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...

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...

Martha Ronk, Occidental’s Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, is a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award poetry prize.

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...

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...

Five new tenure-track scholars have joined the Occidental faculty, from a volcanologist to a specialist in modern China.

With an eye toward enhancing environmental initiatives on campus, Occidental has hired its first sustainability coordinator.

Occidental has been identified as an institution with a high rate of female physics majors by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL). Out of 95 U.S. colleges and...