NEA Big Read in �鶹��Ƶ Continues with Historical Re-Enactment</h1> <article> <h1>NEA Big Read in �鶹��Ƶ Continues with Historical Re-Enactment</h1> <p>swargo — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:50:20 +0000</p> <span>NEA Big Read in �鶹��Ƶ Continues with Historical Re-Enactment</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-09-20T13:50:20-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 13:50">Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:50</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ College continues its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read exploration of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi with a historical re-enactment on <strong>September 21, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. at �鶹��Ƶ Public Library</strong>. The NEA Big Read in �鶹��Ƶ is presented in partnership with �鶹��Ƶ College Libraries, the �鶹��Ƶ Public Library, the �鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center, the Friends of the �鶹��Ƶ Public Library, and other community groups with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.</p> <p>The event will feature Robin Pease, an actress from the Cleveland-based Women in History storytelling organization. Robin will portray the story of Sara Lucy Bagby, an enslaved woman from Virginia who was the last person in the United States forced to return to slavery in the South in 1861 under the Fugitive Slave Act. Bagby escaped via the Underground Railroad and made her way to Cleveland, Ohio, before being captured, arrested, and returned to slavery in Virginia. After Emancipation, Bagby walked to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to leave the South. She ultimately settled in Cleveland, where she died in 1906. She is buried in Woodland Cemetery.</p> <p>"The historical re-enactment of Sara Lucy Bagby's story connects the larger story of the African Diaspora in the United States, specifically Northeast Ohio,” says Alonso Avila, Information Literacy and Student Success Librarian at �鶹��Ƶ College. “It invites us into an intergenerational experience and conversation at �鶹��Ƶ which is one of many sites that make up the Underground Railroad."</p> <p><br> An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the power of a shared reading experience. �鶹��Ƶ is one of 62 communities nationwide participating in the 2022-2023 NEA Big Read. From September 2022 through May 2023, our community will celebrate Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi with a full calendar of events including:</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Banned Books Trivia, September 18-24</strong> </p> <p><strong>�鶹��Ƶ Public Library, 65 S. Main St., �鶹��Ƶ, OH 44074 </strong></p> <p>Patrons will have an opportunity to answer a trivia question about a banned or challenged book. Anyone who answers correctly will get to take a book home (while supplies last). Sponsored by the Friends of �鶹��Ƶ Public Library. Banned Books will be on display through Sept. 24.</p> <p><strong>Read Aloud, September 21, 4:30 p.m. </strong></p> <p><strong>Mary Church Terrell Main Library, �鶹��Ƶ College, 148 W. College St., �鶹��Ƶ, OH 44074 </strong></p> <p>Join us in a public reading of excerpts from your favorite books that have been censored, banned, challenged, or excluded from curricula throughout the years (including our Big Read title, Homegoing).</p> <p><strong>Sara Lucy Bagby re-enactment, September 27, 4:30 p.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>�鶹��Ƶ Public Library, 65 S. Main St., �鶹��Ƶ, OH 44074</strong></p> <p>This live, historical re-enactment will portray Sara Lucy Bagby, the last slave to be prosecuted as a runaway after the Fugitive Slave Act. She made it all the way to Cleveland, Ohio, before being sent back into slavery.</p> <p><strong>Freedom's Friends History Walk, September 29, 6:00 p.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>First Church in �鶹��Ƶ, 106 N. Main St., �鶹��Ƶ, OH 44074</strong></p> <p>Hear stories about �鶹��Ƶ’s most famous freedom seekers and people known to have helped them make their way to freedom on this 90-minute neighborhood walking tour. Led by �鶹��Ƶ Heritage Center. Tour repeats at this location on Saturday, October 8 @ 11:00 a.m.</p> <p><br> For more information on this event, please contact Eboni A. Johnson. You also can view a full calendar of events for the NEA Big Read in �鶹��Ƶ at https://libraries.oberlin.edu/big-read.</p> <p> </p> <p>Contact: </p> <p>Eboni A. Johnson</p> <p>440-775-5026</p> <p>ejohnson@oberlin.edu</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2022-09-20T12:00:00Z">Tue, 09/20/2022 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2384">Libraries</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Willam Bradford</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College Recognized for Sustainability Initiatives that go Above and Beyond</h1> <p>swargo — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:06:06 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College Recognized for Sustainability Initiatives that go Above and Beyond</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-23T14:06:06-05:00" title="Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 14:06">Tue, 11/23/2021 - 14:06</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>�鶹��Ƶ College has been named a 2021 Excellence in Energy Award winner by NRG Energy, Inc. for the significant impact of its sustainability initiatives that achieve notable environmental and social benefits.</em></p> <hr> <p> </p> <p>OBERLIN, OHIO -- �鶹��Ƶ College has been named a <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrg.com%2Finsights%2Fpeople-and-community%2Fwinners-embrace-energy-possibilities-.html&esheet=52533452&newsitemid=20211117006271&lan=en-US&anchor=2021+Excellence+in+Energy+Award+winners&index=1&md5=53a5073543a659ffe7a4b8b0fdc60708">2021 Excellence in Energy Award </a>winner by NRG Energy, Inc. �鶹��Ƶ was recognized for the significant impact of its sustainability initiatives that go above and beyond standard sustainability practices to achieve notable environmental and social benefits.