Tag: Occidental College
COVID-19’s class of 2024 spent their first year of college online;...
Occidental’s class of 2024 may be graduating together in May, but just over four years ago, they were dispersed around the world individually, celebrating...
Fake Ted Talks, long walks and lots of hikes: Professors doing...
Interactive Map Jeffrey Cannon, chemistry professor Hobby: Playing Pokémon and biking Location: Occidental College and the Rose Bowl “I play Pokémon Go, and I’ve had what I guess...
‘Unifier’ President Harry Elam reflects on his four-year tenure, from a...
It is hard to imagine a day when President Harry J. Elam could walk around Occidental’s campus anonymously — on any given day, students...
Courses that count: Oxy’s curriculum comes from the ground up
“Discipline and Desire: The History of Sexuality in the United States”; “How to Live in the Midst of Dying: Religion and Climate Change”; “It...
Beginner birders take flight at community bird walk with Moore Laboratory...
Feb. 27, 8 a.m., the knotted trees of the Sycamore Glen whispered against a cool, dry LA morning breeze. A group of around 20...
Professor Mary Jane Hewitt, Black Studies and Occidental’s slow road to...
Between 8 and 9 a.m. May 5, 1978, all was quiet on Occidental's campus as students, faculty members and administrators eagerly read the newspaper,...
Economics professor Woody Studenmund takes a seventh-inning stretch
Woody Studenmund arrived in California in the fall of 1970 with a broken leg and a fever of 102. He had no luggage, no...
‘Irreplaceable’ Vince Cuseo, dean of admission and vice president of enrollment,...
The Office of Admission is currently holed up — reading and sorting through thousands of applications during the second stage of its admissions process....
Furloughs, hiring and budget cuts seek to minimize $33 million deficit
With only around 100 students residing on campus and 1,835 students — 12 percent fewer than anticipated — enrolled at the college for the Fall 2020 semester,...
Occidental strategically reacts to pandemic enrollment drop
When COVID-19 impacted nearly every aspect of daily life and closed college campuses across the nation, high school seniors were hesitant about committing to...