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Dr. Kuo's work, which has been featured in multiple media outlets including CNN, NPR's Fresh Air, The Today Show, Washington Post, LA Times, UK's Daily Mail, Australia's Sydney Morning Herald among others, has convincingly linked healthy urban ecosystems to stronger, safer neighborhoods, lower crime, reduced AD/HD symptoms, reduced aggression, and an array of other mental health indicators. Her current work examines the effects of contact with nature on physical health — especially immune function — and academic achievement. In 2018, Dr.

Interested in pursuing a career in the music industry upon graduating from Oxy? Meet three members of the Class of 2016 who have done just that.

Introducing:

Kyleene Johnson, Symphony Education Manager at Utah Symphony and Utah Opera

Kyle Rodriguez, Composer's Assistant to TV/Film composer Nathan Barr ("True Blood," "The Americans")

Asa Welch, Artists & Repertoire Coordinator at Atlantic Records

Costumes are highly encouraged!!! 

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Director and producer, Luiz Peréz Tolón traces his familial roots over two centuries to uncover a forgotten past and inspire future generations to tell their stories. Although anchored in history, the story is told in the present day as Tolón rediscovers his family heritage. He joins Emilia's descendants in Cuba and Miami as they struggle to understand Cuba-U.S. history and their own family history of exile, family seperation, and reunification. 

Panelists Marianne Frapwell, Occidental's Survivor Advocate; Kaaren Williamson, Ph.D., director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center at the University of Michigan; and Carrie Landrum, assistant director of adaptable resolution, training and strategic partnerships at the University of Michigan will explore past work and future potential for transforming cultures of sexual harm and Title IX practices. 

Presented by the Oxy Visiting Language Assistants from Spain, Martina Marcos Policicchio and Mercedes García Martín, view the award-winning 20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) in Spanish with English subtitles. You can watch the trailer here. All members of the Oxy community are welcome!

El Duo Torres-Salducci perform the musical genre of canto nuevo ("new song"), which first emerged in the 1970's when socially engaged artists transformed popular Latin American musical traditions into expressions of creative resistance and progressive advocacy. Maestro Torres was a key figure in the genesis of canto nuevo in Chile. In 1971, he co-founded Grupo Illapo, which actively supported the progressive government of Salvador Allende, then resisted the dictorial regime of Augusto Pinochet. 

Focusing on Tahrir Sqaure in Egypt during the "so-called" Arab Spring that began in 2011, Sherine Hafez, Profesor and Chair of Gender and Sexuality Studies at UC Riverside, an anthropoligist specializing in the Middle East, will explore the ways gender, space, and social movements are relationally produced.

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