For many pre-meds, organic chemistry is an anxiety-generating ordeal that can determine whether you are cut out to be a doctor. But it had the opposite effect on Matt Schmidt ’18:...

Recent alumnus and film editor Ryan Rambach '14 has been nominated for two 2017 Primetime Emmys

For the third consecutive year, the New York Times has ranked Occidental College as one of the country’s most economically diverse colleges, based on enrollments of lower- and...

American adults view young Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers, a perception that could lead to disproportionate rates of punitive treatment in...

Aaron Noffke '17 has been named one of 10 Millennial Public Policy Fellows—picked from among 500 applicants—by New America, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

Acknowledging that computers now impact nearly every aspect of our everyday lives, as well as strong student demand, Occidental College will roll out a new computer science major...

The critically acclaimed Occidental Children's Theater will celebrate its 22nd year with Dracula and the Beanstalk, plus three adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales, for...

Occidental College's Upward Bound program has been awarded a five-year, $2.68-million grant by the U.S. Department of Education. The federal program helps motivated low-income high...