</p> <p>“Sustainability is embedded throughout our entire culture at �鶹��Ƶ College,” said Meghan Riesterer, assistant vice president for <a href="/environmental-sustainability">campus energy and sustainability</a>. “�鶹��Ƶ College signed the Carbon Commitment and set a deadline to get to carbon neutrality by 2025. This past summer we took a really important step towards getting to carbon neutrality when we launched a $140 million, four-year campus-wide conversion to geothermal heating and cooling that will position the institution as a national leader in the clean energy space.”</p> <p>The Excellence in Energy Awards recognize NRG customers who demonstrate a strong commitment to the planning and achievement of their environmental and community goals. Through the annual celebration of these awards, NRG is shining a spotlight on successes and milestones that are shaping a better future through energy.</p> <p>“Our customers motivate us every day at NRG,” said Robert Gaudette, senior vice president of NRG Energy, Inc. “We want to honor them for their passion to drive positive change by optimizing their energy solutions and giving back to the community. These awards are about celebrating how organizations can lead the way by taking responsibility for their energy future to benefit their operations and their communities.”</p> <p>About NRG</p> <p>At NRG, we’re bringing the power of energy to people and organizations by putting customers at the center of everything we do. We generate electricity and provide energy solutions and natural gas to millions of customers through our diverse portfolio of retail brands. A Fortune 500 company, operating in the United States and Canada, NRG delivers innovative solutions while advocating for competitive energy markets and customer choice, working towards a sustainable energy future. More information is available at <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrg.com&esheet=52533452&newsitemid=20211117006271&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nrg.com&index=2&md5=b024152e1ab94dd1a65969c6e6597d20">www.nrg.com</a>.</p> <p>About �鶹��Ƶ </p> <p>Ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts schools, �鶹��Ƶ College is known for its exemplary academic and musical pedagogy and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and creative entrepreneurship. The college, founded in 1833, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities as the first to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Conservatory of Music, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.</p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-11-23T12:00:00Z">Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Scott Wargo</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2369">Environment & Sustainability</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3716">Office of Environmental Sustainability</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">William Bradford</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ to launch Internship+ Commitment for students entering in fall 2022</h1> <p>swargo — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:27:15 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ to launch Internship+ Commitment for students entering in fall 2022</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-05T11:27:15-04:00" title="Friday, November 5, 2021 - 11:27">Fri, 11/05/2021 - 11:27</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Beginning with students entering in fall 2022, �鶹��Ƶ will offer each student up to $5,000 in financial support for a qualified summer opportunity, including internships, research- and performance-based experiences, and other pre-professional activities. This will allow each student to pursue their perfect summer internship, professional development, or research opportunity to help them launch their career.</p> <p>This commitment came out of a recommendation in the <a href="/about-oberlin/one-oberlin">One �鶹��Ƶ</a> report to guarantee funding for one high-quality internship per student, and is among a number of initiatives that have come from the One �鶹��Ƶ report in the area of career preparation.</p> <p>To maximize the value of this internship, participating students will also take part in programming coordinated by the <a href="/career">Career Development Center</a> and the <a href="/conservatory-professional-development">Conservatory Office of Professional Development</a>. This will prepare students for experiential learning opportunities through staff- and faculty-led workshops, a career summit, and alumni career panels. Students may elect to use the full amount in the summer following their junior year, or divide the funds between their sophomore and junior summers, and will present a clearly defined experiential learning plan, including an itemized budget.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-11-05T12:00:00Z">Fri, 11/05/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2403">Career Exploration & Development</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">John Petersen</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College Joins White House COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge</h1> <p>swargo — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:19:31 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College Joins White House COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-06-15T13:19:31-04:00" title="Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 13:19">Tue, 06/15/2021 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO -- �鶹��Ƶ College has signed on to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/COVIDCollegeChallenge/">White House’s COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge</a>, joining more than 600 colleges and universities taking the pledge to be a Vaccine Champion College.