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Last-Minute Success Story
Ryan Metzler ’14 was wrapping up work on his senior comps in March and looking for film festivals where he could enter his documentary when he discovered that the deadline for the...
Kahanes Endow U.N. Program
A $5.5 million pledge from Elizabeth and Bill Kahane ’70 of New York will endow Occidental College’s United Nations program, which each year gives up to 16 undergraduates the...
McKinnon Center Dedicated
Occidental College dedicated its new McKinnon Center for Global Affairs April 26 with dozens of students demonstrating how global awareness informs their work – many of them using...
Diller to Speak at Commencement
New York architect Elizabeth Diller, whose firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro transformed a derelict elevated railway into the High Line park and designed the new Broad Art Museum in...
Deborah Martinson 1946-2014
Deborah Martinson, Occidental College professor of writing and rhetoric and director of writing programs, died of cancer at her Burbank home on Saturday, April 26. She was 67.
A Garden for Dr. O
Dr. O’s Garden – a permanent campus tribute to a beloved Oxy professor who died two years ago after a courageous battle with cancer – was formally dedicated on April 18 with a...
Science Honors for Alums
Two recent Occidental graduates are recipients of National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships, awarded annually to candidates in the sciences and social sciences who are...
Through the Looking Glass
Think back to your first literary experience. How likely is it that you were initially exposed to a tale on the printed page?
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