Professor John McCormack Named AAAS Fellow
Professor of Biology John McCormack, director and curator of Occidental College’s Moore Lab of Zoology, has been selected as a 2023 American Association for the Advancement of...
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Anonymous Gift Establishes Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies
A gift of $500,000 from an anonymous donor will permanently endow the Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies, honoring the influential legacy of the first Black woman...
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Sophomore presents research at American Astronomical Society Conference
Tehreem Hai ’23 attended the virtual conference this January to share her research on merging galaxies and super star clusters with more than 3,000 other scientists.
Professor James Ford
James Ford III Awarded MLA’s Scarborough Prize for First Book
James Ford III , associate professor of English and Black Studies , has been presented with the Modern Language Association of America’s 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize for...
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Remote “Spanish in the U.S.” course dispels myths via infographics
Students in a remote version of the linguistics class create bilingual, publicly facing work that aims to address sociolinguistic justice.
Prof. Ron Buckmire
Buckmire Named SIAM Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Ron Buckmire , Occidental’s associate dean for curricular affairs and professor of mathematics, has been named the first-ever vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at...
Tim Shortell '24
First-year composition student wins international music competition
Oxy’s thriving music department continues to attract talented students, including Timothy Shortell ’24 who won a $3,000 young artist grant this fall.
Dr. Kim Shriner at Huntington Hospital
Oxy Students Gain Access to Virtual Preceptorships at Huntington Hospital
Through a new partnership between the hospital and the College’s Office of Pre-Health Advising , 25 pre-health students have taken part in a tailored preceptorship program.
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Undergraduate research yields results for faculty and students alike
Across departments at Occidental, students benefit from the collaborative process of discovery with their faculty mentors.
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