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Students and faculty weigh in on Occidental Library Fat Bear Week

For its third consecutive year, the Occidental Library has hosted Fat Bear Week inspired by the National Park Service Fat Bear Week, which highlights the bears of...

Black woman-owned bookstores in LA offer spaces of resilience and representation

Associate Professor of Black Studies Yumi Pak, and Humanities for Just Communities (HJC) peer mentor R’Anna Donastorg (sophomore) hosted a panel on Black woman-owned...

Jane Fonda and Greg Dalton ’86 discuss environmental justice activism at Thorne Hall

Seven-time Golden Globe-winning actor and lifelong activist Jane Fonda and radio producer and Climate One founder Greg Dalton ’86 sold out Occidental's Thorne Hall...

Campaign Semester 2024 gives students practical political experience and professional connections

Every two years during midterm and presidential elections, Occidental offers the Campaign Semester program to all students. Since its establishment in 2008, Campaign Semester has given...

Survivors Circle seeks to provide support to survivors of sexual assault

Beginning in October, Emmons Wellness Center will resume Survivors Circle, a confidential support group for student survivors of sexual assault to reflect on and work towards...

Sunrise Oxy members gather for climate strike at LA City Hall

Occidental students Emma Galbraith (senior) and Luci Johnston (junior) took to the stage to speak on the climate crisis Sept. 20, as Angelenos of...

Oxy Live! kicks off new season with Tavares Strachan and Paul Holdengräber

The 2024–2025 season of Oxy Live!, Occidental’s annual speaker program opened Sept. 24 in Thorne Hall and featured conceptual artist Tavares Strachan in conversation...

Max Chun ’19 wins Pulitzer for community-focused coverage of Santa Cruz storms

This year, Lookout Santa Cruz, a local online news outlet in Santa Cruz with only 14 employees, including general-assignment correspondent and Occidental alumni Max Chun '19, won journalism’s...