Dean’s Award Winners 2025
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes graduating seniors who, through their involvement on- and off-campus, embody Oxy’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and...
Eight stacked headshots of Occidental College graduating seniors

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Occidental College’s Andrew Shtulman has received a prestigious James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award to...
Summer Scholarship
One hundred and six vacation-averse Occidental College students spent 10 weeks this summer doing research with faculty mentors on campus in disciplines ranging from economics to...
A 'Clueless' Walk Down Memory Lane
Ohmygod, the 1995 movie Clueless celebrates the 20th anniversary of its release this week, and some of its most famous scenes were totally filmed at Oxy.
From Chicago to L.A.
Occidental College is pleased to announce that urban geographer Virginia Parks has been appointed the Madeline McKinnie Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy. Parks will leave...
Prolific Ph.D Producer
On a per capita basis, Occidental College is one of the country’s top producers of students who go on to earn doctorates in economics, according to a new study published in The...
Seeing American Indians
A new National Endowment for the Arts grant will fund research by two Occidental College professors to investigate how museums can more effectively address the way the public views...
Chicken Little Shop of Horrors
The critically acclaimed Occidental Children’s Theater will celebrate its 20th season with a brand new story, Chicken Little Shop of Horrors, as well as three adventurous...
Rapper Nas Sponsors Oxy Scholar
Graduating Occidental College senior Khaliyah Washington ’15 has been named a Koru Nas Scholar—one of only three Nas Scholars in the country for 2015.
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