Oberlin in the Media
From ‘naughty’ composer, young Baroque troupe gets a nice boost
October 13, 2011
Wayward Sisters, a Baroque quartet specializing in 17th-century music which includes three Oberlin alumni, has won a coveted recording prize with the Naxos music label.
Learn MoreMusic Review: Mining the Mother Lode of Elizabethan Composers
September 28, 2011
A recent performance in New York by conservatory alum Kenneth Weiss '84 was reviewed by Allan Kozinn of the New York Times. Kozinn noted that"the clarity and focus that Mr. Weiss brought to his readings put the ingenuity of these composers in high relief, not least by keeping the original melodies fully and brightly in view, even as involved, speedy scale passages and other decorative touches swirled above and below them."
Learn MoreGroundWorks DanceTheater makes bold entrance into new season
September 19, 2011
Donald Rosenberg of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reviewed Grounworks' recent performance, noting that Oberlin Assistant Professor Peter Swendsen’s "eclectic electronic score...melds delicate evocations of nature with bold accumulations of sound." Rosenberg also noted that TIMARA student David Bird's score was a "mesmeric amalgam of electronically processed sounds – waves, bells, birds – and brushstrokes of video images [providing] atmospheres that fold seamlessly into this compelling and demanding work."
Learn MoreOberlin composers partner with GroundWorks choreographers for dance pieces
September 16, 2011
Donald Rosenberg of the Cleveland Plain Dealer previews a collaboration between Assistant Professor Peter Swendsen and TIMARA major David Bird '12 with Groundworks DanceTheater on September 16 and 17 at Akron's ICE HOUSE.
Learn MoreCory Arcangel ’00 combines technology and art (The Tartan)
August 31, 2011
The creative works by Cory Arcangel ’00 explore the relationship between the tools, the artist, and sometimes even the viewers. Arcangel has been called one of today’s hottest art stars, and he is the youngest person ever to have a one-man show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Learn MoreMy Town: Oberlin Student Co-founds School in Guatemala (Fox 8 News)
August 29, 2011
A Latin American Studies student at Oberlin College has co-founded a Montessori school in the small town of Xela in Guatemala. It will be the first school of its kind there and will bring together small children from the city and the country.
Learn MoreLouis Green: Eleanor Josaitis Unsung Hero Award (Detroit Free Press)
August 29, 2011
Louis Green ’82, president and CEO of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, said the tough circumstances of his childhood allowed him to excel and “drives me all the time.” That drive is one of the reasons Green was selected to receive the Eleanor Josaitis Unsung Hero Award. Green, 50, escaped the streets of Los Angeles when he accepted a full scholarship to Oberlin College, where he received a degree in political science and communications.
Learn MoreProf gets $345,000 cancer grant
August 27, 2011
An assistant professor of chemistry at Oberlin College has received a $345,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to assist her and her team in searching for clues to detect deadly ovarian cancer. The grant to Dr. Rebecca Jean Whelan and her team was announced by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo. “We’re all rooting for Dr. Whelan and her team at Oberlin,” Kaptur said. “Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women in the United States and claims approximately 15,000 lives each year.”
Learn MoreCharles Finney (The Moral Liberal)
August 15, 2011
Finney formed the Benevolent Empire, a network of volunteer organizations to aid poor with healthcare and social needs, which in 1834 had a budget rivaling the Federal Government. While Charles Finney was president of Oberlin College, 1851-1866, it was a station on the Underground Railroad smuggling slaves to freedom and it granted the first college degree in the United States to a black woman, Mary Jane Patterson.
Learn MoreCreationism: That (Not So) Old Time Religion (The Huffington Post)
August 12, 2011
In 1909, a distinguished group of Protestant academics converged to articulate what they considered to be the core non-negotiables (fundamentals) of Christianity. Among the participants were such notables as C. I. Scofield of the well-known "Scofield Reference Bible," Benjamin Warfield of the Princeton Theological Seminary and George Frederick Wright of Oberlin College in Ohio. They produced a four-volume series of essays (published between 1910-15) called "The Fundamentals" -- and with it the original Fundamentalist movement was born.
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