On April 19, students enrolled in POLT 411: Practicum in Applied Research, better known as the Oberlin Research Group, traveled to Washington, D.C., to present their semester-long research project to the...
Justin Nobel is an award-winning journalist who reports on issues of environmental justice. His book Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It was published this month....
On April 17, the Peace Corps released an announcement listing Oberlin as the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers out of colleges and universities with less than 5,000 undergraduate students. According...
Pro-Palestine Protests Continue at Universities Around the Country
In recent weeks, college and university students have come out to protest in support of Palestinians, often with the goal of pushing...
On Sunday, the Asian American Alliance and the Muslim Students Association hosted a teach-in called Holi Against Hindutva. The talk featured Associate Professor of History Rishad Choudhury, OC ’07, who...
On April 1, Oberlin City Council voted unanimously to enter a one-year contract with Florida-based transportation company Slidr Inc. to provide public transportation within the City of Oberlin. This year-long...
This January, three new members of Oberlin City Council — Jessa New, OC ’01; Joe Waltzer, OC ’98; and Libni López were sworn in, along with four incumbents. Like most Oberlin Councilmembers, New,...
On April 10, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it had chosen the City of Oberlin to be one of 100 cities worldwide to receive funding through the organization’s Youth Climate Action Fund.
In...
On Thursday, Michael Kimmage, OC ’95, came to Oberlin to speak about his new book Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. Kimmage is a professor of History and chair...
Last Friday, Oberlin hosted Senior Launch Party in combination with Alumni Ascent to celebrate seniors’ accomplishments while simultaneously connecting them with campus resources. The event was part...
The Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation, the organization in charge of implementing the Downtown Strategy Report, is forming two teams to begin putting the report into action. One team will focus...
Haiti Prime Minister Resigns
The Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, resigned Thursday. A nine-member transitional council was appointed to take over, with Minister for Economy and Finance Michel...