</p> <p>“�鶹��Ƶ College signed the White House COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge to support the effort to vaccinate as many adults as possible by July 4th,” said COVID-19 Campus Health Coordinator Katie Gravens. “Although the �鶹��Ƶ College community has achieved an 85.7 percent vaccination rate, including students, faculty, and staff, we hope to increase the percent of the community that is vaccinated. As the college resumes a traditional campus experience we want everyone, including the people in the City of �鶹��Ƶ, to feel reassured that they are protected from COVID-19 when they encounter anyone from the college.”</p> <p>The White House and the U.S. Department of Education are asking participating colleges and universities to commit to three action steps to support vaccination efforts. </p> <ul> <li>Engage students, faculty, and staff members by educating the campus community on their eligibility for the vaccine and resources to find one. </li> <li>Organize the college community by identifying champions for vaccine efforts across campus and implementing a plan to get as many members of the campus community vaccinated as possible.</li> <li>Deliver vaccine access for all by bringing vaccines on-site, or helping students, staff and faculty to find nearby vaccine sites this summer, and track success.</li> </ul> <p>�鶹��Ƶ College encourages all students, faculty, staff, and visitors to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine. The <a href="/obiesafe">college’s current vaccination rate of 85.7 percent</a> exceeds the campus vaccination goal of 80 percent. </p> <p>The COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge is part of President Joe Biden’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-national-month-of-action-to-mobilize-an-all-of-america-sprint-to-get-more-people-vaccinated-by-july-4th/">National Month of Action</a> and supports his <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/11/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-additional-efforts-to-get-america-vaccinated-including-free-rides-to-vaccination-sites-from-lyft-and-uber-vaccination-clinics-at-community-colleges-and-addit/">goal for 70 percent</a> of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot by July 4th.</p> <p><em>About �鶹��Ƶ</em></p> <p><em>Ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts schools, �鶹��Ƶ College is known for its exemplary academic and musical pedagogy and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and creative entrepreneurship. The college, founded in 1833, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities as the first to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Conservatory of Music, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">- ### -</p> <p>Contact:</p> <p>Scott Wargo</p> <p>Director of Media Relations</p> <p>440-775-8474</p> <p>Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-06-15T12:00:00Z">Tue, 06/15/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Scott Wargo</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts</h1> <p>swargo — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:40:57 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-06-02T09:40:57-04:00" title="Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - 09:40">Wed, 06/02/2021 - 09:40</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO -- The �鶹��Ƶ College Department of Dance has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Critical Mass: CI @ 50, a five-day international conference that will reflect on the history and significance of Contact Improvisation and �鶹��Ƶ College’s legacy in its development. </p> <p>Marking the 50th anniversary of Contact Improvisation, the summer 2022 conference hosted by �鶹��Ƶ College is organized by Professor of Dance <a href="/ann-cooper-albright">Ann Cooper Albright</a> in collaboration with co-curators and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. </p> <p>The five-day celebration will feature interviews with founding figures such as Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson, panel discussions, intensive workshops with master teachers, and evening public performances. These will include a reconstruction of Paxton’s Magnesium, facilitated by Jurij Kondar and performed by students from �鶹��Ƶ’s advanced varsity contact class, and Underscore, by Nancy Stark Smith ’74, former co-editor of Contact Quarterly.</p> <p>"It thrills me to be able to host the 50th anniversary celebration of Contact Improvisation, a contemporary dance form with an important legacy at �鶹��Ƶ College,” says Albright. “When Grand Union—an improvisational collective from New York City—came to �鶹��Ƶ College in January 1972, Steve Paxton created a dance for 12 men called Magnesium. This piece is seen as a seminal moment in the form's history. Later that summer, Nancy Stark Smith joined Paxton and others in NYC to continue those experiments. Smith, who died in May 2020, was a central figure in the development of Contact and served as co-editor of Contact Quarterly for more than 45 years. We will honor her contributions and the role of �鶹��Ƶ College in the history of Contact when we gather with hundreds of dancers to celebrate, investigate, and engage with the legacy of this improvisational form."</p> <p>Critical Mass: CI @ 50 is among the more than 1,100 projects across America totaling nearly $27 million that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects for fiscal year 2021.</p> <p>“As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine returning to a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce funding that will help arts organizations re-engage fully with partners and audiences,” said NEA Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Although the arts have sustained many during the pandemic, the chance to gather with one another and share arts experiences is its own necessity and pleasure.”