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… saw the culmination of their efforts during the day-long Summer Research Conference, when the dozens of student scholars … rats to study whether sibling bonds alleviate stress. "I was really interested in being able to develop and spearhead a project on my own," she said. "I wanted to get a taste of what doing research is like, since …
… Spring is always a joyful time of year at Oxy as we celebrate the many accomplishments … the unseasonable rain that fell during Commencement as we watched hundreds of future entrepreneurs, diplomats, …
… The phrase “ivory tower” is an Old Testament term, but its first use in the modern sense—a happy state of privileged seclusion from the real world—was little more than a century ago. It is most commonly used … their decision to convert Oxy into an all-men’s school, it was a protest organized by outraged students and alumni that …
… my mom—and just about everyone else I knew—used to ask me, "What are you going to do with that?" In an era in which … tolerate ambiguity, and embrace difference. As Tibco Software CEO Vivek Ranadive recently told The Wall Street Journal , "If you teach students one trade, that …
… "I did not know I was called the 'Oxy Water Queen,'" Jo Ann Brobst Hirsch '58 says with a laugh at her home in Alamo. It's been 60 years since Hirsch and her … did that and so much more, traveling the globe as an underwater ambassador …
… It's been 17 years now since I came to work at Occidental. That seems like a long time to … Together with her friends from Special Collections, I was fortunate to see her just before Christmas, at the … "I had a lot of respect for him," Jean said of Coons. "He was doing good things, and I was part of his team. If he had …
… day of college is one of the most poignant rituals in American life. This August, as we formally launched … he focuses on “how a student goes to school”—the best ways to pick up skills integral to any career and how … emphasizing the kind of wisdom that in many fundamental ways describes an Oxy liberal arts education. Bruni points …
… she explains. For an economics class at Oxy, her assignment was to do a report on the differences between what … camera in hand, she chronicled a day in the life of a sewage worker and a CEO, shooting in manholes and high-rises …
… Though it was 70 years ago, Gavin’s 91-year-old grandmother, Barbara “Jean” Griswold ’51, still lights up when she remembers her days at Oxy. There she met her husband Bill … Jean Coleman ’14. Despite the long family history, Oxy was not a foregone conclusion for Gavin. Initially he …
… started in Madagascar. During her Richter Fellowship the summer after her second year at Oxy, she conducted research … this project, I didn’t really know what public health was,” Frivold recalls. Working with epidemiologists and … of the rigorous coursework I did at Oxy,” Frivold says. She was able to dive deeper into different topics in her courses …