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Conferences Secure Women’s Place in Technology
October 30, 2018
Amanda Nagy
The computer science department routinely sends students to academic conferences geared toward women.
![Grace Hopper conference 2018 Group of computer science students](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/grace_hopper.jpg?itok=AX26EnB0)
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Biochemistry and Ethics
October 29, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
An interdisciplinary module encourages students to think critically about biological and ethical implications of pesticide use.
![Lisa Ryno and Cheryl Cottine two women dressed in regalia at Oberlin Commencement](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ryno-cottine.jpg?itok=WCg_Z3Bl)
Amidst Fiction, Worlds Collide
October 24, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
The Creative Writing Program, along with Alumni in Service to Oberlin College, brought together Thisbe Nissen ’94 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Abbey Mei Otis ’11 to present their latest fiction writing to current students.
![Thisbe Nissen ’94 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Abbey Mei Otis ’11 Thisbe Nissen and Abbey Mei Otis](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cw_alumnae_talk1.jpg?itok=moHs8aqc)
Counternarratives Installation Examines Bias in the News Media
October 23, 2018
Megan Harding
Brooklyn-based artist Alexandra Bell will mount large-scale works on two campus buildings, prompting viewers to think critically about how race and violence are portrayed in the New York Times.
![Counternarratives exhibition Counternarratives exhibition](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/charlottesville_pomona_college_install2.jpg?itok=IBSw00Pe)
An Introduction to Islamic Art History: But First, Coffee
October 22, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History Farshid Emami explores Islamic art history on a global scale.
![Photo of Professor Farshid Emami Farshid Emami](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/farshid_emami_headshot.jpg?itok=6oLeZoG8)
At the Intersection of Psychological and Physical Health: Anna Stearn ’18
October 18, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Just months after graduation, Anna Stearn ’18 is beginning her career as a research assistant at the Johns Hopkins University's Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit.
![Anna Stearn ’18 Anna Stearn](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/anna_stearn_headshot.jpg?itok=3GhY0cPW)
A Conversation with Baron Pineda
October 17, 2018
Communications Staff
A cultural anthropologist specializing in human rights and indigenous peoples, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies Baron Pineda is one of seven scholars advising Facebook on the challenges of enforcing community standards.
![Baron Pineda Baron Pineda seated for portrait](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/baronpineda-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=QD-P_YlP)
A Printmaking Journey from Oberlin to Poland
October 17, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
Maggie Middleton ’17 heads to Poland to further her passion for printmaking.
![Maggie Middleton ’17 Maggie Middleton](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/maggie_middleton_headshot_0.jpg?itok=R0dX3REw)
From Rwanda to California, Oberlin Students Are Connecting with the World
October 17, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Two musicians in Kigali, Rwanda, and one musician in Oberlin, Ohio, played, sang, freestyled, and talked during a Shared Studios portal connection.
![Portal connection with Rwanda person sitting facing a screen, looking at another person](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rwanda.jpg?itok=2ImucHaQ)
What I Didn’t Say: A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Sound Art Installation
October 12, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
What I Didn't Say, a sound art installation supported by the TIMARA program, will be on display in the science library on October 13, 15, and 16.
!["What I Didn't Say" Installation students working on "What I Didn't Say" installation](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/communications_header.jpg?itok=qJK054XR)