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"Best college on this planet"
Famed Caltech chemist Harry Gray proclaimed Occidental "the best college on this planet" in his speech to the Oxy Class of 2016 at Convocation, the August 29 ceremony marking the...
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A New Beginning
The first chapter of Kate Frawley’s Oxy story began early Saturday morning in Room 102 of Newcomb Hall.
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Curiouser and Curiouser
When Jason Heidecker ’04 talks about NASA’s Curiosity spacecraft, which he helped build for its current mission on Mars, he sounds like a kid boasting about a favorite toy.
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Oxy Receives $750,000 Mellon Grant for Core Program
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Occidental a $750,000 grant to re-imagine components of the College’s first-year general education Core program.
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Get Bent with the Karamazovs
As this year’s Hume Fellows, the acclaimed quartet the Flying Karamazov Brothers will bring their comedy-juggling spectacle 4 PLAY to Occidental for a not-to-be-missed performance...
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6 Professors Make Tracks to Oxy
Six new professors with impressive backgrounds in teaching and research are joining the Occidental faculty this fall.
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A Futbol Fanatic in London
When Dean Jorge Gonzalez learned his beloved Mexico team would play in the Olympic gold medal soccer game, he wasted no time. Here are some excerpts from his journal.
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Oxy Receives $1-Million Gift to Expand Psychological Services
A $1-million donation from the estate of Mose and Sylvia Firestone will expand on-site psychiatric and counseling services at Occidental College’s Emmons Health Center.
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