News
Leader of AIDS United Gives Presidential Convocation Talk Nov. 27
November 20, 2018
Communications Staff
Jess Milan Jr. leads AIDS United, a national organization focused on ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. He will present a talk titled “You are the Keeper of the HIV Movement.”
![Jesse Milan Jr. Jesse Milan Jr.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jesse_milan_.jpg?itok=aIl84J44)
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)
What I Didn’t Say: A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Sound Art Installation
October 12, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
What I Didn't Say, a sound art installation supported by the TIMARA program, will be on display in the science library on October 13, 15, and 16.
!["What I Didn't Say" Installation students working on "What I Didn't Say" installation](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/communications_header.jpg?itok=qJK054XR)
Skygazing: A Night at the Observatory
October 11, 2018
Phoebe Pan '20
A night out at one of the observatory’s public viewing sessions reveals captivating sights and experiences.
![Oberlin College Observatory picture on wall of Oberlin College Observatory](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/b6f74515-44c1-4a21-b199-7778445effb9.jpg?itok=hDSsxX4U)
Constitution Day: Q&A with Donica Thomas Varner
September 11, 2018
Communications Staff
On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 5 p.m., Oberlin College will observe Constitution Day with a conversation between Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine and Oberlin’s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Donica Thomas Varner.
![Donica Thomas Varner portrait of Donica Thomas Varner](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/donicathomasvarnerconstitutionday.jpg?itok=C5FgjlXV)
Best-Selling Author and Humorist David Sedaris Will Give 2018 Commencement Address
April 5, 2018
Communications Staff
Sedaris is a critically acclaimed writer and contributor on the public radio show This American Life.
![David Sedaris David Sedaris](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/david_sedaris_credit_photograph_by_ingrid_christie_ingridchristiedotcom_two_0.jpg?itok=XsSG05g_)
Jazz Violinist Regina Carter to Perform Feb. 23
February 8, 2018
Communications Staff
MacArthur “genius” recipient tours her Simply Ella program.
![Regina Carter Regina Carter](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/regina_carter.png?itok=zgxRQCn6)
Bringing Black Spirituals to the Masses
February 7, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Second-year DaQuan Williams honors Moses Hogan ’79 with sing-along program during Black History Month.
![DaQuan Williams headshot DaQuan Williams](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/daquan_williams-new_size.png?itok=-yUQo5kX)
Oberlin College, Go for Broke National Education Center to host traveling exhibit on WWII Japanese American Experience
January 11, 2018
Communications Staff
Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American WWII Experience interactive exhibit is supported by a National Parks Service Grant.
![Courage and Compassion traveling exhibit Postcard image of Courage and Compassion exhibit](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/courage_and_compassion_postcard_page_1.jpg?itok=tzY9nAJl)
Student Promoters Bring Major Musical Talent to ’Sco
June 21, 2017
Justine Goode
While many students are currently taking a well-deserved break from most things Oberlin-related, members of the Student Union Programming Committee (SUPC) are getting no such reprieve. As the primary bookers of musical acts for the ’Sco, summer is a crucial time for contacting agents and booking artists for the upcoming year.
![T-Rextasy at the 'Sco person signing into a microphone](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs68202_leggy_t-rextasy_29_of_61.jpg?itok=9bnUatxu)