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… different Spanish speakers. But Fall 2020, of course, was a different time. “I needed to reframe this project for … with versions in both English and Spanish. The website was created in collaboration with Yovi Cifuentes and … At a time when Spanish has been so heavily used as a weapon by politicians to divide the United States, it was really …
… relations and modern China. The distinguished chair award is the most competitive and highest honor offered by the Fulbright program. "It will provide me with an … Historical Archives of China (SHAC) in Nanjing, which was the capital of China from 1912 to 1949, the years that …
… Snowden-Ifft received the Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award, and mathematics Adjunct Assistant Professor Gregory Tollisen and sociology Associate Professor Lisa Wade were honored with the Linda and Tod White Teaching … Teaching Prize is awarded to faculty members nominated by students for engaging teaching methods and effective …
… Physics professor Daniel Snowden-Ifft was awarded a three-year $840,000 grant to continue his research … chemistry of microbial biofilms. In addition to research by the five professors, other faculty and more than 40 … The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.16 million in grants to six Occidental College …
… the wooden puppet that yearns to be a boy and the Academy Award-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The play's … are the result of weeks of improvisation and revision by Jamie Angell, an assistant professor at Occidental and … rely on their imaginations. "This is kind of like tightrope walking," he added. "We use our bodies and voices to suggest …
… "Occidental must remain committed to [its] historic mission by enhancing its scholarship support for first generation … universities have a crucial role to play in safeguarding upward mobility." Despite the success of colleges like … appreciated and often misunderstood, Veitch said. "If one wants to understand the value of the liberal arts, one need …
… In a speech frequently punctuated by laughter and applause, Gordy illustrated each of his … 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 …
… strategies that can increase the number of STEM graduates by accessing a relatively untapped pool of talent: … seminar, "Experiencing Mathematics and Science," which was offered this fall for students who are beginning to … during a 2011-13 leave from Occidental, returned from Washington, D.C., convinced that Oxy should apply for a …
… about “Tico-teching” from his father. When installing a new washer-dryer, and the hole in the wall missed the edge of the dryer by a couple of inches, Rafael was told to grab an empty …
… spiritual and divine) and beauty (worldly and absolute) by the famous Andalusian Sufi theorist Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) … my teaching. One of the novels, for example, that I was working on, Meursault, contre-enquête , is now a … famous novel, L’étranger , appreciate reading the recent award-winning response to Camus by Algerian author Kamel …