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Pandemic Impact Award Helps Zoe Swann ’19 Continue Research on StartReact Effect
September 9, 2020
Yvonne Gay
After graduating from Oberlin College with high honors in neuroscience and a concentration in linguistics, Zoe Swann ’19 immediately embarked on a PhD program at Arizona State University (ASU), where she began writing a literature review, and started developing a dissertation proposal. Then COVID-19 struck. It brought her research to a screeching halt until her lab was granted a $1,500 Pandemic Impact Award to support research expenses.
Winter Term: The Auto Drink Dispenser
September 8, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Creating an auto drink dispenser is something Thomas Heffer ’21 had toyed with for quite some time. However, his busy schedule wouldn’t allow him to actively pursue it.
Winter Term - Summer 2020
September 3, 2020
Yvonne Gay
More than 200 students performed individual and group projects during this year’s Winter Term. Although typically held in January, it was shifted to August this year under the same premise: a time for students to explore opportunities outside of their regular course of study.
Live From the Cat
September 2, 2020
Yvonne Gay
The campus community was treated to a live-streamed jazz performance on August 28 from the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse. The virtual concert was a first for the student-run performance space.
The Allen Memorial Art Museum Reopens
September 1, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Late last month, a small group of new Oberlin faculty members stood in a large circle, six feet apart, in the King Sculpture Court of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The invited group were among the first visitors inside the space since it closed in late March. This month the museum reopens with regular hours to members of the college community.
TIMARA Students and Faculty Present at New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference
September 1, 2020
TIMARA staff
Aurie Hsu performs string song, Abby Aresty shares accessibility strategies in Crafting Sound Workshop.
Oberlin College Establishes Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in Response to National Distress
August 28, 2020
Office of Communications
President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Oberlin College announced today the launch of the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in response to increasing injustice and racial tensions in America. The Presidential Initiative will elevate and advance Oberlin’s more than 180-year commitment to the education and rights of Blacks in America, and will provide the framework for faculty and students to address issues of violence, police-community relationships, and racial injustices.
Dorm Room Design in a Pandemic: Apartment Therapy Founder Maxwell Ryan ’89
August 21, 2020
Hillary Hempstead
We asked Maxwell Ryan '89, the former designer and founder or Apartment Therapy, to revisit the topic of dorm room design and offer more advice on how to make a dorm room the coziest, most welcoming place possible.
Writing in the Time of Crisis: Incoming First-Years Published in Away Journal
August 20, 2020
Amanda Nagy
The students participated in Oberlin's eight-week remote course, Uncovering COVID-19: Critical Liberal Arts Perspectives.
Oberlin Percussion Group Takes on Daunting Work by James Wood on New Oberlin Music Release
August 7, 2020
Erich Burnett
Commissioned by professor Michael Rosen, evocative Cloud-Polyphonies premiered at Oberlin in 2011.