</p> <p>For more information on the projects included in the Arts Endowment grant announcement, visit <a href="https://www.arts.gov/news">arts.gov/news</a>. </p> <p>To learn more about Contact Improv at �鶹��Ƶ, visit the �鶹��Ƶ College <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/dance">Department of Dance</a>.</p> <p><em>About �鶹��Ƶ </em></p> <p><em>Ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts schools, �鶹��Ƶ College is known for its exemplary academic and musical pedagogy and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and creative entrepreneurship. The college, founded in 1833, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities as the first to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Conservatory of Music, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">- ### -</p> <p>Contact:</p> <p>Scott Wargo<br> Director of Media Relations<br> 440-775-5197<br> Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-06-02T12:00:00Z">Wed, 06/02/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Scott Wargo</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy Ann Cooper Albright</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Releases Environmental and Social Responsibility Report</h1> <p>swargo — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:12:16 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Releases Environmental and Social Responsibility Report</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-04-22T19:12:16-04:00" title="Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 19:12">Thu, 04/22/2021 - 19:12</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO -- �鶹��Ƶ’s first <a href="https://go.oberlin.edu/esr-report">Environmental and Social Responsibility Report</a>, released today, shares the many ways in which students, faculty, staff, and the broader �鶹��Ƶ community are working together to inspire the world we need.</p> <p>“We are committed to environmental stewardship and promoting social equity on college campuses and in communities across the country and world,” says President Carmen Twillie Ambar. “There is so much passion for this work in �鶹��Ƶ—both on campus and in the city—that we felt it important to chronicle the energy and drive. This report showcases just some of our ongoing commitments and progress.”</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ leads by example, and the influence it holds among the nation’s top liberal arts institutions is amplified by its actions. The report provides a wide-ranging look at the efforts of �鶹��Ƶ to address environmental and social responsibility in three spheres of influence: </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Campus Commitment</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Since its founding in 1833, �鶹��Ƶ has been a community dedicated to environmental stewardship, social engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The report covers �鶹��Ƶ’s many commitments on campus, where students, faculty, and staff drive change from all areas of the institution. For example:</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• In 2006, �鶹��Ƶ was first among its peer institutions to commit to achieving carbon neutrality. In summer 2021, �鶹��Ƶ will launch a multi-year, campus-wide conversion to geothermal energy, taking an important step toward the goal of being a carbon-neutral campus by 2025.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• When completed in 2000, the Adam Joseph Lewis Center forEnvironmental Studies was recognized as one of the top53 game-changing buildings of the past 170 years by Building, Design +Constructionmagazine.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• Over the last decade, the college has invested in a broad spectrum of energy-efficient technologies and installed a 10-acre solar array.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• Advocating for and advancing issues of social justice and equity have been central to the ethos of �鶹��Ƶ College since its founding. �鶹��Ƶ took an additional step forward last year when President Carmen Twillie Ambar launched the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity. The initiative was established in direct response to increasing injustice and racial tensions in America, and focuses on elevating and advancing �鶹��Ƶ’s more than 180-year commitment to the education and rights of Blacks in America.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Community Commitment</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">�鶹��Ƶ College and the city of �鶹��Ƶ are inextricably linked, as they were founded by the same people in 1833. The college sits in the center of the city with no boundaries to separate it—literally or figuratively—from the city of �鶹��Ƶ. The report explores community partnerships in education and service; environmental stewardship in the community; and work to foster strong social connections in the community. For example:</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• The college partners with more than 100 local social service agencies, schools, religiously affiliated service organizations, grassroots community initiatives, and municipal government entities that result in opportunities to give back. </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• Each year, more than 1,200 students volunteer about 115,000 hours in programs such as teaching Spanish to elementary school students, serving as math and reading tutors, assisting with musical education, transporting donated food to nonprofit food pantries, and promoting a sustainable transportation system on campus and in the community.