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...
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Exploring Vocation
Occidental College will host the 4 th Annual Student Multifaith Conference on Saturday, January 31. This year’s theme is Exploring Vocation, Spirituality and Social Justice Across...
Oxy Engaged
Occidental College once again has been recognized as a community engagement institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, one of a small group of liberal...
Students Honor Dr. King With Service
More than 200 Occidental College students, faculty, alumni and staff made their way to over 15 locations across Los Angeles on Saturday, January 24 to weed and plant gardens...
Best of the Year
Occidental’s McKinnon Center for Global Affairs – architect Hagy Belzberg’s radical re-imagining of the interior of one of the College’s original 100-year-old buildings – is the...
Do You Believe in Santa Claus?
Santa Claus is comin’ to town! Or is he really?
Birds Take Off
An international team, including Occidental's assistant professor of biology John McCormack, has mapped the "big bang" of avian evolution.
Paying It Forward
Two veterans with a total of 12 years of service in the Air Force and Navy are enrolled at Occidental College, thanks to two grants of $50,000 each from the Ahmanson Veterans...
Bacterial Communication
An unusual predatory bacterium’s ability to communicate with its own and its prey on surfaces may lead to new insights into how to fight antibiotic-resistant infections, according...
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