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… Chronicle rankings , ahead of such colleges as Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Macalester, and Claremont McKenna. The record number of Fulbright winners was a highlight of one of Oxy’s most successful years in … fourth winner in four years (a record matched only by Yale). Bianca Fonseca Cervantes '14 received a Truman …
… major In Young Lee '13's original plan to study the Berlin Wall as an art object "went out the window" once she got to … with local scholars and experts, she realized that the Wall was a "pivotal cultural monument that embraces not only …
… , Evans is one of 90 people worldwide to receive the award. The annual Gates Cambridge Scholarship, similar to Oxford University's Rhodes scholarship, is awarded for intellectual ability, leadership capacity, and a … importer of certified organic and fair-trade coffee founded by Oxy alumnus David Griswold '84. As Sustainable Harvest's …
… of the problem--1 billion people do not have access to safe water supplies--there is hope for a sustainable future, said … Oakland-based Pacific Institute, 2003 MacArthur "Genius Award" Fellow, and author of the new book, Bottled and Sold: … Lectureship on Energy and the Environment was established by Occidental alumna Louise Edgerton '67 and her husband …
… to the NSF website. Last year, only 425 CAREER grants were awarded nationwide out of 2,500 proposals, mostly to scholars … the first time an Occidental faculty member has won the award: chemistry professor Eileen Spain was honored in 1997. … whether complex scientific phenomenon, such as evolution by natural selection, cannot be taught until high school, or …
… All events are free and open to the public. Described by novelist Dave Eggers as "one of the most deliriously … the Chicago Humanities Festival. For more than 20 years, he was a staff writer at The New Yorker . His books include Mr. … (winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism). Weschler’s public lecture series, which …
… Alexander Smith '09 was one of 150 young adults chosen for City Year Los Angeles … K-8 students in underserved neighborhoods. Drea Chicas '09 was accepted into the year-long Public Allies leadership … year was selected as a community engagement institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching …
… Committee. Those selected as semi-finalists are then forwarded to the individual country commissions for the final … round of selections. Final decisions are made on a country-by-country basis from March to May. Recipients are selected … Devlin ’23, an economics major from Brooklyn, N.Y.—study award, Northern Ireland Aidan Garagic ’22, an economics major …
… that's the point. Sooner or later, every Oxy student will walk by the newly renovated and expanded Hameetman Career Center … for two years after you graduate to figure out what you want to do," said President Jonathan Veitch at the center's … the College's career service, pre-health advising, and awards and fellowships offices under one highly visible roof …
… Days ( New York, NY ) , DC Dance Festival at Dance Place (Washington, DC), Indian Film Festival Los Angeles (IFFLA … . She is also currently a principal dancer with Ovation Award Winning company Navarasa Dance Theatre. Shivani has … opportunity to assistant direct Anna Christie directed by Kim Rubenstein, starring Jeff Perry (Scandal), Kevin …