Associate Professor Anne Trubek talks with Plain Dealer about efforts to save house where Langston Hughes lived.
Oberlin (partnership between city, school district, and college) has received a $500K grant from Safe Routes to School:
Dr. Diane Meier ’73 discusses with Diane Rehm how palliative care can be a powerful therapy for serious illness.
Ben Jakubowski ’11 talks with Science Friday host Ira Flatow about students making college life greener.
A new class of Oberlin students will reaffirm Oberlin College’s long-standing commitment to community service when they arrive on campus this fall. Now in its 14th year, Oberlin College’s Day of Service will welcome first-year and transfer students to engage with the Lorain County community and connect with more than 30 local organizations.
Oberlin College astronomy students and the general public will take to the skies this fall with a brand new telescope in Peters Hall Observatory.
The college is upgrading the observatory, situated in the dome atop Peters Hall, by replacing its main telescope with a new Meade LX200 equipped with a 14-inch aperture for viewing comets, stars, planets, and other astronomical phenomena.
Oberlin College has received a $250,000 grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to support the Oberlin Research Fellows Program, a summer program that provides two-year, faculty-mentored research opportunities for talented Oberlin College students who are low-income, the first in their families to attend college, or from groups underrepresented in higher education.
The 2011 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges issue, along with other recently published rankings and guides, has reaffirmed Oberlin College's reputation as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. The college has received praise and high marks in an array of categories including academic programming, sustainability, research, commitment to diversity, and social responsibility.
When first-year students move into Oberlin's new sustainably built residence hall for fall semester, they'll practice what it teaches about conserving energy, reducing waste, and making responsible choices for the environment.
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