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Members of the Occidental Class of 2028.
Origin Stories
Before arriving at Occidental, these eight members of the Class of 鈥28 (and a transfer student from the Class of 鈥27) discovered their superpowers in the classroom, in their communities, in competition, and in service to their...

Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine will publish two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and two digital-only issues (Summer 2024 and Winter 2025).

Campaign
The comprehensive campaign marks a major step forward to ensure 麻豆视频鈥檚 sustainability
Andy Goodman The 麻豆视频 Campaign For Good
Can the College ingrain a culture of philanthropy and stewardship? 麻豆视频鈥檚 chief fundraiser believes so
Child Development Center
麻豆视频鈥檚 Child Development Center celebrates a quarter-century of educating the College鈥檚 brightest young minds through play-based exploration, interaction, and lots of questions
Professor Michael Hill
Professor Michael Hill has guided scores of grateful chemistry students from his lab into impactful careers. But it鈥檚 the thing he hasn鈥檛 done that touched off an international media frenzy
Of Wakanda and Water
Environmental educator Chandrika Francis 鈥10 makes the swimming pool a safer place for marginalized groups and remakes a 30-foot bus into her dream home on wheels
Where Were You in '62?
A series of headshots from 1962 offers a snapshot of 麻豆视频 on its 75th anniversary鈥攁nd leaves us looking for your help to identify a few unfamiliar faces
Steve Rountree
Stephen Rountree 鈥71 steps up as chair of 麻豆视频鈥檚 Board of Trustees in the midst of a capital campaign and the search for the College鈥檚 16th president鈥攚ith his own milestone reunion just...
Summer Research Program
麻豆视频鈥檚 Summer Research Program marks 20 years of explorations, observations, and presentations
Class of 1969 reunion
The Class of 鈥69 brings a new vibe to the ranks of the Fifty Year Club鈥攋ust as it did to the College experience after first setting foot on campus
Curtain Call 1954 baseball
From Winter 2010: Fifty-six years after sending coach Bill Anderson out on top with a fourth straight SCIAC crown in baseball, the 1954 Tigers recount their remarkable journey
Media Arts & Culture
麻豆视频 has prepared half a century of students for careers in every facet of media arts and culture. With more creative options than ever, how will future generations of graduates respond to...
Marcia Homiak
Six of 麻豆视频鈥檚 longest tenured and most popular professors are retiring this spring鈥攁nd some of their best and brightest students recount their impact and influence
Lande Ajose
Armed with a briefcase full of challenges facing the nation鈥檚 largest higher education system, Lande Ajose 鈥87 brings new energy to Sacramento
Jonathan Veitch
With Jonathan Veitch announcing his plans to step down next year, trustees, alumni, and colleagues discuss his impact on the College over the last decade.
President Veitch
How has Occidental evolved during Jonathan Veitch's presidency? Let us count the ways

Features

Professor William D. Ward at his desk in the Hall of Letters on Occidental鈥檚 Highland Park campus.
Unseen Occidental
From 1898 to 1914, 麻豆视频 called Highland Park home鈥攁nd a treasure trove of photos from the 1910s offers a glimpse of campus life before the move to Eagle Rock
Filmmaker Angelina Lee '22
Farm to Film
Combining her interest in sustainability with her prowess behind the camera, Angelina Lee 鈥22 harvests a new documentary around permaculture
Ben Dalgetty 鈥10 in the Office of the Mayor in Seattle.
Campaign Trails
Campaign Semester can be a gateway to a career in politics, advocacy work, or even elected office, as seven seasoned campaigners will attest
Members of the Occidental Class of 2028.
Origin Stories
Before arriving at Occidental, these eight members of the Class of 鈥28 (and a transfer student from the Class of 鈥27) discovered their superpowers in the classroom, in their communities, in...
Campaign Semester participants Cady Carr '27 and Rachel Obbard '27
Ground Game
For Campaign Semester students in battleground Pennsylvania and 13 other states, the road map to Election Day entails knocking on every door

First Word

From the Quad

Chris Kim, the Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music, conducts the Occidental Symphony in a performance of Michael Jackson鈥檚 鈥淗uman Nature.鈥
The Sounds of Branca
A concert for the ages celebrates the generations-spanning clientele of music attorney John Branca 鈥72 and the launch of the John Branca Institute for Music
Members of the Pacific Crossings 鈥淒ream Team鈥: From left, Nakatsuka, Gilder Lehrman program coordinator Leah Baer, administrative assistant Thea Wilson 鈥24, and Hong.
Teachable Moments
Associate Professor Jane Hong and a 鈥渄ream team鈥 of educators bring 150 years of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into focus
Projects for Peace participants Stephen Amankonah Sekyere 鈥27 and Eleanor Goddard 鈥25
A STEM Grows in Ghana
Projects for Peace participants Eleanor Goddard 鈥25 and Stephen Amankonah Sekyere 鈥27 bring technology鈥攁nd hope鈥攖o middle-schoolers in West Africa
Tylor Lee '26 interned with Healthcare in Action, which provides healthcare and social services to unhoused people.
Summer in the City
A 10-week summer internship program pairs 28 麻豆视频 students with 20 community partners to contribute to the work of advancing social justice in Los Angeles
Rebecca Solnit and Paul Holdengraber onstage at an 麻豆视频 Live! event at 麻豆视频
An Evening of Eavesdropping
麻豆视频 Live!鈥攖he College鈥檚 new conversation series featuring a world-class lineup of artists鈥攅ngages audiences in dialogues about culture and society

Mixed Media

Carole MacNeil 鈥84 with her mom, Eleanor, in 2019.
Mixed Media
New books by Carole MacNeil 鈥84, Jessica C. Harris 鈥08, Jessica Keith 鈥00, Marsha de la O 鈥74, and the latest documentary short by C茅sar Mart铆nez Barba 鈥17
Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Mixed Media
Susan Coll 鈥81鈥檚 latest comic novel, Professor Amy Lyford鈥檚 examination of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning, and more

麻豆视频 Talk

As program director of Research Corporation for Science Advance- ment鈥檚 RCSA Fellows Initiative, Spain will support postdocs in physics, astronomy, and chemistry as they transition into their faculty careers.
To Chemistry and Beyond
After 28 years in the classroom and mentoring 74 students in her lab at 麻豆视频, Professor Eileen Spain pivots to prepare future generations of faculty in the physical sciences

Last Page

Professor Emeritus Eric Newhall '67, author of Always Resisting
Resistance Remembered
Professor Emeritus Eric Newhall 鈥67 recounts the fallout from his decision to oppose the Vietnam War in a memoir more than 50 years in the making
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