https://map.oxy.edu/?id=1103#!m/276705
Oxy Arts Speaker Series: The Quetzalcoatl Mural Project
The Quetzalcoatl (Feathered-Serpent) Mural Project (QMP) is a community based mural arts collective which began twenty-one years ago in one of the Los Angeles historic art districts. QMP’s primary mission is to provide inner city youth an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents by creating an awareness campaign through public art projects in underserved Los Angeles neighborhoods.
The Disordered Cosmos: Sex, Race and Physics
Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein joins Occidental College as the 2019 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence. This residency honors Occidental’s first Black graduates and is made possible by the generous donations of our alumni. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Core Faculty Member in Women’s Studies at the University of New Hampshire, Professor Prescod-Weinstein's research focuses on particle (astro)physics and cosmology and she also examines the intersection of science and social justice.
Q&A session on Proposed Title IX Regulations
We’ll provide an overview of the proposed changes, how the 60-day public comment period on the proposed regulations works, how you can submit your own comments, and answer your questions to the best of our ability, based on what we know to date.
We plan to hold a follow-up Q&A session after we all return from winter break, before the public comment period ends on January 28.
Reading and Q&A with Author Rachel Kushner
Kushner’s new novel, The Mars Room, was published on May 1st, 2018, and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Kushner is also the author of The Flamethrowers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Five Novel of 2013. Her debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. A collection of her early work, The Strange Case of Rachel K, was published by New Directions in 2015. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, and the Paris Review.
Screening of "The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand"
Documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans presents her new film about landscape architect Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), who overcame the challenges of a male-dominated profession to landscape more than 200 projects during her pioneering career, including the Occidental campus. A presentation by historian Ann Scheid on her research into Farrand’s Southern California landscapes and a Q&A with the filmmaker will follow.