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… he completed his secondary education. “My father did not want his kids going to U.S. high schools in the late ’70s,” … school, as a physics major. After one semester, he switched to mathematics, and that set him on a … from UCLA, Elzinga sang opera professionally for nearly 30 years; now he works for IBM Research. (The couple …
… Exhale. The women’s 5,000 meters race is running past me on the track to … I open my eyes to 76 feet and 8 inches of the red rubber runway in front of me. I take one step back, hold my pole high, exhale, and begin my sprint forward. With my breath guiding me, I count backwards; 7, and …
… Watching the harrowing images of jetliners exploding into … world affairs major from Santa Monica Sitko left a frantic message on Mardakhayeva’s cellphone, then another, then a … the College posted an online resource page in which nearly 100 alumni in the New York and Washington, D.C., …
… journey to a tiny dot of an asteroid, there’s always a chance for disaster. When OSIRIS-REx reached Bennu safely in 2020, it was an emotional moment for Jason Dworkin ’91, senior scientist for … ’54 who was instrumental in creating the International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey in 1984.) “One of the great …
… This summer, the National Museum of the Aftermath is presenting a … Higgins' The Four Elements of Cinema (Excerpt: Fire and Water) and Charlotte Zhang's TYCOON (2026). This … on the hostile world around them. Shot on a motley mix of handheld, low-grade digital and Super 8 cameras, and …
… journey to a tiny dot of an asteroid, there’s always a chance for disaster. When OSIRIS-REx reached Bennu safely in 2020, it was an emotional moment for Jason Dworkin ’91, senior scientist for … the better part of two decades to a NASA mission to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? I applied for this award after several mentors, including a few Oxy Professors, suggested that I …
… In my Geology classes at Oxy we are always learning about how the world is actively changing … 245: Earth’s Climate Past and Future" and "GEO 315: Sedimentary Geology." This all lead up to a ten-day research … of Iceland’s breathtaking waterfalls and vistas that were near our field location. We were in the country for 12 days …
… Richard Reyes was recently named this year’s recipient of the Critical Theory and Social Justice Department’s Social Justice Impact Award for Alumni. “It meant so much when Professor … tell their own stories through his nonprofit PLUS ME, which was spotlighted at this year’s Super Bowl. …
… Professor of Classics William D. Ward is a seminal figure in the early development of Occidental College. He arrived at Occidental in 1906 … “The ideal college is popularly supposed to be located near the eastern seaboard, miles away from the city, and … From 1898 to 1914, Occidental College called Highland Park home—and a treasure trove of photos from the 1910s offers a …