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Billboard Names Oxy One of Top Music Programs—Again
For the second consecutive year, Occidental College’s Music Department has been named as one of the country’s top music business programs by Billboard magazine.
Joshua Medina ’19 Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Joshua Medina ’19, whose chance encounters at Occidental with Greek statuary videos and a dog named Fred led to a new 3-D technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage, has...
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
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...
2020-21 Science Scholars Named
Three Occidental College students collaborating with faculty in the fields of geology and physics have been named 2020-21 Science Scholars and presented with research grants funded...
Commencement 2020 at Occidental College Postponed
President Jonathan Veitch announced this morning that Occidental’s 138th Commencement ceremony will be postponed to a date to be decided.
Jackie Dall ’21 Named Goldwater Scholar
Continuing a 30-year Occidental College tradition, Jackie Dall ’21 has been named a 2020 Goldwater Scholar. Dall is the 40 th Oxy student to win the country’s most prestigious...
From 'Hairspray' to 'Hamilton'
DWA and politics major Lencia Kebede ’16 finds her way from the footlights of Keck Theater to the touring companies of two of Broadway’s biggest shows
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