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Dean’s Award Winners 2025
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes graduating seniors who, through their involvement on- and off-campus, embody Oxy’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and...
Eight stacked headshots of Occidental College graduating seniors

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Oxy on Parade
Oxy has long played a small but sturdy role in Pasadena’s fabled New Year’s Day Rose Parade, including its own float entries and the hundreds of alumni (including three Tournament...
Sanjeev's Secret Sauce
The assignment: meet with one of the co-founders of LinkedIn and entrepreneurs, investors, and government officials from five continents to learn how to foster innovative start-ups...
Oxy Receives Luce Grant for China Environmental Program
As environmental issues become increasingly prominent in China and have more significant global implications, the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded Occidental $400,000 to further...
iPads Make Immunology Interactive
Evan Choate ’13 pulled his lab manual, 70 journal articles, endless class notes and a 763-page textbook out of his bag for his final Immunology class.
Oxy Book Recommendations
Gift-giving season is nigh, and when it comes to choosing the perfect item, the options are endless. So, we’ve narrowed things down a bit by compiling a list of Oxy literary gift...
The Shrinking Living Room
The inability of Ravi Shankar’s living room to accommodate the growing audience for his Music Circle concerts is the reason Oxy has been Southern California’s chief venue for...
Pizza, Pups and PJs
Dogs, massages and breakfast-for-dinner in your pajamas—these are a few of the stress relievers Occidental is offering its students during finals week, beginning Monday, Dec. 10.
Mayor Praises Oxy's Solar Vision
Occidental’s innovative hillside solar array served as a backdrop Thursday for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s signing of the two largest contracts for solar power in the...
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