News
Lilah Drafts-Johnson Closes Stellar Collegiate Track Career with NCAA Title
May 29, 2018
Athletics Communications
Oberlin senior Lilah Drafts-Johnson won the national championship in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.34 seconds, a school record time.
Monique Newton ’18 Wins National Title in Discus on First Day of NCAA Championships
May 25, 2018
Communications Staff
Newton is a seven-time All-American and the first woman athlete in school history to win a national championship.
Kaitlyn Custer ’15 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Argentina
May 24, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The Hispanic studies major is looking forward to collaboration and learning from other educators in the program.
First-Year Seminar Creates Learning Community Based on ‘Radium Girls’
May 23, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Students in Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rebecca Whelan’s fall course reunite in spring to plant a tree in honor of the important women scientists they studied.
Emma Ellis ’18 Awarded Fulbright Assistantship in Germany
May 22, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The art history major will teach English in Hamburg, Germany.
Main Library Will Be Named for Activist, Alumna Mary Church Terrell
May 22, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The main library in Mudd Center will be named in honor of 1884 graduate Mary Church Terrell, an educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the NAACP.
Olivia Goffman ’18 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia
May 21, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The history and creative writing double-major will teach English in Malaysia.
Faculty Profile: John Duca, Professor of Economics
May 18, 2018
Grace Blinkoff '20
Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics John Duca joined the college’s faculty this spring after supervising macroeconomics and finance research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Zola Barnes ’19 Awarded Newman Civic Fellowship
May 16, 2018
Amanda Nagy
The yearlong fellowship supports community service-minded students.
Sophia Pekowsky ’18 Awarded Fulbright Research in Argentina
May 15, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The gender, sexuality, and feminist studies major will research the implementation of the anti-obstetric violence law in Buenos Aires, Argentina.