News
Oberlin Celebrates Homecoming Weekend with Cluster Reunions and Title IX 50th Anniversary Tribute
September 27, 2022
Communications Staff
Tailgate, athletic events, performances, and reunion activities are just a few of the highlights.
![Homecoming graphic Graphic with image of three people smiling and text that reads "Homecoming, Oberlin College and Conservatory, October 7 through 9, 2022.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/homecoming_social_media_graphic_-_reunion.png?itok=qg2zlbsV)
Community Mural Project Highlights Aspects of Oberlin
September 14, 2021
Yvonne Gay
More than 100 town and college members picked up artists' brushes and applied their painting skills to a 32-foot mural in Carpenter Court late last month during Community Paint Day. The result is an expressive collage that the organizer of the project hopes will fill passersby with Oberlin pride.
![A large mural collage of an owl, people, and the words we are Oberlin.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/upperweareoberlinmural.tanyarosen-jones97.jpg?itok=QI6Uw7r4)
Arts and Sciences Orchestra Collaboration Premieres December 15
December 10, 2020
Erich Burnett
Virtual performance draws upon musicians from the college, community, conservatory, and elsewhere.
![string musicians performing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/as_orchestra_ensembles2_dec_2020.png?itok=zEIhO0tz)
New York Times names catalogue of AMAM’s Eva Hesse collection a Best Art Book of 2020
December 9, 2020
AMAM Staff
Eva Hesse: Oberlin Drawings, a catalogue of the artist’s works held by the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, has been selected by the New York Times as one of its Best Art Books of 2020.
![Browns and grays watercolor and Ink on paper by Eva Hesse](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/eva_hesse_-_watercolor.jpg?itok=Efzn0ClG)
From Main Stage to Airwaves
November 17, 2020
Marsha Lynn Bragg
The curtain has closed on many professional, community, and college theaters throughout the country due largely to the global pandemic. Yet those who have the audacity to reimagine the theater and the arts in new ways are discovering the options are varied and rewarding.
![four pepple spread out in a room making an audio recording.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/misanthrope_cast_jlichenstein.jpg?itok=QA--OndL)
Talking Sustainability with Oberlin’s Green EDGE Fund
November 13, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
October was Sustainability Month at Oberlin, and no group is more dedicated to its celebration than the Green EDGE Fund. Composed of 10 student board members, the organization distributes funds to community-based projects dedicated to environmental sustainability.
![Eight people seated in a row in building lobby.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/green_edge_fund_board.jpg?itok=_d8z4ZS9)
Oberlin Faculty Contribute to Local Latino Oral History Project
October 9, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A toolkit for Lorain County educators celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
![Lorain historic photograph Black and white photograph of downtown Lorain, Ohio, taken in 1964.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/lorain_1964_copy.png?itok=rAEFDQhe)
Twine, a Student Life App, Announces Launch
October 2, 2020
Communications Staff
The Twine app was conceived and supported through Oberlin’s LaunchU startup accelerator.
![Four people wearing face coverings sit on stone steps.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/twine-news_page.jpg?itok=S7X-_ttD)
Oberlin College Reaffirms its Commitment to Accessibility with New Scholarship
September 25, 2020
Office of Communications
To help families address the increasing cost of higher education, Oberlin College will award a $10,000 Oberlin Commitment Scholarship to all new students who apply and enroll in fall 2021.
![Entry door to building framed by tree and flowers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cox_summer.jpg?itok=_auRZKFJ)
Welcome to the New Home for Chabad at Oberlin
September 21, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Members of the Oberlin community gathered in early September for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new home for Chabad at Oberlin.
![Photo by Yvonne Gay A man asks up a path to a large home.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/chabadlead.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=7TKFVLJp)