Two Occidental Students Selected for Projects for Peace Grant

May 8, 2024

Stephen Amankonah Sekyere ’27 and Eleanor Goddard ’25 have been selected as members of the 2024 Project for Peace grantee cohort. They will travel to Ghana this summer to build...

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Senior Jordan Walker Receives Prestigious Luce Scholarship

February 16, 2021

The economics major is one of 18 students and young professionals chosen nationwide this year for the prestigious award, which funds a year of study and professional development in...

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Virtual Black History Month at Occidental

January 27, 2021

This year’s Black History Month expands opportunities to virtually commemorate Black history and achievement, on campus and beyond.

Sophomore presents research at American Astronomical Society Conference

January 20, 2021

Tehreem Hai ’23 attended the virtual conference this January to share her research on merging galaxies and super star clusters with more than 3,000 other scientists.

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Remote “Spanish in the U.S.” course dispels myths via infographics

January 11, 2021

Students in a remote version of the linguistics class create bilingual, publicly facing work that aims to address sociolinguistic justice.

First-year composition student wins international music competition

December 14, 2020

Oxy’s thriving music department continues to attract talented students, including Timothy Shortell ’24 who won a $3,000 young artist grant this fall.

Oxy Students Gain Access to Virtual Preceptorships at Huntington Hospital

December 7, 2020

Through a new partnership between the hospital and the College’s Office of Pre-Health Advising , 25 pre-health students have taken part in a tailored preceptorship program.