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• �鶹��Ƶ College is working closely with the city of �鶹��Ƶ to build an ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable model of a post-fossil-fuel community. </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Global Commitment</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">�鶹��Ƶ’s reach extends beyond its campus and its community—each year �鶹��Ƶ graduates launch careers in locations around the world. Through education, leadership, and service, they are academically prepared and personally driven to change the world for good. The report details �鶹��Ƶ’s work to educate the next generation of global sustainability and social responsibility leaders, including:</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• �鶹��Ƶ encourages its students to recognize interdependence among social systems, the natural environment, and economies, and model this intersectional approach in our own community in order to drive the world we live in today toward the thriving world we need for the future.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• Experiencing, understanding, and embracing other cultures is an invaluable part of an �鶹��Ƶ education. �鶹��Ƶ's global perspective is not limited to the classroom, but shines through in the experiences, living and learning spaces, and activities available to students.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">• The report provides a wealth of examples of alumni and faculty efforts, progress, and outcomes across a spectrum of environmental- and social responsibility-related initiatives.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">To learn more about �鶹��Ƶ’s dedication to environmental stewardship, social engagement, and commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion, see <a href="https://go.oberlin.edu/esr-report">INSPIRING THE WORLD WE NEED: �鶹��Ƶ’s Commitment to People and Planet</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><em><strong>About �鶹��Ƶ</strong> </em></p> <p><em>Ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts schools, �鶹��Ƶ College is known for its exemplary academic and musical pedagogy and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and creative entrepreneurship. The college, founded in 1833, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities as the first to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Conservatory of Music, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">- ### -</p> <p> </p> <p>Contact:</p> <p>Scott Wargo<br> Director of Media Relations<br> 440-775-5197<br> Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Report captures a community dedicated to environmental stewardship, social engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-04-22T12:00:00Z">Thu, 04/22/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Scott Wargo</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2369">Environment & Sustainability</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3499">Climate Action</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">William Bradford</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College to Help Create a National Coalition of Liberal Arts Institutions to Examine Race and Equity on Campuses</h1> <p>swargo — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:14:47 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College to Help Create a National Coalition of Liberal Arts Institutions to Examine Race and Equity on Campuses</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-11-13T11:14:47-05:00" title="Friday, November 13, 2020 - 11:14">Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:14</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO — �鶹��Ƶ College announced that it is partnering with five other prominent institutions to establish the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA) to foster greater understanding on matters of race and equity at liberal arts institutions across the country.</p> <p>The alliance will help provide liberal arts colleges with additional tools to examine campus culture and to lead more effectively on issues of racial equity.</p> <p>The partnership complements the work of the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity that President Carmen Twillie Ambar created earlier this year in response to increasing injustice and racial tensions in America. </p> <p>‘‘I am proud that �鶹��Ƶ is playing a leading role in the conversations liberal arts colleges must have about race and equity on their campuses and in our country,” President Ambar said. “�鶹��Ƶ is privileged to be one of the five institutions that developed this idea, and with today’s announcement, we are inviting other colleges to join in this valuable endeavor.’’</p> <p>LACRELA is being founded in partnership with the University of Southern California (USC) Race and Equity Center under the direction of Shaun Harper. The other founding institutions include DePauw University, Macalester College, Occidental College, and Pomona College.</p> <p>Harper also is assisting the Presidential Initiative to help examine racial attitudes on campus.</p> <p>LACRELA’s innovative approach will offer resources to member colleges, including:</p> <p>Beginning in January, the USC Equity Center will host monthly eConvenings on a particular aspect of racial equity such as confronting acts of racism and racial violence on campus.</p> <p>An online repository of resources and tools for every employee of member colleges. The content will include downloadable equity-related rubrics, readings, case studies, videos, slide decks, and conversation scripts.</p> <p>A trio of campus climate surveys focusing on perceptions of equitable opportunities, sense of belonging, unfair treatment, and more. The surveys will be offered on a three-year rotation, with the first year focusing on students, the second year focusing on faculty, and the third year focusing on staff.