Oberlin in the Media
Acasti Pharma Inc. to Welcome Dr. Harlan Waksal (Market Watch)
July 21, 2011
Acasti Pharma Inc. (Acasti), a subsidiary of Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc., is pleased to announce the nomination of Harlan Waksal M.D. as Executive Vice-President, Business & Scientific Affairs. Dr. Harlan Waksal currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oberlin College and Senesco Technologies, Inc. He is the author of over 50 scientific publications and has been the inventor of multiple patents and patent applications.
Learn MoreShould We Teach Handwriting in the Digital Age? (The Huffington Post)
July 21, 2011
Should schools continue to teach handwriting in the digital age? I asked just this question in a segment forBody, Mind and Child, my show on BAM Radio Network, and was surprised to discover that none of the three panelists felt as strongly as I did about maintaining the tradition. Anne Trubek, an associate professor of rhetoric and composition at Oberlin College, was outspoken in her view that we do away with handwriting instruction. She stated: We have these larger cultural connections to handwriting as a sense of identify and self-expression. It has to be put into the context of nostalgia and history and separated from educational goals.
Learn MoreA Rhapsody in Reynobond®: Oberlin College’s New Jazz Building Clad in Alcoa Architectural Aluminum Panels (Business Wire)
July 21, 2011
The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building, a virtual rhapsody in Alcoa’s Reynobond aluminum composite material (ACM), has applied to become the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified music conservatory in the U.S. The $24 million, three-story, 37,000-square-foot structure is the new home for the Jazz Studies Program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is composed of three basic elements: an aluminum exterior, which wraps and encloses the programmatic elements; openings created by cutting and peeling away the aluminum composite material shell; and an abundance of daylight streaming into the building.
Learn MoreA hop, skip and jump from Oberlin to Africa (WKSU News)
July 19, 2011
Michael Fry’s passion is jump rope. And, thanks to a competitive fellowship from Oberlin College, he’s made it a passion for a group of kids in Tanzania and Kenya. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze has more on the competitive sport that has made a jump across continents.
Learn MoreDon’t overschedule kids in the summer (The Washington Post)
July 18, 2011
Compounding the problem is that many youngsters don’t quite know what to do with an unscheduled afternoon — or week. “Kids today have almost no free time during the school year, and then, all of a sudden during the summer they may have 14 hours a day to fill, which is a big jump,” says Nancy Darling, a professor of psychology at Ohio’s Oberlin College who studies parent-child relationships. She notes potential negative consequences to all that unscheduled time, such as a well-documented rise in underage drinking, marijuana use and smoking during the summer months.
Learn MoreATF/NOBLE Honor First African American Federal Law Enforcement Officer Killed in Line of Duty - 128 Years after Death (PR Newswire)
July 18, 2011
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today posthumously presented its Gold Star Medal to William Henderson Foote, the first African American federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Despite the circumstances under which he lived and died, Foote's history suggests a life marked by a distinguished trajectory. Born June 27, 1843, in Vicksburg, Miss., into the city's free African-American community, he is believed to have attendedOberlin College in Ohio sometime after the Civil War.
Learn MoreAllison Swaim sets off for a year at sea (Salisbury Post)
July 17, 2011
Allison Swaim of Salisbury has done that — and can speak quite knowledgeably about how bulk ore is transported, how huge cargo freighters are still the most efficient way to transport bulk material, and how more than 100 million tons of iron ore, coal and limestone travel through the Great Lakes navigation system every year by boat. Allison produced a radio documentary about her experience, which was only the first step toward a much larger project she’s embarking on now. Allison, who graduated from Salisbury High School in 2006, finished her degree at Oberlin College in December with a major in comparative American studies.
Learn MoreEthel and Raymond F. Rice Foundation continues legacy of ‘bettering community’ (LJ World)
July 17, 2011
Raymond Rice left a lasting legacy on the Lawrence and Douglas County community. Today, 37 years after his death, he is still contributing to the community through the Ethel and Raymond F. Rice Foundation, which has donated more than $14 million to charitable organizations. The Rice Foundation also provides scholarships at Baker University, Kansas State University and Oberlin College, the Ohio school where Rice received his undergraduate degree.
Learn MoreMOCA shows off dreamy images in 'Delicious Fields: Ohio Photographers at Work' (The Plain Dealer)
July 16, 2011
Pipo Nguyen-Duy, for example, a native of Vietnam who teaches at Oberlin College, is represented by pictures of horribly maimed Vietnamese men and of abandoned greenhouses choked by weeds and vines. Nguyen-Duy's images combine stark beauty with a pathos made all the more intense by the photographer's calmness and restraint. They also appear to strive for a sense of universality rather than connection to a particular place. If there's an Ohio-ness to the show, it comes from a certain sense of spaciousness or light, or perhaps the strong presence of the horizon. But the same could be said of photographs taken in, say, Oklahoma or Nebraska.
Learn MoreRound 2 from Delco Idol (Delco Times)
July 14, 2011
And now at his trusty keyboard is the theatre’s music director Tom Foshnocht. At only 23, the Chester County native has the considerable responsibility of each Broadway production as well as the summer Idol gig. He has studied piano since childhood and graduated from the esteemed Oberlin College Music Conservatory majoring in piano and composition. He was out of college about a year when he came to the Media Theatre, auditioned for and won a part in the production of “Master Class” where he appeared on stage as the accompanist.
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