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What union contract means for student workers
The Occidental and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 Collective Bargaining Agreement for Student Worker Units is a new union contract applying to...
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Moore Lab fights parrot poaching with wildlife forensics
Occidental’s Moore Lab of Zoology collaborated on a research study published June 14 2026, which located the specific geographic source of a frequently poached...
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Oxy JVP and SJP stage encampment for divestment ahead of Board of Trustees meeting
Occidental’s Jewish Voices for Peace (Oxy JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) set up an encampment on the Academic Quad around...
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Christopher Grant named new associate director of Campus Safety
Christopher Grant was selected for the position of associate director of Campus Safety, according to a school-wide email from Campus Safety sent March 20....
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Oxy Live! kicks off new season with Tavares Strachan and Paul Holdengräber
The 2024–2025 season of Oxy Live!, Occidental’s annual speaker program opened Sept. 24 in Thorne Hall and featured conceptual artist Tavares Strachan in conversation...
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Max Chun ’19 wins Pulitzer for community-focused coverage of Santa Cruz storms
This year, Lookout Santa Cruz, a local online news outlet in Santa Cruz with only 14 employees, including general-assignment correspondent and Occidental alumni Max Chun '19, won journalism’s...
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Fraternities and sororities open rush to Fall first years
As of this academic year, first-year students at Occidental College can now rush fraternities and sororities during their first semester of college. This move...
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SEIU Local 721, college admin and ROSE representatives respond to FAQs on student union negotiations
Last semester, Occidental student workers voted in an election to join Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721, with pro-union votes of 85% in one unit and 87% in the other....
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Occidental’s Child Development Center provides service to faculty and staff
Just a stroll up from The Wallis Annenberg President's House on Gilman Road, The Occidental College Child Development Center (CDC) is a preschool that serves families...
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SLICE hosts presidential debate livestream, huge student turnout overwhelmingly supports Harris
Students gathered to watch the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC News in Morrison Lounge Sept. 10,...
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Professor John McCormack named as Occidental’s first American Association for Advancement of Science fellow since 1980
Biology professor John McCormack — who serves as faculty council president, as well as director and curator of the Occidental Moore Lab of Zoology — recently became a fellow for...
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Boba, fridges and ice cream: the Tiger Cooler gets a makeover
This fall, Occidental’s Tiger Cooler, one of the campus’s two dining facilities, underwent changes in their food and beverage options, as well as hours...