</p> <p>Presidents of Alliance member colleges will meet quarterly to confidentially share strategies, seek advice, and brainstorm ways to leverage the Alliance for collective impact on racial equity in higher education. Occasionally, presidents will be invited to rapid response strategy meetings, depending upon events of national importance.<br> <br> ‘‘When I announced the Presidential Initiative, the �鶹��Ƶ community embraced the concept and recognized its important role during these challenging times,’’ President Ambar said. ’’LACRELA will accelerate our work in �鶹��Ƶ and help liberal arts institutions across the country benefit from self-examination, improvement, and collective examination of how we all can improve circumstances for people of color and make a difference in this world.’’</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-11-13T12:00:00Z">Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3490">Presidential Initiative</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/carmen-twillie-ambar" hreflang="und">Carmen Twillie Ambar</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College Reaffirms its Commitment to Accessibility with New Scholarship</h1> <p>swargo — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:56:04 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College Reaffirms its Commitment to Accessibility with New Scholarship</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-09-25T14:56:04-04:00" title="Friday, September 25, 2020 - 14:56">Fri, 09/25/2020 - 14:56</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO — To help families address the increasing cost of higher education, �鶹��Ƶ College will award a $10,000 �鶹��Ƶ Commitment Scholarship to all new students who apply and enroll in fall 2021. The scholarship will be renewable for up to four years for students pursuing degrees in either the College of Arts and Sciences or the Conservatory of Music, and up to five years for students who are pursuing a double degree.<br> <br> Each year, �鶹��Ƶ dedicates more than $60 million dollars to financial aid to support students and their families and is committed to making higher education affordable for all who aspire to join the �鶹��Ƶ community. By meeting 100 percent of every student's demonstrated financial need, it is ensured that an �鶹��Ƶ education is accessible to students from all financial backgrounds. �鶹��Ƶ’s generous merit-aid policy provides an opportunity to further address the rising cost of college for all admitted students while also rewarding their achievements. <br> <br> In many cases, the $10,000 �鶹��Ƶ Commitment Scholarship will be part of a larger need- and/or merit-based package that will be calculated once a student has been admitted. Providing the �鶹��Ƶ Commitment Scholarship to all students as a baseline sends the strong message that the college is committed to making an �鶹��Ƶ education affordable for everyone. It is important that �鶹��Ƶ College reaffirms its commitment to accessibility in this straightforward, universal manner, especially during these uncertain times. </p> <p style="text-align: center;">- ### -</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-09-25T12:00:00Z">Fri, 09/25/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2556">Admissions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2359">Administration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ College Establishes Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in Response to National Distress</h1> <p>swargo — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:40:30 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ College Establishes Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in Response to National Distress</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-08-28T10:40:30-04:00" title="Friday, August 28, 2020 - 10:40">Fri, 08/28/2020 - 10:40</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OHIO —President Carmen Twillie Ambar and �鶹��Ƶ College announced today the launch of the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity in response to increasing injustice and racial tensions in America. The Presidential Initiative will elevate and advance �鶹��Ƶ's more than 180-year commitment to the education and rights of Blacks in America, and will provide the framework for faculty and students to address issues of violence, police-community relationships, and racial injustices. </p> <p><a href="https://www.marshall.usc.edu/personnel/shaun-harper">Shaun Harper</a>, one of the nation’s foremost experts on racial culture on college campuses, will work with the commission to assess and improve �鶹��Ƶ’s approach to campus diversity.</p> <p>‘‘The work of dismantling the vestiges of white supremacy, anti-Black policies, and gender inequality has long been embedded in the promise of �鶹��Ƶ College,’’ Ambar wrote in her <a href="/news/oberlin-college-establishes-presidential-initiative-racial-equity-and-diversity-response-0">charge to the commission</a> of 21 faculty, staff, and students from the college and the conservatory. ‘‘This work in the 21st century, however, looks different than it did in 1833.’’</p> <p>The announcement follows a personal note Ambar wrote to the �鶹��Ƶ community after the killing of George Floyd and reflects sentiments expressed across the country after the recent shooting of Jacob Blake. </p> <p>‘‘At every turn it seems we are watching in anguish a world that views African-Americans as less than human and unworthy of dignity,’’ she wrote. ‘‘The Black community—my community—is in excruciating pain. We are contending with what appears to be an unending well of racism and bigotry. We are witnessing an unraveling and a democracy that is now in search of its foundational societal norms. Hatred, anger, illness, and death fill our screens. There is grief at the abandonment of our ideals and a tearing of the heart as we see the impact on our children.’’