Global Engagement
An Oxy education affords myriad opportunities to connect your learning to the wider world—and the global context.Summer Research at Oxy
From faculty-mentored research on campus to independent projects abroad, diverse opportunities for hands-on learning are always at your fingertips.New Issue of Occidental Magazine
Oxy’s Media Arts & Culture program embraces the demands of the digital age, an alumna’s efforts in higher ed policy, a beloved cohort of retiring professors and more.
Liberal Arts in Los Angeles
Drawing on the cultural and intellectual resources of a global city,
Occidental provides a springboard for putting theory into practice and ideas into action.
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
Oxy’s approach to the liberal arts is embodied in its Core Program, an interdisciplinary set of courses required of all students.
Discover Occidental
A vibrant, small liberal arts college experience in the heart of Los Angeles, one of the most stimulating and creative cities in the world. That’s something you won’t find anywhere else.
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.
Alumni
Armed with a briefcase full of challenges facing the nation’s largest higher education system, Lande Ajose ’87 brings new energy to Sacramento.
Lande Ajose
Diplomacy & World Affairs | Class of 1987
Alumni
Morgan Bennett-Smith is currently a master’s student at the Red Sea Research Center, and his studies of coral reef ecology and how reef organisms adapt have taken him (and his camera) all over the world.
Morgan Bennett-Smith
Marine Biology | Class of 2017
Student
Anna Palmer has devoted her college career to mentorship, supporting social justice and her research on Afro-Carribbean motherhood.
Anna Palmer
Sociology | Class of 2019
Student
Combining computer science with the liberal arts has helped Leo Connelly learn about technical solutions to real-world issues.
Leo Connelly
Computer Science | Class of 2019
Faculty
I really enjoy sharing my knowledge with students, what a reward when you see a smile on their face after understanding a concept. Learning how to scientifically communicate with different backgrounds is also really rewarding.
Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub
Chemistry
Alumni
Ken Lowney ’87 is president of Oakland-based Lowney Architecture. His approach is rooted in his belief that architecture is more than simply buildings, and—if thoughtfully and responsibly done—it can positively contribute to society and advance a community.
Ken Lowney
Philosophy | Class of 1987
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Nancy Grenier '53 of Manhattan Beach has painted outdoor scenes up and down the California coast all her life. But her most popular painting has been missing for decades. https://t.co/jDzAY8Ix5x
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