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New research illuminates how glaciers have responded to past climate changes
Professor Darren Larsen and former student Aria Blumm ’19 analyzed sediment from a glacial lake to learn about glacier fluctuations and climate shifts over the last 10,000 years.
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NSF Grant To Fund Study of How Race and Immigration Status Shape Public Understanding of Science
Using a case study of skin-whitening beauty products, a three-year, $479,480 National Science Foundation grant will fund an Occidental study of how the intersection of race...
Professor Jane Hong
Hong Featured in PBS Docuseries “Asian Americans”
For Occidental College Associate Professor of History Jane Hong , the lightbulb went on when she realized that the history she was studying as a Yale undergraduate had a direct...
Mary Beth Heffernan and a healthcare worker
Photo Project Builds Connections Between Patients, Doctors in Pandemic
Five years ago, Mary Beth Heffernan of Occidental’s art department flew to Liberia with a simple idea: Would portraits worn on the outside of their frightening personal protection...
Digital Divide Impacts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Compliance, New Study Finds
Digital Divide Impacts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Compliance, New Study Finds
Regions with low-income populations and low Internet penetration are less likely to follow safe-at-home orders and are thus more vulnerable to the COVID-19 coronavirus, a new study...
Occidental College professors Peter Dreier and Mijin Cha
Dreier and Cha to Discuss “We Own The Future” Jan. 23
Occidental College professors Peter Dreier and Mijin Cha will discuss and sign copies of their new anthology, We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism – American Style (New Press)...
Occidental Prof. Mary Beth Heffernan in Liberia
Heffernan Work Featured in London Museum Exhibition
Five years ago during the West African Ebola epidemic, Occidental Professor Mary Beth Heffernan read first-person accounts from patients who were terrified by the anonymous head-to...
Justin Li, Occidental College professor of cognitive science
NSF Grant to Fund High-Performance Computing Cluster for Faculty and Student Research
A three-year, $494,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a high-performance computing cluster that will dramatically increase the research and teaching...
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