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Lily Lapenna Named Young Initiative Senior Fellow
Lily Lapenna, founder of Block for Impact and award-winning financial education entrepreneur, has been named the 2018-19 Young Initiative Senior Fellow at Occidental College.
Marine Biology Program Receives $347K NSF Grant
Occidental biology professor Dan Pondella has received a $346,916 grant from the National Science Foundation to digitize the College’s unique fish and marine invertebrates...
Occidental to Offer New Black Studies Major in Fall 2018
Occidental College will offer a new major and minor in Black studies (BLST) beginning in fall 2018. Associate professor of American studies Courtney Baker will chair the new...
Oxy's Innovative Computer Science Major Makes Headlines
It took Occidental’s new computer science major less than a year to make front-page news in the Los Angeles Times. Through extensive quotes from faculty and students, the story...
Professor Identifies 2 New Scorpion Species
Occidental associate professor of biology John McCormack is co-author of a new study that identifies two new species of scorpion native to Southern California.
"Emily Arthur – Endangered" at Oxy March 2-April 9
Printmaker Emily Arthur, whose installations and works on paper comment on environmental degradation and human rights, will be the subject of a one-person show titled "Emily Arthur...
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