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… 2012 Jonathan Kozol Jonathan Kozol is the National Book Award-winning author of Savage Inequalities , Death at an Early Age , The Shame of the Nation , and Amazing Grace . He has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly fifty years. His most recent book is Fire in the …
… Carolina Chapel Hill; Marissa Chan ’17, an urban & environmental policy major from Moraga now working for Black Women … period. Occidental also had one honorary mention this year: Wayana Dolan ’16, a geology major from Seattle who is now … a doctorate in geological sciences at UNC. In the last six award years, Occidental students and alumni have received 22 …
… saw the culmination of their efforts during the day-long Summer Research Conference, when the student scholars presented … 19 th year, for the first time the Summer Research Program was able to fund limited international travel (up to two … breast and why it can become susceptible to cancer. "It was an experience that I never would have gotten at a …
… and writer Joan Scheckel; Kenyan photo-activist Boniface Mwangi; and Valerie D’Costa, head of infoDev at the World Bank. In her talk "Islam: As American As Apple Pie," Zonnedveld will speak about how MPV, … maintain a harmonious relationship with the environment. Mwangi will discuss how "Love is the Answer" through his own …
… 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 …
… Joshua Medina ’19 had long had an interest in 3-D modeling before … the collections manager of Oxy’s Moore Lab of Zoology, out walking his dog, Fred. Maley gave Medina a tour of Moore … of the world’s largest collection of Mexican birds—“and I was absolutely blown away,” Medina remembers. “You get the …
… 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, …
… Zeldin ’12 and director Julien Lasseur ’11 ’s two-minute comedy short. After voting took place via Facebook last fall, … contest. Although—spoiler alert—Lasseur didn ’t win, “I walked away with some great friends," he says. "I have a renewed …
… 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 …
… Returning to Oxy for Alumni Reunion Weekend in June, even members of the Class of 2009 couldn't help but notice the … Samuelson Alumni Center; the renovation and expansion of Swan Hall; the new Rose Hills Student Activities Center … vote to extend Veitch's contract through 2020. Reaction was swift and overwhelmingly positive. "This is great news!" …