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… Ben Smith ’20 writes, and classmate Lindsee Diaz smiles and waves from her home in National City, some 130 miles away. “We have a lot of weird [off-campus] house names around … we knew this was not theoretical anymore.” In moving 200-plus faculty and over 2,000 students online, “The biggest …
… Most people know that water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Drinkable water, however, covers less than 1 percent—and many … and a personal water filter—students emphasized the pluses and minuses of each. "There are tons of ways to … A campus-wide focus on water may have compelled a few Oxy students to break the …
… concern could create such a position? Disney, of course. Walt Disney Imagineering, to be exact, which the Los Angeles … one man who knows the secrets, perhaps the Imagineer ne plus ultra , it’s Joe Rohde ’77. Disney’s executive designer and vice president of creative. He was the lead designer for Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the …
… in all disciplines. Shtulman’s Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation plus another grant have amounted to 11 years of funding for … plans. The experience enhances your college education in ways both direct and indirect. “I think experimentalism is …
… 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 … She'll complete the program with a master's degree plus her teaching certification. “I'm really excited about …
… 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 … “It will be a full-scale renovation—two floors of labs, plus unused space in the basement of Norris that will be …
… Randy Hook ’12 was 7 years old the first time he saddled up for an equestrian competition. “I was going to ride my big cousin’s horse—super athletic, very … him anyway because the whole spirit of our brand is N.W.A plus horses,” Hook says. “It’s anti-establishment but it’s …
… “Like most American boys growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, I wanted to be a major-league player, but I wasn’t good enough to do that,” says Dreier, now the E.P. … of all 20,000 players that have played the major leagues, plus all of the managers and umpires and some sportswriters. …
… going to show you a picture and tell you a story," Gerald Washington '04 begins. He brings out an oversized frame with … and ensuing recession wiped out his resources in 2008, Washington was "slinging lettuce out of a drive-thru … peak, the couple's company generated revenues of $2 million-plus annually. "I was making a lot of money and bought a …
… of former hockey pro Bernie Morris, the inexperienced team was expected to "put up a stiff battle against its strong … skate by for a full decade before student interest melted away. But beyond the aforementioned sports, Oxy has never had … many of them newer women's programs without the century-plus history of many of their male counterparts. It also has …