</p> <p>Meredith Gadsby, associate professor of Africana studies and comparative American studies, and Bill Quillen, dean of the Conservatory, will cochair the commission, which will evaluate �鶹��Ƶ’s programming in both the college and conservatory, review hiring, and examine divisional and departmental climates to identify methods to elevate �鶹��Ƶ’s commitment to equity.</p> <p>‘‘Although this is an incredibly painful moment for Black people, people of color, and all people of conscience, I am energized by examples of generations of Black men and women who mobilized and continue to mobilize in struggle,’’ said Gadsby. ‘‘This energy propels me forward to engage in this important work with President Ambar, colleagues, and students.’’</p> <p>‘‘�鶹��Ƶ are united in undertaking this critical mission to help improve and redefine education in America,” said conservatory Dean William Quillen. ‘‘It is imperative that we respond to these challenges with immediacy, for the sake of our students today and for the sake of future generations who deserve a world grounded in equity and an expanded, shared sense of belonging.’’</p> <p>The commission’s work will span the 2020-2021 academic year, with the expectation of both short-term and long-term strategic recommendations at year’s end. Their partnership with Harper and the USC Race and Equity Center will help guide the work, which will include quantitative and qualitative assessments of related efforts already under way at �鶹��Ƶ and a climate assessment survey of the institution. The commission will lead the development of meaningful anti-racism education and professional development for all members of the campus community and will assess the viability, form, and structure of what a Center on Race and Equity could look like on �鶹��Ƶ’s campus. </p> <p>The commission will evaluate hiring policies and practices that ensure accountability in both the development of diverse applicant pools and the assessment of candidates and will offer initiatives that more effectively launch Black students into graduate programs and professional pursuits after �鶹��Ƶ.</p> <p>President Ambar’s charge requires that recommendations have both an internal and external framing, to ensure the institution can speak nationally and internally in a moment that is critical to both higher education and to the nation. </p> <p>‘‘There are national moments that call upon all of us to gather our energies and take hold of moral missions, and this is one of those moments,’’ Ambar said. ‘‘Once again, we should assess ourselves and the role we play in educating our students to go out into the world to act upon the change that we want to see manifested in it."</p> <p><strong>About �鶹��Ƶ</strong></p> <p>Ranked among the nation’s top liberal arts schools, �鶹��Ƶ is known for its exemplary academic and musical pedagogy and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and creative entrepreneurship. The college, founded in 1833, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities as the first to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Conservatory of Music, a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory alumni enjoy illustrious careers in all aspects of the music world, achieving prominence as performers, conductors, composers, music educators, scholars, and arts administrators.</p> <p>Contact:</p> <p>Scott Wargo<br> Director of Media Relations<br> 440-775-5197<br> <a href="mailto:Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu">Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">- ### -</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-08-28T12:00:00Z">Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2359">Administration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3490">Presidential Initiative</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>In Cuba, Cleaner Rivers Follow Greener Farming</h1> <p>swargo — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:46:21 +0000</p> <span>In Cuba, Cleaner Rivers Follow Greener Farming</span> <span><span>swargo</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-01-31T11:46:21-05:00" title="Friday, January 31, 2020 - 11:46">Fri, 01/31/2020 - 11:46</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When the Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990’s, food production on the island of Cuba was reduced—as the supply of Russian fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, and oil dried up. Under the stress of an imminent food crisis, the island quickly rebuilt a new form of diversified farming—including many urban organic gardens—that depended less on imported synthetic chemicals. Over the last two decades, Cuba blossomed into a worldwide model for conservation agriculture, with improved soils and cleaner water. </p> <p>At least that’s been a popular story among journalists.</p> <p>Now—for the first time in more than fifty years—a team of Cuban and U.S. field scientists have worked together to rigorously test a key aspect of this story: the impacts of contemporary agriculture on water quality in Cuba’s rivers. Despite centuries of sugarcane plantations and other intensive farming, the international team discovered that none of the rivers they explored show deep damage. </p> <p>Instead, the scientists measured much lower nutrient concentrations in all the twenty-five Cuban rivers they studied than are found in the U.S.’s Mississippi River. And they think Cuba’s transition toward sustainable agriculture—and its reduced use of fertilizers on cropland—may be a primary cause.</p> <p>“A lot of stories about the value of Cuba’s shift to conservation agriculture have been based on fuzzy, feel-good evidence,” say University of Vermont geologist Paul Bierman, who co-led the new research, “this study provides hard data that a crucial part of this story is true.”