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… cognitive science; minors: CTSJ , Public Health What was your motivation to major in cognitive science? I came to … I began studying the brain more deeply, I realized that was where my true fascination lay. I wanted to understand … working with different professors—whether it be in a class setting or in research opportunities—who have supported me …
… Hochschild Hometown: Berkeley, CA Major: politics What was your motivation to major in politics? During my first … face in L.A. As my perspective broadened, I began looking toward the larger policies that needed to change, and became … and I am confident that these combined experiences have set me up to be able to understand my own politicization and …
… medals, earned flying planes in North Africa during World War II. Barker's grandfather served in the Army, and his … father in the Air Force. You could say the military had always been in Barker's orbit. After high school, the Santa … times be draining, she said that Oxy has taught her how to set her boundaries and identify her own needs as well. “To …
… the sciences, and one of the most important parts of that was the professors,” adds Blankenchip, a second-year Ph.D. student in biomedical sciences at UC San Diego. There was a time at Oxy that she wanted to “grow up and be just … about creating equity in the classroom and in a research setting,” Navarro says. “People come to college and consider …
… When George Stevens Jr. ’53 was a junior at Oxy, he accompanied his parents to the 24th Academy Awards, where his father was nominated as best director. They sat together inside the … the backlots of Hollywood to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. …
… on a lecture by second-year faculty member Robby Moore. It was Adamson’s first time in a college classroom, and Moore “made a big impression on me,” he says. “I wanted to go to a liberal arts college and be able to work … to put together a superstar department. So that’s what I set out to do.” San Fernando Valley native Robby Moore …
… a man who essentially redefined the job much in the same way that his biggest client, Michael Jackson, redrew the … the legendary Santana himself—a self-described "Mexican dishwasher who got lucky playing the guitar." "Integrity is … different than jamming into the psychedelic night on the Sunset Strip. "I'd look around those practice rooms and I …
… Growing up in Tulsa, Okla., Roger Boesche was a whiz at mathematics and a kid with boundless … him to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where Roger was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, an … Linda and Tod White Teaching Prize. "When I read his first set of student evaluations, Roger's just blew us all out of …
… early-stage, and emerging companies. By the time he was old enough to invest, “I studied the business of VC as if it was my major,” says Schlisserman, who was named (with … “working with our goalkeepers and helping us break down set pieces,” Lafaurie says. “He endeared himself to a group …
… is evident in the legacy he left behind. Prior to the onset of the 1928-29 academic year, Bird began writing a … since our public celebration began last April, Bird himself was born on Jan. 3, 1888—and thus would have been 125 this … today. (All the big names are here: Gamble, Bell, Hunt, Swan.) It is an inspiration to me. —Jonathan Veitch June 7, …