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… classroom, and at Oxy, that learning often occurs through immersive, hands-on experiences, the application of critical … a renewed season of political activity on campus. As was the case at many colleges and universities across the country, the war in Israel and Gaza, with its deep and complex historical …
… Adam Kinzinger, a former congressman and member of the Select Committee to … of Kemp’s from the 1950s. “But the one thing I want you to keep in mind through all of that is that there … suggested a kinship between Kinzinger and Kemp. “Kemp was a conservative, a Republican, and a man of conscience, …
… Dear Occidental Community: Welcome to the 2025-26 school year! The past several months have been busy here on campus, where I was encouraged by the many students who devoted their summer … to our outstanding faculty, who are constantly finding new ways to help our students apply their education in and out …
… Brandon Browne is the geology department’s newest associate professor. Alexander Day will be … experimentally replicate magmas erupted from volcanoes as a way of understanding more about this process. "Hopefully … focuses on modern Chinese history. He comes to Oxy from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he taught Chinese, …
… It was March 11, the third day of classes at Tokyo … hustled with their classmates to an outside courtyard. "It was the longest, most intense earthquake I'd ever been in," … and stronger." Chikamoto agreed. "It felt like a long time. We weren't really sure what to do," she said. "You know …
… Occidental College assistant religious studies professor wanted her students to have a similar experience. Why not … exploring that country without spending an entire semester overseas? "There’s something about embodying the … what you can do in a classroom," said Upson-Saia. "So I wanted to give it a try." This spring, she did just that. …
… didn’t know the play and I didn’t look it up,” she says—it was Enigma Variations , by playwright Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt—but when she walked into the theater, she practically gasped as she … Award-winning set designer (for K2 in 1983), 2002 National Medal of Arts Recipient, and 2013 Lifetime Achievement Tony …
… Summer Mailbag I was surprised that I liked the online format … filmmaking story ( “From S#!%house to the Penthouse,” Summer) and the obituary on Professor Andrew Rolle ’43 ( “An … to Oxy. They were on the first in-person tour and Kanaya was the only student already admitted, so the tour guides …
… A resurgent Delta variant could not diminish the sheer excitement of Move-In Day for the Class of 2025 on August 23. At … careers. For the first time in my tenure as president, I was able to participate in the move-in festivities. It was with such delight and joy that I welcomed families as …
… Lasting Impressions “Where Were You in ’62?” (Summer), along with the obituary for Stuart Elliott , certainly brought back memories. In 1962, I was still in high school beginning to consider where to go … to Physics sequence with Drs. Hudson, Elliott, and Sanders was the most challenging and interesting set of classes I …