Fellowships and IPO Study Abroad Info Session
Join us to learn about the many funding opportunities available to Oxy students hoping to study abroad during the 2025-2026 academic year and summer 2026. Please register for this event on Handshake.
https://map.oxy.edu/?id=1103#!m/267729
Pre-Health Advising: Dental School Applicant Kick-off
Join Pre-Health Advising Student Worker & Peer Mentor, Kayla Nguyen, for the Dental School Applicant Kick-off Info Session followed by Q & A. This will be a hybrid event. Please register on Handshake.
Obama Scholars Program - New Applicant Info Session
The Obama Scholars Program provides two fully-funded summers and a postgraduate $10K fellowship to help Oxy students interested in the public good reach their goals. The application for the 24/25 cycle is OPEN! We are accepting applications from all sophomores and transfer juniors. The deadline to apply is November 11, 2024.
Interview with Nicole Mitchell: On Musical Improvisation with Artificial Intelligence
Nicole Mitchell is one of the most renowned improvisers in the music world today. Her recent experience with artificial intelligence technology in the upcoming album "Medusae" makes it particularly relevant to investigate her impressions on the use of such technologies in music improvisation. Merging modern creative music and computer music, "Medusae" is a symbol for a multitude of concepts and for Black Feminism. The album explores the intersection of human and machine musical creativity, and features the autonomous music system VIVO.
Film Screening: "The Guardians"
You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdg1sgtnPM
Film Screening: "El Laberinto Del Fauno"(Pan's Labyrinth)
You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/AHgfiFYfPBo
Comps Jumpstarter
As you prepare for your comps projects, please join us for a workshop on how to work with archival collections, refine your topic, organize your research and locate resources. Please bring any questions or ideas you would like to run by our group of research specialists from the Library/CDLA who will be on hand for consultations. We'll provide doughnuts!
Talk with Dr. Dalit Baum on "The Political Economy of Transnational Boycotts . . . "
Dr. Baum is the co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation and the Coalition of Women for Peace. She is a feminist scholar and teacher who has taught about militarism and the global economy from a feminist perspective in Israeli and US universities.
Religious Studies Senior Comps
Lucky Looby: "The Untenability of Ideologies of Purity: Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses as Critique of Khomeini's Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Ellie Alberg: "Feeding the Transnational Orishas: Factors in the Resilience and Adaptability of Santeria"
Emily West: "Narrating the Royal Kumari: Debates Over Agency and Secularism in the Role of a Living Goddess in Nepal"
Pai Miller: "Hechicería and Hierarchy: Isabel Duarte de la Cruz and Women's Subversion of Power Through 'Witchcraft'"
Richter Returnee Information Panel
Learn more about the Summer 2019 Opportunity here.