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… (1961-62) and interned at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (summer 1966). Prior to joining the Occidental faculty in 1971, he was assistant professor of mathematics at Louisiana State … for three years. He retired from Oxy in 2006 after nearly 35 years at the College. Tom was a member of the …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? I applied for the Fulbright Research Grant because I wanted to explore my research interests before committing to … the pandemic so the Fulbright program was a perfect way for me to openly explore my academic/research interests in any …
… after 35 years at Oxy. What attracted you to Oxy? “I was looking for an academic position that emphasized both teaching and research. A friend told me that Oxy was searching for a physics professor who could setup a …
… One day in July, I was driving out of the Kirkland (Wash.) Library parking lot when I saw a car with an OXY … took out a piece of paper, and wrote "Hi Oxyite!" with my name and graduating class as well as my email address. I …
… despite the odds and helped transform popular music in America. As a young man, "My big problem was to get girls," Gordy said in discussing the importance of turning negatives into positives. "I was never as tall as I wanted to be, there was always …
… more than 200 TV shows, in addition to his work in film, commercials, and theater, actor Loren Lester ’83 gets … Larry David fans might remember Lester from “The Black Swan” episode from season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm . Then … is where my life is.” Last spring, Lester made his Broadway debut in the revised and reimagined Cabaret at the Kit …
… Oxy seniors and faculty lined up along Bird Road for the Commencement procession up to Hillside Theater, Professor of Kinesiology Stuart Rugg was in his element. “I kept teasing my students that it took … gave emeriti faculty the equivalent of a diploma—which was kind of cool.” Thirty-four minutes into the ceremony, …
… As a student at Palisades High School in 1969, Warren Montag participated in a walkout to protest the Vietnam War. “I wasn't consistently politically active at that time, but looking back, I would say that was an important … Whether it was 18th-century British literature or 20th-century European …
… Thom Harp ’92’s storytelling choices gravitated toward affairs of the heart—even if his approach to the … jaded in hindsight. His senior comps film, Be My Girl , was about a man who is in love with a blow-up doll and the … Harp is still in touch with his emotions, with a pair of comedies that tackle the prospect of parenthood from wildly …
… established video artists and work from our local media arts partners. Past Screenings August 11 - August 16, 2020 Apart or A Part , a compilation from LA Freewaves Image: Still from Living Pictures , 2003 - … Their first collection of writing, CRUSHES: A NOVELLA, was published by Econo Textual Objects in Spring 2017. July …