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Changing the Climate

September 4, 2024

Emboldened by a proactive student body, �鶹Ƶ��doubles down on its commitment to a more sustainable campus

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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).

Profiles

A tribute to 14 "Occidental sons" who perished during Vietnam

Academics

Building on the College’s proximity to three distinctive ecosystems, its commitment to cutting-edge genomics research, and its emphasis on experiential learning, �鶹Ƶ��embraces an...

Faculty

Professor Dale Wright’s journey to Buddhist enlightenment began when he was a teenager—and he’s spent the last four decades inspiring students to expand their thinking

�鶹Ƶ��History

As their golden anniversary fast approaches, members of the Class of 1968 refllect on four years that changed the world and shaped their �鶹Ƶ��experience

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Favorite �鶹Ƶ��memories from the Class of '68

Student Life

Five student playwrights—and dozens of alumni professionals—bring the party to Keck Theater for the platinum anniversary of Oxy’s New Play Festival

Arts

20 Tiny Plays by 20 Big Alums close out the New Play Festival

Profiles

From sarcastic teens to dinosaur-fighting warriors, voice actor Ashly Burch ’12 brings video game heroines to life

Science & Technology

A new species of scorpion named after �鶹Ƶ��, a new role for adjunct professor Christopher Hawthorne, and a new study by assistant professor Bhavna Shamasunder

Arts

New books and music from �鶹Ƶ��alumni and faculty

Profiles

Three �鶹Ƶ��women set out to change children’s mindsets about science—and scientists—by bringing the laboratory experience to elementary schools

Student Life

Led by Mayor Eric Garcetti and Professor Sanjeev Khagram, L.A. and �鶹Ƶ��team up for a global initiative to accelerate Sustainable Development Goals

Arts

Four-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding sparkled in the classroom and on stage, coaching student singers to be storytellers and showing them how it’s done