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… By Jim Tranquada | Photo by Kevin Burke When it became apparent in late July that the Class of 2021 was going to be considerably larger than projected, Wendy Sternberg and Rob Flot wanted to let faculty and staff know what to expect. Even …
… LA,” she says, reflecting on how far Occidental College seemed from home, both geographically and culturally. But when she was recruited to play basketball, Alyanna decided to visit campus. “Even though my first visit was during COVID and nobody was here, I fell in love! I knew …
… Hi! My name is Aung Myat Htet. I am a first-year international … year at Oxy, I have encountered several challenges that I was able to successfully overcome. These challenges related … academic performance. One of the experiences in college I was hoping to pursue was working a part-time job, and I …
… Sebastian Jackson Eddy Samantha Stuart Samantha Saunders Hometown: Baltimore, MD Major: Group Language (Spanish and Linguistics) What was your motivation to major in Group Language? My decision … can change so much over time that, in some cases, it’s nearly impossible to understand a language in its form from …
… In the early 21st century —when Colm McFeely was pulling double duty as coach of the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Occidental—coaching two … although the level of play and coaching then was nowhere near as high as it has since become,” he says. “But we felt …
… the sounds of campus coming back to life with the fall semester. Roommates shrieking when they reunite. The O-Team … remains strong. One of my favorite days this summer was July 29, when I attended the 27th Annual Summer Research Program Conference and heard from nearly 150 student researchers who spent ten weeks pursuing …
… By Paul Robert Walker '75 In November 1945, six months after Germany's … in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where—for the first time in history—military and civilian leaders faced trial for … born on May 14, 1904, in Longwy, France, a fortress town near the borders of Belgium and Luxembourg. His father …
… Danielle Raskin '17, an urban and environmental policy major from Brooklyn, wanted to spend some time at home this summer and intern … interested in running for local office in 2017. There was one small hitch in her plan: The WFP doesn't offer paid … Oxy's InternAway program opens up new career paths for undergrads by …
… ’74’s life has followed anything but a straight line. Oxy was her first choice for college, but she left after her … in a Hong Kong art gallery that featured contemporary Vietnamese painters. After a 30-year absence, she returned to … dozen years, a new relationship with Oxy has emerged: an unwavering commitment to service to the College. She joined …
… Parks as the Madeline McKinnie Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy—Oxy has a record 142 tenured and tenure-track … in English literature at Princeton in May; his dissertation was titled Framing Fanaticism: Religion, Violence, and the … School, where he also received his master's in 2005. He was composer-in-residence with the Kansas City (Mo.) …