News
Norm Craig '53, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Dies at 89
March 9, 2021
Manish Mehta and Julie Craig Lautens
Craig's work at Oberlin, spanning 63 years, resulted in more than 150 publications, with many featuring Oberlin undergraduates as coauthors. He was passionate about undergraduate research, making the Oberlin chemistry department one of the earliest adopters of the practice among liberal arts colleges.
![Norm Craig archive image Students stand around Norm Craig as he demonstrates a spectrometer.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/norm_craig-spectrometer.jpg?itok=NZP33Fov)
Conservatory Percussion Department Prepares for Life After a Legend
March 8, 2021
Erich Burnett
Pablo Rieppi to teach at Oberlin in 2021-22 as professor Michael Rosen concludes remarkable tenure.
![Michael Rosen in his percussion studio.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mikerosenstudio_2015_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=U4VBR7Z0)
A Career in the Creative Side of Journalism
March 4, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Justine Goode ’16 has always wanted to work at a print magazine in either a design or an editorial capacity. Today, the former editor of the Grape, Oberlin's alternative student newspaper, is fulfilling both career goals at Vanity Fair.
![A woman stands next to a body of water across from downtown New York.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/justinegoode17.courtesy_of_j.goode.jpg?itok=kEeUfBUg)
Integrative Business Concentration Launches this Summer with Course Taught by Visiting Instructor Jesse Gerstin ’07
March 2, 2021
Amanda Nagy
The course will focus on what’s driving change in the business world while defining the role of sustainability.
![Business Concentration Close-up of hands writing with pencil and paper on a desk.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/business.jpg?itok=L5XNorHl)
Conservatory Ensembles’ Spring Season Begins March 6 on Oberlin Stage Left
February 26, 2021
Erich Burnett
Students, faculty, and composers embrace new repertoire opportunities brought about by pandemic.
![Oberlin Stage Left](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/stage_left_webheader_for_campus_digest.jpg?itok=NAJaHIN2)
From Pre-Med to Scientific Illustrator: Tiffany Fung '12
February 23, 2021
Jaimie Yue '22
Fung earned a master’s in scientific illustration at Zuyd University in the Netherlands. She recently founded Biotic Artlab, a medical and scientific illustration studio.
![Tiffany Fung faces medical illustration A medical illustration with three faces. Two of the faces reveal the human anatomy of a face.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bioticartlab_mia_medicalillustration.jpg?itok=2Nb9W6cm)
Oberlin College is 4th Among Baccalaureate Institutions for Fulbright Scholars in 2020-21
February 22, 2021
Scott Wargo
For the 12th consecutive year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Oberlin College on its list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright students.
![Exterior of 1880s Sandstone Building with tower and steeple](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peters_hall_tower.jpg?itok=I1cyIx_Q)
President Carmen Twillie Ambar talks with Kara Swisher, host of the New York Times podcast "Sway"
February 18, 2021
Scott Wargo
Journalist and New York Times contributing opinion writer Kara Swisher talks with President Carmen Twillie Ambar about the pandemic and the effect it has had on higher education.
![Carmen Twillie Ambar](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/carmen-twillie-ambar_2020b_760x570_t-rosen-jones.jpg?itok=r15aVVkd)
Moving Bodies and Social Justice
February 16, 2021
Scott Wargo
Oberlin College and the Five Colleges of Ohio present “Moving Bodies and Social Justice,” a series of virtual presentations and workshops developed to explore new curricula and pedagogical approaches that will engage all bodies who want to move within dance communities.
![Six dancers perform contemporary group movement](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/springback.johnseyfried.jpg?itok=eLEmdnkO)
Alumni Connections Series Welcomes Victoria Theodore ’89 and Peter Flint ’92
February 15, 2021
Erich Burnett
Feb. 19 program unites Oberlin students with graduates forging successful music careers.
![Victoria Theodore and Peter Flint.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peter_flint_and_victoria_theodore.jpg?itok=ulJpSrTq)