News
Stitches to Startup
September 27, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Andrea Muliawan recieved a grant that helped her turn a hobby into a budding business.
![Andrea Muliawan headshot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/20230905-110.jpg?itok=eXIRUa8Y)
Virtual Business, Actual Visit
March 28, 2023
Tyler Applegate
The Obies behind Virtu.Academy share their story in a March 30 career talk.
![Bryan Rubin and Benjamin Steger, founders of Virtu.Academy.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/virtufounders.png?itok=xMDGAmv2)
Oberlin Appoints Ted Evans as Director of Entrepreneurship and Instructor in Business
March 18, 2022
Communications Staff
Evans comes to Oberlin with 25 years of industry, education, and consulting experience.
![Ted Evans Ted Evans.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2022/tedevans-news-trj.jpg?itok=ayWLHc9N)
Computer Science Seniors Look Toward Careers at Facebook
March 11, 2021
Jaimie Yue '22
Minh Lam and Khang Nguyen are part of a team that won start-up funds to develop Twine, a progressive web app that connects students to events and activities on campus.
![Twine pitch competition A large screen with the faces of the Twine app team, while an audiences watches.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/twine_team_2020-jack_lichtenstein_23.jpg?itok=tEofnAwt)
The Business of Virtual Learning
January 21, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Nearly a year ago many businesses and schools concerned about the spread of COVID-19 relocated onsite offices and classrooms to the internet. The transition to a virtual platform took some getting used to, but for Bryan Rubin ’18 and Benjamin Steger ’18 the future was finally here.
![A college student plays a trumpet while a person on a computer screen facing him plays a trumpet.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/virtu.academy.yevhengulenko.jpg?itok=yA5iqfQg)
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)
Sage Aronson ’12 Develops Nasal Swab to Screen for COVID-19
May 6, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A collaborative effort addresses a critical supply shortage.
![Sage Aronson '12 Man smiling.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/sage_aronson.jpg?itok=a98RrcCc)
Radio Journalist and Entrepreneur Alex Blumberg ’89 Talks Future of Audio
March 12, 2020
Amanda Nagy
A veteran of the public radio shows This American Life and Planet Money, Alex Blumberg started the podcast company Gimlet Media.
![Alex Blumberg '89 talk Man talking into microphone.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/alex_blumberg_talk.jpg?itok=yZTUTi-_)
LaunchU Awards $35,000 in Startup Funds to Students and Alumni
March 11, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
Team of students wins top prize for a mobile service aimed at improving student life.
![LaunchU winner Twine Woman talking into a microphone on stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/oberlin_launchu_winner_twine.jpg?itok=g-JABI5S)
Panel Discussion Celebrates Entrepreneurship in Oberlin
January 24, 2020
Kyra McConnell ’22
LaunchU partnered with the City of Oberlin for a panel discussion on local entrepreneurship.
![Entrepreneurship panel two women and three men seated at a long table.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/launchu_cowork_panel-osama_dawood.jpg?itok=B1ynYgb2)