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… a life-changing phone call: Stephen Rountree ’71, who was then chair of the Board of Trustees, shared that the trustees had just selected me to be Occidental College’s 16th president. I was so … And still, since that first year—when I came to a campus nearly silent against the turbulent backdrop of the …
… his relationship with Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, the formerly homeless, paranoid schizophrenic musician who inspired … and Jamie Foxx. Lopez, who held his audience in thrall for nearly two hours, recalled first encountering Ayers in … Ayers, eventually discovering that the homeless man was once a bass violin student of great promise at Juilliard …
… On a recent overseas assignment for NPR, correspondent Kat Lonsdorf ’09 and her field … a ceasefire in Lebanon. The pause in fighting followed the war’s deadliest day, when Israeli airstrikes on what the … in remote villages in northern Kenya.” Even after visiting nearly 60 countries—“I have never really counted”—there’s no …
… For Lori Howard ’81, a typical summer week may outwardly resemble a dream vacation: ambling through lavender fields, picnicking near an ancient Roman bridge, or shopping at a quaint … Lori Howard ’81 kept a place in her heart for France following her …
… Men's Track and Field on Feb 10, 2017: at Husky Classic, Seattle, WA, All Day … Men's Track and Field …
… Why did you choose to apply for these awards? I applied for the NSF GRFP and DOE CSGF to support my graduate research and give me more freedom in what I can study throughout my PhD! … It is hard to say what I'm most excited about! In the near future, I am looking forward to meeting the rest of my …
… Mira Hart enjoyed science in high school and assumed she would major in chemistry, although as a … with her newfound interests. “I quickly learned that I was way more interested in the questions geology poses and that …
… Angeles, Mayah had internalized the idea that she should always be doing something. But thousands of miles from home, the Occidental … major found herself questioning the rhythm she had always known. “I was realizing that a slower pace is another …
… Mira Hart ’26 enjoyed science in high school and assumed she would major in chemistry, although as a … with her newfound interests. “I quickly learned that I was way more interested in the questions geology poses and that …
… Mekong Medicine: A U.S. Doctor’s Year Treating Vietnam’s … by Richard W. Carlson ’60 (McFarland). In 1966, along with nearly half of his 1964 med school classmates, Richard Carlson was drafted into the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He applied to … U.S. Army Medical Corps veteran Richard Carlson ’60 on his Vietnam …