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… Growing up in Portland, Ore., Max Podemski ’06 became interested in urban planning at a very early age. … every day I’d read The Oregonian and decided that’s what I wanted to study,” he recalls. “I also wanted to go to a liberal arts college, so Occidental …
… Parks as the Madeline McKinnie Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy—Oxy has a record 142 tenured and tenure-track … in English literature at Princeton in May; his dissertation was titled Framing Fanaticism: Religion, Violence, and the … School, where he also received his master's in 2005. He was composer-in-residence with the Kansas City (Mo.) …
… worker in the Community and Public Relations office, I remember how quickly she found solutions and how life was joyful and easy with her around. I remember her … classes, and the work we were there to do. Secretly I always wished she could have been my mother. Yet she did …
… at Occidental 40 years ago, Susan Howell Mallory '76 M'78 came to know Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier, who established the … of events, mostly Oxy-related," Mallory recalls. "She was quite a lady." After eight years as a trustee herself, …
… figuratively. My wife, Michele, our two cats, Leland and Oswald, and I moved into the Annenberg President’s House over … are thrilled to be living on campus, and we eagerly look forward to hosting the Occidental community at the Annenberg … of the year to date have been many and required some extremely difficult, time-sensitive decisions to ensure …
… minted graduates share their stories. Malena Ernani ’17 was born on Margarita Island, off the coast of Venezuela. … Latino neighborhood, and my mom worked her butt off to give me opportunities and the education that I deserved,” she … the Planned Parenthood Club as a sophomore to raise awareness about reproductive justice. She also interviewed …
… From the Chorus I never attended Occidental, but performed (usually in the chorus) in several productions in Oxy's Summer Theater program. My first year participating was in 1978, when I was all of 20. I was in the chorus of The Robber Bridegroom … A voice from the chorus remembers Omar Paxson '48, and a disenchanted Tiger laments …
… According to the American Council on Education, the chief areas on which … to be the group that provides them with the greatest rewards. Although one of the things that attracted me to being … Rice, all of whom have spoken at Oxy since my arrival here nearly nine years ago. As we talked, it struck me that they …
… Namandjé Bumpus ’03 was 7 years old when, in a pique of curiosity unsurprising to her parents, she scribbled a letter to the American Chemical Society. The always inquisitive youngster got straight to the point: What … energy, and a passion for research, Namandjé Bumpus ’03 becomes a role model for others as a trailblazing director at …
… 35 “I don’t really like rocks—not for their own sake, anyway. But Scott’s unique mentorship helped me appreciate the bigger picture that … not just possible but already real and tangible.” Meghan (Goldstein) Corella ’07 Read his Q&A and alumni tributes … to an unprecedented 11 retiring faculty, we called on some of their brightest students to share their memories, …