok=lBeAkHO0)
Collective Style
May 11, 2016
Amanda Nagy
The re-launched Oberlin Apparel Collective offers a new lineup of T-shirts and accessories that celebrate campus icons.
![Sticker on a computer says 'Drunk in Mudd'](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/apparel_collective-drunk_sticker_0.jpg?itok=7EYC9gll)
LaunchU Awards $45K to Ventures
February 10, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
The Identity Project, Storybook, and Humble Grounds Roasting Company were the winners of the 2016 LaunchU venture accelerator and pitch competition.
![Director of Entrepreneurship Elyzabeth Holford and Alesandra Zsiba ’10 with LaunchU award](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_main_0.jpg?itok=dX_2zh0P)
A Rising Star in African Entrepreneurship
August 5, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Kenyan international student and entrepreneur Sophie Umazi Mvurya ’16 has earned a place in the Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program.
![Sophie Umazi Mvurya](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_7333_0.jpg?itok=rMFU_Cga)
Ty Diringer ’14 Named Venture for America Fellow
May 11, 2015
Rosalind Black
Ty Diringer ’14 has been named a Venture for America (VFA) Fellow, a two-year program that trains recent college graduates and matches them with startup companies in fast-growing cities.
![young man standing with hands in pants pockets on downtown street.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs42585_tydiringer150402_mg_9519_0.jpg?itok=8S5LBnIo)
LaunchU Awards Top Prizes
February 25, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
Of 19 participating teams, three ventures—Pop Up Plus, Subtletees, and MyChair—were awarded top prizes at the third annual LaunchU venture accelerator and pitch competition.
![LaunchU participants posing in the Conservatory's SkyBar](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu2015-ventures_0.jpg?itok=TCB8FrGT)
Punch Brothers Talk Entrepreneurship with Oberlin Students
February 10, 2015
Daniel Hautzinger '16
American roots ensemble follows series of campus events with February 19 performance.
![Punch Brothers band speaking to an audience in a classroom.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/punch_brothers_in_bibbins_hall.png?itok=F0QbX-UC)
Venture Accelerator
January 26, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Student and alumni startups compete for $50K in 2015 LaunchU pitch competition.
![Launchu participants](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_group-crop_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=vBFb4nrD)
Ready to Launch
November 4, 2014
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin’s venture accelerator takes aim at current students, alumni, and the Oberlin community.
![LaunchU logo](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/finallylaunchu_0.jpg?itok=hPfdpupj)
Finance is for Everyone
October 23, 2014
Amanda Nagy
Already at the forefront of teaching the fundamentals of personal finance, Oberlin is a co-investigator in a national survey of undergraduates’ financial well-being.
![Beth Tallman teaches Entrepreneurship 110: Fundamentals of Finance](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/beth_tallman_0.jpg?itok=4hoYDy7M)