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Chemistry Professor Shuming Chen Receives $550,000 NSF Award
April 25, 2024
Communications Staff
Provided over five years, support fuels ongoing faculty-student research as well as education-access initiatives.
José Ramón Méndez Appointed to Piano Faculty at Oberlin
April 18, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin Conservatory is delighted to announce that pianist José Ramón Méndez will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall 2024 semester.
Oberlin No. 1 in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers
April 18, 2024
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More than 500 alumni have served since the agency’s founding in 1961.
JeffriAnne Wilder Named Inaugural Executive Director of Center for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
April 16, 2024
Office of Communications
Newly created center deepens Oberlin’s nearly two-century commitment to creating access and opportunity; Wilder has played a leading role in establishing diversity programs across the educational spectrum.
Oberlin’s Tanisha Shende Named National Student Employee of the Year
April 12, 2024
Communications Staff
Computer science and math double major is also a devoted advocate for other STEM students through her work with the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Cellist Drew Dansby to Perform Jazz-Influenced Cello Concerto
April 11, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
In a "first" for the Oberlin Concerto Competition, the soloist—performing David Baker’s 1987 Concerto for Cello and Jazz Band—will be accompanied by a jazz ensemble.
Keeping Creation Collaborative with Silkroad
April 10, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Percussionist Haruka Fujii and friends elevate women composers and their cultural influences on the Silkroad Ensemble’s “Uplifted Voices” program, coming to Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series.
Rhiannon Giddens to Deliver Commencement Address to Class of 2024
April 10, 2024
Office of Communications
Grammy-winning musician and Oberlin alum will receive an honorary doctorate.
OCLIPSE Photo Gallery
April 8, 2024
Communications Staff
Oberlin College & Conservatory hosts a party in the path of totality.
Concerto Competition Winners Take Finney Stage This Spring
April 4, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Performances get underway on Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., with Juan Pedro Espinosa Monteros and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra leading the way in Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto.