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… As a first-generation college student, what are some of the challenges you faced that some of your peers … how college works made my transition even more difficult. I was unaware of the available resources and opportunities, and I …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? I spent 3 years at Oxy doing biochemistry research in … things. I decided to apply for the Fulbright because I wanted an opportunity to try doing ecological research. … have a lot of family in Italy and have spent a bit of time there and truly loved it, so it just made sense. Briefly …
… Professor of Mathematics | Years at Oxy: 30 “Ron showed me that mathematicians can be cool people with diverse … at Oxy: 32 “Perhaps most inspiring is that Peter Dreier walks the walk. Wherever there are community organizations making real … Occidental says goodbye to seven retiring professors—and some of their brightest pupils express their appreciation for …
… Talk about some of the research you’re working on right now. One project … responded to the doctrine of civil death, especially toward the end of that period. Civil death is eventually … in the United States and is still with us in many ways, helping to make possible the vast repertoire of what …
… Why did you choose to apply for this award? I applied for the Fulbright Research Grant because I wanted to explore my research interests before committing to … the pandemic so the Fulbright program was a perfect way for me to openly explore my academic/research interests in any …
… a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA, where she was a Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellow, and a B.A. in public … generation college student and it had an enormous impact on me and my trajectory. The faculty, learning environment and … folks at a SLAC is something I value a lot. Occidental was a perfect fit for me for all these reasons. When did …
… after 35 years at Oxy. What attracted you to Oxy? “I was looking for an academic position that emphasized both teaching and research. A friend told me that Oxy was searching for a physics professor who could … continue to pursue physics, and even nominated me for the Goldwater Scholarship, which I would have never received …
… One day in July, I was driving out of the Kirkland (Wash.) Library parking lot when I saw a car with an OXY … took out a piece of paper, and wrote "Hi Oxyite!" with my name and graduating class as well as my email address. I …
… despite the odds and helped transform popular music in America. As a young man, "My big problem was to get girls," Gordy said in discussing the importance of turning negatives into positives. "I was never as tall as I wanted to be, there was always …
… by George Baker ’58, a rising star in the world of abstract metal sculpture. “Deep down inside I always wanted to be a sculptor,” Marks explains, “and when I … ’70 in Osaka, Japan, and a kinetic wind sculpture in a lake near Kearney, Neb., for the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. He …