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Oberlin College received a significant boost in its effort to revitalize the Apollo Theatre with the announcement of a $2 million historic preservation tax credit award from the State of Ohio.

Oberlin College has been selected as a new site of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a foreign-language summer study program for talented youth that currently has campuses in Vermont and Massachusetts

The Oberlin College General Faculty unanimously endorsed on November 18 a resolution to make their scholarly articles openly accessible on the Internet. As a result of the measure, the rich scholarly output of the Oberlin faculty will become available to a much broader national and international audience. The Oberlin resolution is similar to policies passed at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Kansas, and Trinity University.

Oberlin College will host youth from all over the state in the first Power Shift Ohio summit November 6 to 8. The event is a regional spin-off of last year’s Power Shift 2009, in which 12,000 young people gathered in Washington, D.C. to lobby for environmentally friendly jobs and clean energy in the largest youth activist event on climate change in history.

The Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson, widely known as the first openly gay and partnered bishop of a major Christian denomination and the religious leader who delivered the invocation at Barack Obama’s kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this past January, will speak at Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

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The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has awarded Oberlin College Associate Professor of Chemistry Manish Mehta the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for his leadership in conducting original scholarly research with undergraduates. The award — one of the chemistry community's highest honors — provides Mehta with an unrestricted research grant of $60,000 for expansion of student research opportunities over the summer, as well as travel to conferences and the purchase of new lab equipment.

David Orr is in high demand -- and in typically high gear. He's professor of environmental studies and politics and adviser to the president of Oberlin College, but also teaches at the University of Vermont. Orr talked with The Plain Dealer recently about the new book and related matters.

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Last night, actors Danny DeVito and wife Rhea Perlman, along with director James Burrows and his wife, Debbie, helped Oberlin celebrate the grand reopening of the Apollo Theatre. The theater was purchased by Oberlin College in February and was closed all summer for renovations. “For the college, acquiring the Apollo was an unexpected opportunity that arrived at a challenging time,” Krislov said. “Given the economic circumstances, the fact that we were able to move so quickly to buy, renovate and reopen this theater tells you how much the Apollo means to this community.”

A feature in the November 2009 issue of The Strad praised Professor of Viola Peter Slowik for his work with the summer program Credo, held annually on the Oberlin campus. "Oberlin College Conservatory, home to the festival, is no run-of-the-mill institution," observes writer Heather Kurzbauer, noting the college's progressive history as "a trendsetter in the early 19th century. In the new millennium," she continues, "a college famed for its combination of academic study and high-level music offers outstanding facilities and moral support for Credo’s mission." Slowik, "a man of limitless enthusiasm and purpose," personifies Credo's dual purpose of musical excellence and faith-based community service. "While many an esteemed pedagogue spends the summer months jetting off to masterclasses around the globe, Slowik gets down to the nitty-gritty of teaching in his own backyard," writes Kurzbauer. "Refuting the very notion that teaching can be tedious, Slowik infuses his lessons with the powerful dynamics of give and take." Excerpt only available online; subscription required to view full article.

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The Media Relations division of Oberlin's Office of Communications provides news of the College to the media and the public. We also publicize upcoming events at Oberlin and help journalists, authors, filmmakers, and broadcasters find resources on the Oberlin campus.

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Scott Wargo
Director of Media Relations
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Betty Gabrielli
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Michael E. Dirda '09
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Marci Janas
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