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Occidental faculty discuss AI usage in college setting
Occidental has a newly formed artificial intelligence (AI) council to address the impact that AI has on the college, Vice President of Information Technology...
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Occidental and PCC sign first transfer agreement
Occidental and Pasadena City College (PCC) signed the first transfer agreement between the colleges, which is in effect as of Fall 2026. The agreement...
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Accessibility Van drives accommodation
Elena Newton-Day (junior), president of the Disabled Student Union (DSU), said she was one of many students involved in Occidental’s newest accommodation for making...
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New CWP professors carry on Bob Sipchen’s legacy
After 28 years of teaching in Occidental’s College Writing Program, professor Bob Sipchen has retired and turned over his classes to two new hires,...
2014
Pepper Hamilton report draws criticism from faculty members
Author: Noel Hemphill|Jeremy Childs The release of the long awaited Pepper Hamilton report—a 130-page diagnosis of sexual assault policy—practices and debate at Occidental, has generated backlash...
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Former GHC hired as ICA assistant director
Author: Flora Adamian Former graduate hall coordinator Joel Gutierrez was hired Nov. 25 to replace Dominic Alleto as the new assistant director for Intercultural Affairs (ICA)....
2015
Professor uses art in fight against Ebola
Author: Charlotte Umanoff Art History and Visual Arts Professor (AHVA) Mary Beth Heffernan and College Photographer Marc Campos are spending two weeks in Monrovia, Liberia to...
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Facilities plans Norris Chemistry renovations
Author: Melina Devoney The Occidental Facilities Management Department will implement plumbing, ventilation and other structural renovations to the Norris Chemistry laboratories as early as this spring,...
2015
Clare Shuey elected first female president of Occidental Blyth Fund
Author: Carmen Triola Occidental’s Blyth Fund, a 38-year-old student-managed investment portfolio, elected its first female president, Clare Shuey (junior), March 25. Shuey, who ran unopposed, will...
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World News – Week of April 29
Author: Ximena Santiago Venezuela. A woman threw a mango at President Nicolas Maduro Saturday, hitting him above his left ear. The woman, Marleny Olivo, wrote a...
2015
SWAC petition calls for smoke-free campus
Author: Demi Duenes The Student Wellness Advisory Council (SWAC) is circulating a petition to make Occidental's campus smoke-free in an effort to improve the health of...
2015
World News 3.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Uzbekistan. Local farmers of the Shaharteppa village in the Ferghana province were ordered to glue previously picked cotton back onto bushes in order...
