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| Look Back at Commencement and Milestone Reunion Weekend
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Foreign World Media
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| Oberlin Celebrates the Class of 2023
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Alumni Celebrate 25th and 50th Milestone Reunions
The Classes of 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1973 were invited back to campus May 19-22 to celebrate their milestone reunions. The weekend was filled with good weather, great friends, and wonderful programming. Photos from the weekend can be viewed on Oberlin College’s Flickr. Don’t forget to check the albums for 25th Reunion and 50th Reunion events.
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| Bonner Scholar, Projects for Peace Grant Recipient, and Our Art Africa Founder Focuses on Community Outreach through Art
Mufalo Mufalo ’26 was awarded a Projects for Peace grant that will allow him to pursue an innovative community project over the summer. The project involves collaboration with other artists to paint murals in three Zambian towns: Lusaka, Mongu, and Livingstone, featuring subjects yet to be determined. “I hope to inspire young people who want to make a difference in their communities,” he says.
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| Oberlin's Inaugural Human Resources Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focuses on Recruitment, Retention, and Community Building
In spring 2023, Oberlin College and Conservatory appointed Kristen Surla as the institution’s first human resources director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this position, Surla plays a key role in promoting a culture of inclusive excellence and advancing strategic diversity hiring initiatives.
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Office of Communications
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| Oberlin's Sustainable Infrastructure Program Enters Key Phase
The Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP) progresses with the installation of geothermal wells this week. Geothermal bore drilling is currently underway in the north practice fields and is scheduled to be completed in fall 2024.
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Use Your Donor Advised Fund to Make a Gift to Oberlin!
A donor advised fund (DAF)--essentially, a charitable savings account--provides great flexibility. You recommend how much and how often money is granted to Oberlin and other qualified charities. You can recommend a single grant or recurring grants now to make an immediate impact or name Oberlin as a beneficiary of your fund. It's an easy way to make a great gift to Oberlin. Questions about DAFs? Please contact the Office of Leadership and Planned Giving at (440) 775-8599.
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JSTOR Returns!
JSTOR, the online resource for access to scholarly journals and e-Books, is available once again. Alumni registered with OberLink have access to all JSTOR content. Create an OberLink account or sign in and click on Alumni Resources under the Resources tab then click Access JSTOR.
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New Issue of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine Out Now
The spring 2023 issue of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine is winding its way to mailboxes, if it hasn’t arrived already. The cover story takes a deep dive into Obiewood, a growing network that helps students and alumni succeed in the entertainment industry, and the new Oberlin Screenwriters Intensive. Inside you’ll also find features on MacArthur Fellowship recipient Kiese Laymon and a photo essay of the Oberlin Orchestra and Conservatory choral ensembles visiting New York City, as well as book reviews, a profile on a bike co-op founder, and a look at the history of the Cat in the Cream’s cookies. The digital copy of the magazine will be available online soon at the Oberlin Alumni Magazine homepage, although there are several videos online now to watch:
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| Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Multifaceted musician and Oberlin Conservatory alumna Rhiannon Giddens and composer Michael Abels won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music for their opera Omar, an honor announced on May 8. The work, which premiered May 27, 2022, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, is based on the autobiography of the West Africa-born Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said, who was sold into slavery in 1807.
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| Emma Hart ’23 Traverses the Globe to Stem the Tide of Gender-Based Violence
Emma Hart formed Oberlin's Survivors of Sexual Harm and Allies (SOSHA), a student-led organization that advocates for and empowers those who have experienced sexual violence. Beginning in August, Hart will devote a year to observing programs in South Africa, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand that create dialogues among boys in middle and high schools, raising awareness and curbing the incidence of sexual violence. The opportunity was made possible by a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
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Watson Fellow Alli Roshni ’23 Wins Nexial Prize for 2023
Alli Roshni, a biology and politics major from Delhi, India, has been named the winner of Oberlin's 2023 Nexial Prize, which is presented to an outstanding science student with aspirations for interdisciplinary research. Beginning this summer, Roshni will devote a year to working with patients, practitioners, researchers, and grass-roots organizations in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia in the battle against pediatric HIV and AIDS.
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- Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson launched his book, Who Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places, with a May 30 event at NYC’s The Stonewall Inn alongside host Murray Hill.
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shuming Chen has recently published two papers. "Expedited synthesis of α-amino acids by single-step enantioselective α-amination of carboxylic acids" appeared in Nature Synthesis. Coauthors include Drew Dansby ’24 and collaborators from Marburg, Germany. "Chemo-, Stereo- and Regioselective Fluoroallylation /Annulation of Hydrazones with gem-Difluorocyclopropanes via Tunable Palladium/NHC Catalysis" was published in Angewandte Chemie. Coauthors on this article include Hieu Nguyen ’25 and collaborators from Renmin University of China.
- Professor of East Asian Studies Sheila Miyoshi Jager introduced her new book, The Other Great Game, at the Wilson Center through its Washington History Seminar program on Monday, May 22.
- Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand recently published an article, “Intertheatricality and Narrative Structure in the Electra Plays,” in A Companion to Aeschylus, eds. J.A. Bromberg and P. Burian. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2023), 145-157. Ormand analyzes the use that Sophocles and Euripides make of Aeschylus' Oreseteia, often casting events from it as fictional or contrafactual narratives spoken by the characters in their own plays on the Electra myth.
- Assistant Professor of Theater Kari Barclay's newest article on asexuality in theater was recently published in March 2023's Theatre Topics. The article builds on their play, Can I Hold You?, which Kari wrote in 2018 and was one of the first plays to explore asexual identity.
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