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Seven Win 2023 Alumni Seal Awards
A scientist/school board member, a young people's storytelling activist and a singing CPA are among this year’s recipients of the Alumni Seal Award, which will be presented by the...
Foreman To Speak on the Forgotten History of 19th-Century Black Activism
Literary historian, digital humanist and 2022 MacArthur Fellow P. Gabrielle Foreman will speak on "Why Didn’t We Know?!: The Forgotten History of the Colored Conventions and 19th...
2022-23 Barack Obama Scholars Selected for Re-Imagined Program
Occidental College has announced its 2022-23 cohort of Barack Obama Scholars, the prestigious leadership training program that has been re-imagined to make it available to more...
$1.5 Million Mellon Grant to Fund “Humanities for Just Communities” Initiative
A $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund Occidental’s “Humanities for Just Communities” (HJC) program, a three-year collaborative teaching and community...
Oxy Faculty Honored for Teaching, Scholarship and Service
Six Occidental College professors were honored for exceptional teaching, scholarship and service at a November 2 campus reception hosted by Vice President for Academic Affairs and...
Alumna Kristine White ’20 Wins Public Service Pulitzer
The English major and theater minor was part of a New York Times team that won a public service Pulitzer for its data-driven coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Ford III Awarded MLA’s Scarborough Prize for First Book
James Ford III , associate professor of English and Black Studies , has been presented with the Modern Language Association of America’s 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize for...
Oxy Top Fulbright Producer for 15th Year
For the fifteenth consecutive year, Occidental College is one of the country’s top producers of student Fulbright Awards, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual...
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