Professor John McCormack Named AAAS Fellow
Professor of Biology John McCormack, director and curator of Occidental College’s Moore Lab of Zoology, has been selected as a 2023 American Association for the Advancement of...
Portrait of John McCormack in the Moore Lab of Zoology

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Professor John McCormack Named AAAS Fellow
Professor of Biology John McCormack, director and curator of Occidental College’s Moore Lab of Zoology, has been selected as a 2023 American Association for the Advancement of...
Junior Lily Gebhart Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Lily Gebhart ’25, a cognitive science and mathematics major, has been named a 2024 Goldwater Scholar. Gebhart will receive $7,500 each semester for the remainder of her...
Occidental College Names 2024–25 Science Scholars
Four Occidental College students in the fields of chemistry, cognitive science, physics, and geology make up this year’s cohort of Science Scholars. They have been presented...
From The Occidental: The Occidental Wins Best Newspaper Award from California College Media Association
Occidental’s student-run newspaper, The Occidental, placed in the top three for seven awards and won the Best Newspaper award for the four-year colleges and universities with under...
Seven Win 2024 Alumni Seal Awards
A retired criminal defense lawyer, a doctoral student in environmental and beauty justice, and a grandmother of 26 are among this year’s recipients of the Alumni Seal Award. The...
Occidental Remains Top Student Fulbright Producer
For the 19th consecutive year, Occidental College is one of the top producers of student Fulbright Awards, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual Fulbright...
President Elam Honored in Los Angeles City Council African American History Month Ceremony
In a ceremony to celebrate the start of African American History Month, President Harry J. Elam, Jr. was honored alongside five other Black luminaries in the fields of arts and...
Occidental College Collaborates with Community Partners on Yosemite Drive Street Mural
Featuring 4,000 square feet of painted asphalt at a dangerous intersection near campus, “Boesche Way” is a street redesign and public safety project conceived in honor of the late...
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