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2024: The Year in Photos
Look back on the past year through the lens of Â鶹ƵµÀ photographer and videographer Marc Campos, as well as freelance photographers John Valenzuela and Sam Leigh.
An Â鶹ƵµÀ lacrosse player jumps into the air joyfully after a team victory

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Undergraduate research yields results for faculty and students alike
Across departments at Occidental, students benefit from the collaborative process of discovery with their faculty mentors.
New research illuminates how glaciers have responded to past climate changes
Professor Darren Larsen and former student Aria Blumm ’19 analyzed sediment from a glacial lake to learn about glacier fluctuations and climate shifts over the last 10,000 years.
New biology course explores the COVID-19 pandemic in real time
Co-taught by an Â鶹ƵµÀprofessor and an Â鶹ƵµÀalumna who is an infectious disease expert, the class features an impressive lineup of guest speakers including primatologist Jane Goodall...
New Scholarship Program Aimed at Middle-Income California Students Launched
A new $3.2 million challenge fund will kickstart a drive to create the Edgerton-Occidental Merit Scholarship Program, a $9.6 million endowed fund that will make it possible for...
Joshua Medina ’19 Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Joshua Medina ’19, whose chance encounters at Occidental with Greek statuary videos and a dog named Fred led to a new 3-D technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage, has...
From 'Hairspray' to 'Hamilton'
DWA and politics major Lencia Kebede ’16 finds her way from the footlights of Keck Theater to the touring companies of two of Broadway’s biggest shows
C. Riley Snorton Named 2020 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
University of Chicago cultural theorist C. Riley Snorton has been named Â鶹ƵµÀ’s 2020 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence.
Occidental Upward Bound Celebrates 55 Years of Success
In 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, Â鶹ƵµÀ signed up for a new program called Upward Bound created to see if low-income high school students...
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