News
Oberlin’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program Enters Key Phase
May 30, 2023
Ginger Christ
Four-year project to convert campus heating and cooling system set for drilling of 850 geothermal wells.
![Construction crew prepares the site for installation of Oberlin's geothermal well.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/geothermal_well_field_may_31_2023.png?itok=3eiiWWrv)
Sheep May Safely Mow
May 25, 2023
Ginger Christ
Campus solar fields maintained by truckloads of hungry livestock.
![flock of sheep running in front of a solar array.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/screenshot_2023-05-25_at_2.55.14_pm.png?itok=MyLxj0sN)
Oberlin Secures $1M Mellon Foundation Grant for Food Studies Partnership with Lorain County Community College
March 6, 2023
Office of Communications
Wide-ranging collaboration to address food justice across the region through the humanities.
![Students cheerfully tending to a garden.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/students_at_george_jones_farm_by_yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=EOayJ4_O)
Oberlin College Hosts the 2022 Green Energy Ohio Awards; Receives Green Achievement Award for Academia
June 8, 2022
Scott Wargo
Each year, Green Energy Ohio presents Green Achievement Awards to individuals, businesses, universities, nonprofits, and government and community entities for the work they have accomplished in advancing GEO’s mission. Oberlin College will be recognized as the 2022 recipient of the Green Achievement Award for Academia.
![Exterior front view of Adam Joseph Lewis Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ajlctanya_rosen-jones_97.jpg?itok=kqRMwkqS)
Ohio EPA Awards Oberlin College, Oberlin City Schools $50,000 to Enhance Environmental Dashboard
May 31, 2022
Office of Communications
Oberlin College, in collaboration with the Oberlin City School District, has received a $50,000 award from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund to complete the Environmental Dashboard system that will be incorporated in the district’s new elementary school.
![Illustration of Oberlin city buildings and power sources](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dashboard_screenshot_1.png?itok=mbZlZisY)
Phase One of SIP Project Ends with a Campus and City Tree Planting
December 9, 2021
Office of Communications
A large flatbed truck parked on North Professor Street late last month brought the first of 126 trees to be planted in Oberlin this semester.
![Three workers plant a small tree.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/2treeplanting.rebeccadevereaux.jpg?itok=L_ykqp8S)
Oberlin College Recognized for Sustainability Initiatives that go Above and Beyond
November 23, 2021
Scott Wargo
Oberlin College has been named a 2021 Excellence in Energy Award winner by NRG Energy, Inc. for the significant impact of its sustainability initiatives that achieve notable environmental and social benefits.
![Drone Aerial view of administrative buildings](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/drone_aerial_view_of_admin_bldgs_3.jpg?itok=Mp39mywS)
Oberlin College and Conservatory Secures $80 Million in Certified Climate Bonds for Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP)
August 3, 2021
Office of Communications
Bond enables Oberlin to initiate substantive progress on four-year project to build new geothermal energy system for the campus; new energy system will be a critical component in College’s ability to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.
![Wilder Bowl construction Aerial view of Wilder Bowl under construction.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sip-wilderbowl-william_bradford-news.jpg?itok=Z9zHLwUS)
Fulbright ETA in Mexico Recipient to Provide Support to Asylum Seekers and Refugees
July 13, 2021
Yvonne Gay
While serving as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Mexico this fall, Johan Cavert ’20 also plans to provide support to asylum seekers and refugees.
![A portrait of a young man leaning on a stone column.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/portraitjohancavert.coutesy_of_johan.jpg?itok=Qz3OlRAE)
Students Help Coordinate Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the City of Oberlin
June 28, 2021
Office of Communications
Fifteen Oberlin College students played a key role in conducting a climate vulnerability assessment for the Oberlin community. This unique collaboration between the city and the college is the initial step in developing a climate adaptation plan.
![Bronze sign recognizing downtown Oberlin as a historic district](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/city_of_oberlin_sign.jpg?itok=phbGYJ_F)