News
Raptor Watch
September 28, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
Steph Szarmach ’15 looks to the San Francisco Bay Area skies to gain field biology experience.
![Steph Szarmach ’15 holding a Northern Harrier](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dscn3900_1_0.jpg?itok=2TTPIOPB)
Environmental Justice in a Tar Sands Battleground
April 20, 2015
Amanda Nagy
A team of students led by Professor Janet Fiskio conduct research for a Gulf Coast community founded by the last ship of enslaved peoples brought from Africa to the United States.
![Students working on soil samples](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/samples_0.jpg?itok=r4PU_Kur)
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)
Press, Drink, Learn
November 21, 2014
Amanda Nagy
Adventures in building a traditional apple cider press.
![A group of students using a hand-cranked cider press.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/apple_press_1_0.jpg?itok=fmjQYTeI)
Analysis for Equality
August 26, 2014
Rosalind Black
Zohra Ansari-Thomas ’14 prevents discrimination one data set at a time while creating affirmative action plans at the law firm Littler Mendelson.
![Room with computer monitors and keyboard](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/photo_7_0.jpeg?itok=LUleqnIu)
Lucid Visual
July 1, 2014
James Helmsworth
Now celebrating its tenth year in operation, Lucid Design, a resource monitoring company, reflects back on its roots in student-professor collaboration at Oberlin.
Less is More in Ecolympics Contest
April 10, 2014
Communications Staff
Shorter showers are second nature, but Ecolympics challenges students to get more creative in reducing their water and energy consumption.
![Ecolympics 2014 poster](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ecolympics-crop_0.jpg?itok=GRixL9se)
Tappin' in Tappan
April 2, 2014
James Helmsworth
This winter, Oberlin students have tapped Oberlin's central green, Tappan Square, for a tasty—and aptly named—project.
![Maple sap bucket](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs30844_tap13_0.jpg?itok=2J70Be6k)
Envisioning Sustainability
March 4, 2014
James Helmsworth
Meghan Riesterer, the new head of Oberlin's Office of Environmental Sustainability, adds years of experience and expertise to Oberlin's commitment to the environment.
![Outside of AJLC in the winter](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ajl_winter-dp38_0.jpg?itok=eFjbVrmY)
In Search of Women Farmers
July 16, 2013
James Helmsworth
Recent graduate Lake Buckley is cycling across the country to raise awareness of small-scale organic farms and the women who operate them.
![Two women tour a garden along a city sidewalk](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lake-elle_475x365.jpg?itok=ePhiSNx-)