News
Writers in the Schools Program is on the Cutting Edge of Poetry Instruction
November 8, 2019
Communications Staff
Each fall, creative writing instructor Lynn Powell teaches a workshop that gives students the skills to go into the community as visiting artists.
![Writers in the Schools Otto Vock Man teaching in classroom.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/wits_screen_shot-otto_vock_19.jpg?itok=xjVH-hk4)
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Presents Cantonese Opera Scenes Nov. 14
November 7, 2019
Erich Burnett
A cultural exchange highlighted by midday discussion on Chinese operatic music followed by an evening performance.
![performer from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/news_story_graphic.png?itok=ajKoCHY8)
Reflections on 50 Years of Africana Studies and its Program House
November 6, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
In November 1968, the General Faculty of Oberlin College approved the establishment of an Afro-American Studies Program for the following academic year.
![Oberlin's Afro-American House in the early 1970s gathering of students inside what is now known as Afrikan Heritage House in the early 1970s at Oberlin.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/a-house-cn.png?itok=Ivrn3Pph)
Startup Weekend Produces Student-Created Ventures
November 6, 2019
Jane Hobson '22
The competition was hosted by Oberlin Entrepreneurship Club and the Center For Innovation and Impact.
![Startup Weekend Students talking at a table.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/startup_weekend_2-derek_mahone_0.jpg?itok=FZc3yadA)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Makes Rare U.S. Visit Nov. 22 at Oberlin
November 5, 2019
Erich Burnett
British period ensemble flouts orchestra conventions, embraces the road for two stateside performances.
![musicians from Britain's Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. musicians from Britain's Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oae_for_web.jpg?itok=beDK9NKH)
Connecting Across Campuses: Collaboration Exposes Oberlin Students to Makerspace Culture
October 28, 2019
Amanda Nagy
A pilot partnership with Lorain County Community College blends Oberlin’s StudiOC theme-based, cross-disciplinary learning communities with Fab Lab technologies in the Campana Center for Ideation and Invention.
![LCCC Fab Lab Students sit at computers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/fab_lab_main.jpg?itok=Z8PAqILn)
Biology Groups in the Field
October 22, 2019
Yvonne Gay
Students in Professor Roger Laushman’s Plant Ecology course use Chance Creek Preserve in nearby Lorain MetroParks as their field site. In this course, students work on projects in teams and on...
![A Chance Creek Field Trip A group walks through a woody park.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/20191018-016_copy.jpg?itok=ZWUDXZbb)
In With the New
October 22, 2019
Erich Burnett
The Oberlin Opera Commissioning Program brings freshly written works to life on campus.
![Composer Rachel J. Peters with 7 members of the workshop cast and crew of her opera The Wild Beast of the Bungalow.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/rachel_j._peters_workshop_sep_2019.jpg?itok=D40kaqQ_)
Beast in the Workshop
October 18, 2019
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Voice students collaborate with a new opera's creators in advance of a Winter Term premiere.
![singers rehearse music together](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/screen_shot_2020-10-19_at_1.13.28_pm.png?itok=tp5PgJKg)
Oberlin’s George Jones Memorial Farm is a Natural Campus Resource
October 18, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
The 70-acre farm and food hub offers a sylvan setting for various collaborations, including classwork, internships, work study, and volunteer opportunities.
![sunflower planting students planting sunflowers on George Jones Memorial Farm.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/george-jones-main.jpg?itok=l_SnIE9T)