Campus News

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....

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...

SJP conducts 3 a.m. protest outside Board of Trustee member’s house

A group of over 50 students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...

Mock Trial brings ‘luck’ and ‘grit’ to regionals, championships

Occidental’s Mock Trial team placed seventh out of 28 at the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) Regional Tournament Feb. 28-March 1. They advanced to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Occidental received $3.8 million in third and possibly final round of federal COVID-19 relief grant

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...

Occidental’s Eastern European students respond to events in Ukraine

Russian forces entered Ukraine Feb. 24, escalating armed conflict in the region into what has been recognized on the global stage as a full-scale invasion. Within the...