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Happy holidays from all of us here at Oberlin! (Enjoy this holiday video from Oberlin's improv troupes, too.)

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This year's Empty Bowls Holiday Brass & Organ Spectacular raised $9000 for Oberlin Community Services. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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The annual Concerto Competition surfaced four winners this year: violinist Christa Cole, soprano Amber Monroe, cellist Aaron Wolff, and pianist Shiyu Yang. Learn more about the performers and their chosen concertos. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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Michael Lin '20 broke school records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at the Fredonia Invitational. Lin and the swimming and diving team will return to the pool in Stuart, Florida at the end of the year. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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What does it feel like to mount an exhibition at a major art museum only two years after graduating college? “Surreal,” says Dessane Cassell ’14, whose show Making Faces: Images of Exploitation and Empowerment in Cinema opened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York this October. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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Thirty labs, art spaces, and math offices, all in one afternoon. Lab crawl attendees learned about embryonic development in an opossum, the processes involved in traditional and contemporary printmaking, the linguistics of Native American language, the development of antibiotics, the fate of our coral reefs, and the science of diagnosing early-stage cancer with bioanalytical chemistry. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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Susan Gelman ’80, the Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan, speaks with Oberlin students who conducted faculty-mentored research over the summer. Gelman was among a dozen alumni who returned to campus for a special reunion and symposium honoring members of the National Academy of Sciences. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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The annual Fall Forward dance showcase featured student choreographed pieces exploring the trope of “crazy” women, meditating on familial relationships, and harnessing the energy of a block party with choreography inspired by African American music and culture of the ’80s and ’90s. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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Pipo Nguyen-Duy's AnOther Western photography project challenges stereotypical representations of Asians while humorously and ironically questioning the legitimacy of the western myth. See more from the faculty art show. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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“Students are truly hungry for experiences that allow them to explore new aspects of music that wouldn’t ordinarily be taught within the repertoire for their instrument. The goal of the Performance & Improvisation program is to expand a culture on campus where committed students who want to explore composition and improvisation in an ensemble situation can do so in addition to the focus of their jazz and classical majors.” - Jamey Haddad, professor of advanced improvisation and percussion (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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It may be unusual to see a box of crayons running around in the Heisman Club Field House any other day of the year, but not during Track or Treat. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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“Climate change is different than all other problems, a moving target, a question with a time limit. If we do not solve it fast, then we will not solve it. We will reach a point when our ability to intervene will be gone.” - author and environmentalist Bill McKibben during his keynote address at the After Fossil Fuels: The Next Economy conference. See more photos from the conference.

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"The college was not even a year old when Philo Stewart, one of our founders, was assigned the task of recording the activities of the college in order to preserve the history.” - college archivist Ken Grossi, on the preservation of Oberlin history. While Oberliniana has been recorded since 1833, the Oberlin College Archives was established in 1966. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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“Still more work to be done.” - journalist Michele Norris's six-word essay about race. Norris shared insights from The Race Card Project to a capacity crowd in Finney Chapel and invited attendees to write their own essays during her fall convocation address. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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One doesn’t have to be a dance major at Oberlin College to experience different dance forms. For several Sunday afternoons this fall, Warner Center dance studio welcomed area instructors to lead free classes for 38 faculty, students, and community members interested in classical ballet. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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“The book is about core family values and a family that went through several hardships—some of which I didn’t know about, my relatives didn’t know about either, or weren’t fully aware. It was very emotional for me to find out the actual truth." - creative writing program coordinator Suzanne Overstreet, on her first novel Wait For Me (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)

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"The most critical issue we face is climate change." - David W. Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus

Starting this afternoon, a collection of influential thinkers and elected officials discuss climate change and alternative energy sources as a part of the After Fossil Fuels: The Next Economy conference. Watch the conference sessions LIVE starting at 1pm ET. (via Oberlin College & Conservatory)