Campus News

Trustees again decide not to divest college endowment

Board of Trustees Chair Art Peck sent an email to students, faculty and staff Oct. 14 announcing the Board decided not to adopt a...

Oxy SJP and ASOC recognize three-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023

More than 70 people gathered around the Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain Oct. 7 for a candlelight vigil organized by Students for Justice in...

Booth Hall renovations remix music program

Booth Hall, the home of Occidental’s music department, is undergoing a renovation process that will transform the building into state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and performance...

Prof. Zachary honors great-grandfather’s founding of town turned state park

Anita Zachary, visiting assistant professor of the Occidental College Writing Program, was the keynote speaker at the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park’s 50th Rededication...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Students get Narcan in welcome bags, new policy from college to reduce harm

At the beginning of the school year, Occidental students returning to their dorms on campus were greeted by a tote bag containing various supplies, such...

Two-time Academy Award winner and lifelong activist Jane Fonda and radio journalist Greg Dalton ’86 hold climate conversation at Occidental

Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and life-long activist, and Greg Dalton '86, founder of the radio program Climate One, will be in conversation...

Students get Narcan in welcome bags, new policy from college to reduce harm

At the beginning of the school year, Occidental students returning to their dorms on campus were greeted by a tote bag containing various supplies,...