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… day of college is one of the most poignant rituals in American life. This August, as we formally launched … he focuses on “how a student goes to school”—the best ways to pick up skills integral to any career and how … emphasizing the kind of wisdom that in many fundamental ways describes an Oxy liberal arts education. Bruni points …
… Returning to Oxy for Alumni Reunion Weekend in June, even members of the Class of 2009 couldn't help but notice the … Samuelson Alumni Center; the renovation and expansion of Swan Hall; the new Rose Hills Student Activities Center … vote to extend Veitch's contract through 2020. Reaction was swift and overwhelmingly positive. "This is great news!" …
… It's been 17 years now since I came to work at Occidental. That seems like a long time to … Together with her friends from Special Collections, I was fortunate to see her just before Christmas, at the … "I had a lot of respect for him," Jean said of Coons. "He was doing good things, and I was part of his team. If he had …
… "I did not know I was called the 'Oxy Water Queen,'" Jo Ann Brobst Hirsch '58 says with a laugh at her home in Alamo. It's been 60 years since Hirsch and her … Hirsch and husband Vin saw the restored statue, shiny and golden, up close. "The arms are definitely mine and the legs …
… my mom—and just about everyone else I knew—used to ask me, "What are you going to do with that?" In an era in which … tolerate ambiguity, and embrace difference. As Tibco Software CEO Vivek Ranadive recently told The Wall Street Journal , "If you teach students one trade, that …
… she explains. For an economics class at Oxy, her assignment was to do a report on the differences between what … camera in hand, she chronicled a day in the life of a sewage worker and a CEO, shooting in manholes and high-rises …
… neuroscience from UC San Diego. Prior to coming to Oxy, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the human information … rapid learning and flexible decision-making in novel environments. What attracted you to Occidental? Small classrooms … students on a personal level, and take joy in being able to watch my students’ interests and understanding grow. On top …
… Though it was 70 years ago, Gavin’s 91-year-old grandmother, Barbara “Jean” Griswold ’51, still lights up when she remembers her days at Oxy. There she met her husband Bill … Jean Coleman ’14. Despite the long family history, Oxy was not a foregone conclusion for Gavin. Initially he …
… started in Madagascar. During her Richter Fellowship the summer after her second year at Oxy, she conducted research … this project, I didn’t really know what public health was,” Frivold recalls. Working with epidemiologists and … of the rigorous coursework I did at Oxy,” Frivold says. She was able to dive deeper into different topics in her courses …
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