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… It was March 11, the third day of classes at Tokyo … hustled with their classmates to an outside courtyard. "It was the longest, most intense earthquake I'd ever been in," … and stronger." Chikamoto agreed. "It felt like a long time. We weren't really sure what to do," she said. "You know …
… Occidental College assistant religious studies professor wanted her students to have a similar experience. Why not … exploring that country without spending an entire semester overseas? "There’s something about embodying the … what you can do in a classroom," said Upson-Saia. "So I wanted to give it a try." This spring, she did just that. …
… didn’t know the play and I didn’t look it up,” she says—it was Enigma Variations , by playwright Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt—but when she walked into the theater, she practically gasped as she … Award-winning set designer (for K2 in 1983), 2002 National Medal of Arts Recipient, and 2013 Lifetime Achievement Tony …
… Summer Mailbag I was surprised that I liked the online format … filmmaking story ( “From S#!%house to the Penthouse,” Summer) and the obituary on Professor Andrew Rolle ’43 ( “An … to Oxy. They were on the first in-person tour and Kanaya was the only student already admitted, so the tour guides …
… A resurgent Delta variant could not diminish the sheer excitement of Move-In Day for the Class of 2025 on August 23. At … careers. For the first time in my tenure as president, I was able to participate in the move-in festivities. It was with such delight and joy that I welcomed families as …
… Lasting Impressions “Where Were You in ’62?” (Summer), along with the obituary for Stuart Elliott , certainly brought back memories. In 1962, I was still in high school beginning to consider where to go … to Physics sequence with Drs. Hudson, Elliott, and Sanders was the most challenging and interesting set of classes I …
… When I first encountered the racist text messages sent by an Oxy student that were posted on social media in February, like everyone else, I was sickened and saddened. Seeing one of our own express … Significantly, for the 17th consecutive year, Oxy was recognized this spring as one of the country’s top …
… The first time Michael Gonzales ’96 set foot in Zambia, he was … branches of the U.S. government in-country. That includes nearly half a billion dollars in development and …
… Budapest, Hungary, Máté Major and his family spent most summers in San Diego, where his professor father taught courses … in-state residents. At 15, I pretty much decided the latter was going to be the path.” He and his brother ultimately … from Harvard-Westlake School. His transition to Oxy was pretty natural following an inspiring meeting with …
… This is where Boundless Brilliance comes in. Boundless Brilliance (BB) is a non-profit that … having such an impact on young girls is liberating. When I was younger, I wish someone had been here to tell me that I was capable and that my interests in chemistry were not …