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2025 Student Leadership Awards Honor Exemplary Undergraduates
Occidental students, faculty and staff celebrate the annual tradition of Student Leadership Awards.
A Host of Fellowships Awarded to Graduating Seniors at Occidental College
An impressive array of national and international fellowships and scholarships have been earned by the Class of 2025 to help them pay for graduate school, embark on research...
From the Occidental: Kemp Lecturer Tom Nichols outlines the death of expertise and how to fix it
Tom Nichols, author of The Death of Expertise, gave a talk in Choi Auditorium April 8 as the 2025 Jack Kemp ’57 Distinguished Lecturer, where he outlined his book and argued that...
Occidental College Names 2025-26 Science Scholars
Three Occidental students studying chemistry and biochemistry are being honored as part of this year’s cohort of Science Scholars, which offers research grants funded by the...
Welcome Touchdown Thrift: Building Community Through Sustainability
A collaboration between the Occidental College Office of Sustainability, the Oxy Ecossentials club, and an economics lab course has yielded a fully student-operated thrift store...
Seven Honored with 2025 Alumni Seal Awards
An advocate for educating incarcerated individuals, a top lawyer from the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, and a sports coach with a 48-year career are among this year’s...
From The Occidental: Connor Grant ’28 becomes first champion in ten years at SCIAC Championship
Connor Grant became Occidental’s first individual Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) race winner in the past decade on Feb. 21. New swim and dive...
Building Leaders for the Public Good: Meet the 2025-26 Cohort of Obama Scholars
Occidental College announces the 2025–26 cohort of Barack Obama Scholars, the prestigious leadership training program that seeks to empower exceptional students who are committed...
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