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With small class sizes and professors who are committed to their teaching as well as their research, our students grow as researchers, scholars and people.Oxy Celebrates Its Veterans
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Recently, a front-page Wall Street Journal article highlighted the integrity of Occidental’s admission process.
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Explore Your Passions
Oxy’s remarkable faculty of scholars, teachers and mentors are at the heart of the intellectual experience. An Oxy liberal arts education transcends boundaries, and with more than 40 majors and programs, academic rigor comes in many forms.
Academic Spotlight
Geology students at Oxy are encouraged to learn in and out of the classroom. Meet a few of our majors and hear about their interests and adventures.
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The Oxy Community
Whether in the lab, classroom, field or community, our faculty, students and alumni define the strengths and uniqueness of Oxy in everything that they do.
Faculty
Meet Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa of religious studies, who teaches courses on Asian religions, especially Buddhism, and thematic topics related to sexuality and gender, cultural history, material religion and media, empire and politics.
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
Religious Studies
Student
Alejo Maggini learned early on in his academic career that education can be a force for change. This has inspired the international student from Mendoza, Argentina to make the most of his time at Oxy, where education is at the center of his studies.
Alejo Maggini
Diplomacy & World Affairs, Education, Economics, Linguistics | Class of 2022
Faculty
Chris Kim
Music
Faculty
Meet Treena Basu of mathematics, who is researching applications of data science in the field of educational data mining and medical data.
Treena Basu
Mathematics
Student
Hannah Hoefs has discovered a love of scientific diving and a home in the marine biology program at Oxy. This summer she spent three weeks in Jamaica with one of her professors, surveying coral reef growth and recovery.
Hannah Hoefs
Marine Biology | Class of 2020
Faculty
Meet Alexander Day of history and East Asian Studies, who studies the intellectual, social, and cultural history of peasants, food and agrarian change in China. He teaches Chinese as well as East Asian and world history.
Alexander Day
East Asian Studies, History
What’s Happening at Oxy
Occidental Magazine
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ICC Community Building Circle
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Nov22
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Philosophy Speaker Series: Dr. Myisha Cherry
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Nov22
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Women's Basketball
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Nov22
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Stuart Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs and former US Ambassador to Finland Derek Shearer shared his insights on this week's impeachment hearings in a new article by @RollCall....
Oxy's Jazz Ensemble takes center stage on November 23. Enjoy their free fall concert this weekend. https://t.co/QUyIbgPEws https://t.co/JTeA4RgOum
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