News
A Conversation with Indie Pop-Punk Musician Sarah Gargano ’20
December 6, 2019
Jane Hobson ’22
A creative writing and sociology double major, Gargano talks about what influences her songwriting.
![Sarah Gargano '20 Woman holding a guitar while standing outside in a parking lot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sarah_gargano_guitar.jpg?itok=JmSmJJqF)
Performance Features World Premiere of Ogonek Chamber Concerto
December 6, 2019
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Pianist Xak Bjerken will give the premiere performance of Elizabeth Ogonek’s chamber concerto where are we now (2019) tonight at 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 6 in Oberlin Conservatory...
![Oberlin composition faculty with Timothy Weiss and pianist Xak Bjerken Five people standing in front of the stage in Warner Concert Hall; Elizabeth Ogonek, Stephen Hartke, Xak Bjerken, Timothy Weiss, and Jesse Jones.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/20191206-mth_3312.jpg?itok=nOhnO2Z3)
Third-Year Hannah Scholl Represents Oberlin at Athens Democracy Forum
December 5, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Scholl was Oberlin’s first-ever delegate to the International New York Times Athens Democracy Forum held each fall.
![Hannah Scholl Acropolis Woman standing in front of ancient stone building.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/hannah_scholl_acropolis.jpg?itok=xGgXvdm4)
One Campus, a Million Musical Opportunities
November 23, 2019
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Oberlin College musician Olivia Fink ’21 finds no shortage of conservatory connections.
![Oberlin College Student Olivia Fink leads a choir sectional in Warner Concert Hall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/fink-3-1.jpg?itok=Zuxvl8te)
Opera Legend Marilyn Horne Leads Annual Oberlin Master Class Dec. 4
November 22, 2019
Erich Burnett
Four conservatory singers to perform for the famed mezzo-soprano in Finney Chapel.
![an Oberlin Conservatory singer shakes hands with opera legend Marilyn Horne](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs101221_oberlinsopranohornebyscottshawphotography78.jpg?itok=JZoXr_-l)
Professor of Mathematics Robert Bosch Shares Highlights From New Book
November 22, 2019
Communications Staff
Bosch gave this year's President's Lecture titled Opt Art: From Mathematical Optimization to Visual Design during Parents and Family Weekend.
![Bob Bosch book signing Professor signs book for college president.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/bosch_book_signing-dale_preston.jpg?itok=tiOZvcGE)
A Conversation with Nora Gomringer, Max Kade Writer in Residence
November 18, 2019
Communications Staff
Oberlin’s Department of German Language and Literatures celebrates the 50th year of the Max Kade Writer in Residence program, the first of its kind in the country.
![Nora Gomringer Woman standing in a snow-covered field.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/noragomringer_portrait_1-tanya.jpg?itok=K_7Spsqs)
Crowdfunding Effort Supports Establishment of TIMARA Founders Fund
November 15, 2019
Erich Burnett
Inspired by the work of Oberlin electronic music pioneers Olly Wilson and John Clough ’53, fund would facilitate annual awards to TIMARA students and more.
![Professors Olly Wilson and John Clough.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/wilson_clough_copy.jpg?itok=NQfrve_b)
Colleges Are Losing Control of Their Story. The Banh-Mi Affair at Oberlin Shows How.
November 13, 2019
Communications
Mainstream news accounts of complaints about inauthentic dining-hall food helped foster the image of crybaby students. But the articles didn’t tell the whole story. An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education reprinted with permission.
![Poto by Douglas Menefee campus building in the fallwith a small read leaf tree on left](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/cox_douglas_menefee.jpg?itok=53yAj2JE)
500 Musicians Can’t Be Wrong
November 11, 2019
Erich Burnett
TIMARA’s Kaleidosonic Festival honors 50 years of electronic music with a uniquely Oberlin sonic experience. And food trucks.
![TIMARA presents Kaleidosonic, November 16, 2019. Illustration of Finney Chapel atop a globe.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/timara_50th_kaleidosonic_copy_0.jpg?itok=86aIvF8r)