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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Skin Deep
Following a festival run that spanned 18 cities in 11 countries, Occidental film professor Broderick Fox’s prize-winning documentary, The Skin I’m In, will close its run with an...
Ravitch on Reform
Armed with her newly published book, education reform critic Diane Ravitch minced no words Tuesday in her point-by-point defense of public schools before a full house in Occidental...
Berkus Hall Dedicated
Occidental’s newest, largest and most popular dormitory was formally dedicated as Berkus Hall Sunday in recognition of a $5 million gift from David and Kathleen Berkus and their...
A Prized Poet
Martha Ronk, Occidental’s Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, is a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award poetry prize.
Grant Will Fund Visiting Artists
A $91,225 grant from the Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation will fund visiting artists and provide important studio equipment at Occidental College over the next two years...
Ravitch Reassesses
Leading education reform critic Diane Ravitch will speak about her new book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, at...
New Recruits
Five new tenure-track scholars have joined the Occidental faculty, from a volcanologist to a specialist in modern China.
Greener Postures
With an eye toward enhancing environmental initiatives on campus, Occidental has hired its first sustainability coordinator.
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