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… Stierwalt comes to Oxy from Caltech, where she has been a staff scientist since 2017. Her research uses multi wavelength surveys to study the cosmological assembly history of galaxies. She uses nearby, interacting galaxies to understand how stars formed … Meet extragalactic astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt of physics , who observes galaxies beyond our own to …
… hall the next day, he described an otherwise everyday mealtime rush as something newly surreal: Wherever he … bent over their iPhones, scrolling through our article. I walked into my morning class with heavy eyes and a painful … a double-take, pausing to consider the possibility that I was dreaming and had failed to wake up in time for my class. …
… 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 …
… everything has trade-offs. It’s a place for students to come together for civil, democratic discussion about difficult … the Oxy team has been truly extraordinary this year. “I was particularly impressed by their treatment of the case of … an issue which matters to all of us here in Los Angeles. It was one of those semesters when I felt like the students …
… accompanying the piece "Obama on Oxy" (Winter), the handsome guy in the three-piece suit is Bill Knutson '82, then … three-piece (my roommate Mike Malouf '82) and I were on our way to a string quartet concert in Beckman Auditorium at … typically upped their attire a bit for such events. On our way out to Pasadena, we stopped briefly at a dorm mixer …
… experience studying abroad, I would still say that it’s always challenging and enriching to live and learn in a host culture. Many thoughts and questions wandered through my mind before I arrived at Oxy. For … instance, I worried about falling asleep during classes or meetings around large groups of my peers. I was concerned …
… Garcia is one first-year student who already knows her way around the Oxy campus. “I grew up on the border of Eagle … Rock and Highland Park,” she says. “My neighbor would take me on hikes around the campus, then we would sit down on the … of my life.” As her graduation from Eagle Rock High School neared, Leslie hadn’t seriously considered Oxy as her top …
… by Max S. Gerber One hundred and twenty nine years ago, 27 men and 13 women ponied up $50 each to become Occidental’s … students who apply and eventually choose Oxy, so that always makes it difficult to characterize a class,” says Vince … her native Serbia included somewhat different material. “I was in plays that dealt with important social issues—plays …
… majors from the Class of 2020 working in a wide range of media, including sculpture, ceramics, performance art, … from which a yonic coil oozes in delicate equilibrium. Monumental and exuberant, Effulgence fuses out societal gender … of ceramic works fired in a mix of pit firing and American raku styles. These vessels evoke familiar organic …