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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 that the Board decided not to adopt...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