</p> <p>Bierman and geoscientist <a href="/amanda-schmidt">Amanda Schmidt from �鶹��Ƶ College</a> led the American half of the international team, while Rita Yvelice Sibello Hernández, a scientist with CEAC (<a href="https://www.ecured.cu/Centro_de_Estudios_Ambientales_de_Cienfuegos">Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos</a>), an ecological research group, headed up the Cuban effort with CEAC science director Carlos Alonso-Hernández.</p> <p>The new study, “¡<a href="https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G419A/GSATG419A.pdf">Cuba! River Water Chemistry Reveals Rapid Chemical Weathering, the Echo of Uplift, and the Promise of More Sustainable Agriculture</a>,”was published January 30, in the early online edition of the journal GSA Today, the leading publication of the Geological Society of America.</p> <p><strong>Pollution problems</strong></p> <p>The scientists from both countries worked side-by-side as one team doing extensive fieldwork—with <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1719249">support from the U.S. National Science Foundation</a>—and then coordinated lab work and analysis to look at many measures of river water across central Cuba. The team found high levels of E. coli bacteria in the waters—likely the result of large numbers of livestock and Cuba’s intensive use of horses and other draft animals for transportation and farm work.</p> <p>However, the scientists also found much lower levels of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution in Cuban rivers than in the United States where intensive farming and chemical fertilizer use is widespread. The new study shows dissolved nitrogen levels in Cuban rivers running at roughly a quarter to a third of those found in the Mississippi River—where excess nitrogen is a primary engine of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. “Cuban river waters provide evidence that agriculture need not overload rivers, and thus reservoirs and coastal zones, with nutrients,” writes the 15-person research team that included seven Cuban scientists and students and eight U.S. scientists and students from UVM, �鶹��Ƶ, and Williams College.</p> <p>“This research can help us to better understand how land and rivers interact in the context of sustainable organic agriculture,” said the CEAC’s Rita Yvelice Sibello Hernández, “and may give a good example to other people in the Caribbean and all over the world.”</p> <p><strong>Scientific diplomacy</strong></p> <p>Cuba is a motorboat trip from Florida—less than a hundred miles. And the island nation is the most populous in the Caribbean with more than 11 million citizens and a long and tortuous history of complex relations—cooperation and conflict—with the United States. But there has been vanishingly little collaboration between U.S. and Cuban scientists since the 1960s—much less than with other, more-potent geopolitical foes of the United States, from Iran to China. </p> <p>“We have much to learn from each other,” says Cuban scientist Alejandro Garcia Moya, a co-author on the new study. The kind of river data that the team collected “are needed to guide sustainable development in Cuba, and by example, in other tropical and island nations,” the team writes. Not only did the U.S. team provide important technical expertise and verification of results—but the joint research reveals that Cuba also has a lot of opportunity to improve its river water quality. The new study points toward the need for improved management strategies to reduce animal manure and sediment loads going into rivers—such as fencing to keep cattle off river banks—that “could further and rapidly improve central Cuban river water quality,” the scientists note. </p> <p>Conversely, “Cuba has been having a forced experiment in organic agriculture since the late 1980s,” says �鶹��Ƶ’s Amanda Schmidt. “So Cuba is a very interesting place to look at the effects of both conventional agriculture and the effects of organic agriculture at a national scale,”—and may suggest pathways to improve U.S. agriculture. Fertilizer use in Cuba peaked in 1978 and has been lower since, according to World Bank and other data. U.S. fertilizer use spiked after the 1960s and has remained at more than twice the Cuban use rate. </p> <p>“There’s a takeaway we bring back to the U.S.: our river waters do not need to look the way they do,” says Paul Bierman—a professor in <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/cas/geology">UVM’s Geology Department</a>, <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/rsenr">Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources</a>, and <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/gund">Gund Institute for Environment</a>—“we can manage fertilizer differently.” There are, of course, complex questions about yields, farm policy and more, but this newly reported data on the low levels of nutrient pollution found in twenty-five Cuban rivers, “suggests the benefits of Cuba’s shift to conservation agriculture after 1990,” the US/Cuban team writes, “and provides a model for more sustainable agriculture worldwide.” </p> <p> </p> <p>Media Contacts:</p> <p>(U.S./English) Joshua Brown, University of Vermont, 802-557-7677 (c.), joshua.brown@uvm.edu</p> <p>(Cuba/Spanish) Maikel Hernández Núñez, CEAC, maikel@ceac.cu</p> <p>(U.S./English) Scott Wargo, �鶹��Ƶ College, 440-309-7132 (c.), Scott.Wargo@oberlin.edu</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-01-30T12:00:00Z">Thu, 01/30/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>First joint Cuba-U.S. geology team in half a century discovers Cuban fertilizer pollution far lower than the Mississippi River a—model for global agriculture.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/amanda-schmidt" hreflang="und">Amanda Schmidt</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/geosciences" hreflang="und">Geosciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> </article> </main></body></html>