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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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Off-campus housing policy poses challenges
Residential Education & Housing Services (REHS) sent an email Feb. 2 to the sophomore class sharing the Third-Year Live Off Application. The application, which...
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SJP conducts 3 a.m. protest outside Board of Trustee member’s house
A group of over Occidental students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...
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Michele Elam on art, her cats and the meaning of education
When Stanford professor Michele Elam and Occidental College President Harry J. Elam moved into the Annenberg House at Occidental in the summer of 2020, they...
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YORKonnection serves as an up-and-coming resource for life after college
YORKonnection founders and CEOs Snigdha Suvarna '20 and Micah Kirscher '20 felt the same pressure that almost every senior will come to know, leaving...
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Project SAFE hires first Weekend Advocate Téresa Mejia
The Project for a Sexual Assault-Free Environment (Project SAFE) program manager Tirzah Blanche announced in an email Feb. 11 that the program has hired...
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UN Week at Occidental: ‘Rights at Risk’ theme draws UN spokesperson as keynote speaker
Occidental College wrapped up its celebrations of United Nations (UN) Week April 7 with a suite of programming and special events sponsored by the...
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Special Collections hires Dr. Julie Tanaka as its new director
Julie Tanaka, former curator of rare books at Arizona State University and curator of special collections at the University of Notre Dame, will begin...
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College reports all time high of COVID-19 cases with 94 students testing positive
Between March 27 and April 2, 94 students tested positive at Occidental’s COVID-19 testing center — 5.8 percent of all students tested during that...
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FEAST hires new members for the semester
The Food, Energy, and Sustainability Team (FEAST) recently hired 12 individuals with their new hiring process, according to Diego Zapata ‘19, a member of...
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Occidental received $3.8 million in third and possibly final round of federal COVID-19 relief grant
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Occidental received a third round of a federal coronavirus grant, valued at $3,757,240, from the Department of Education's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF...
