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… Bhavna Shamasunder, assistant professor of urban and environmental policy at Occidental College, shows that many South … development in dense urban areas." Many residents are unaware that Los Angeles contains 70 active oil fields. In Los … neighborhoods such as South Los Angeles, wells are located near a dense residential population and sensitive land uses …
… played his first organized soccer match as soon as he could walk. “I come from a massive soccer family, and my parents … III competition ground to a halt in mid-March 2020, erasing nearly two years of activity. As the Class of 2023 sets out … For the spring 2021 semester, we found an extended rental in Hilton Head, S.C. Courtney and I practiced at Van …
… gift will permanently endow the Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies, honoring the influential legacy … member of the Oxy faculty.” “I’m excited about all the ways that this endowed chair will help us to deepen our … be the first Hewitt Department Chair. "Professor Hewitt was such an important figure—both on this campus and in the …
… over 60 years, it has served as a living laboratory for some of the world’s most impactful tropical biology research, … “Doing research with students in the field at La Selva was a magical experience,” says Birnbaum, who made her first … Over her 31-year tenure at Oxy, Braker traveled with nearly 200 students to conduct research in Costa Rica. “The …
… “Inaugurations normally mark the beginning of something,” Harry J. Elam, Jr. says in his office in early … how the College is emerging from the pandemic and “where we want to go from here,” he says. “I believe this Inauguration … two years. That would make me happy.” As April 23 draws near, “I’m looking forward to celebrating Oxy.” Occidental: …
… opportunity to travel to this site I applied with encouragement from Prof. Harmon. For two weeks in late May, I … samples from the Whakamaru base eruption site off Highway 5 in New Zealand, currently believed to represent the … Once in New Zealand we changed course, drove south on Highway 5, and pulled over at a rain-soaked roadside exposure. …
… journey to a tiny dot of an asteroid, there’s always a chance for disaster. When OSIRIS-REx reached Bennu safely in 2020, it was an emotional moment for Jason Dworkin ’91, senior scientist for … ’54 who was instrumental in creating the International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey in 1984.) “One of the great …
… Rutiaga Amaya, a biology major from Denver, didn’t know she wanted to be a doctor when she came to Occidental. During the pandemic, she took an … out family medical leave forms, applied for grants and rental assistance. We were facing housing instability—he … health struggles, Mariah Rutiaga Amaya found her calling in medicine. Now, she’s preparing to become a physician who …
… Years at Oxy: 35 What attracted you to Occidental? I had always assumed that I would be a faculty member at a research institution. After a personal tragedy, I wanted to help people more directly, and realized that … “Mentoring students and making a difference in their lives …
… your career path in the art world? Occidental exposed me to new ideas. I was already an artist and committed to pursuing a career in … in Literature & Culture Damian Stocking . His passion was inspiring, as were the readings and classroom …