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Occidental Magazine

Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine will publish two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and two digital-only issues (Summer 2024 and Winter 2025).

Miss America, Margot Mifflin
Profiles
From swimsuit competition to social platform, Margot Mifflin ’82 goes Looking for Miss America
1971 Sylmar Earthquake
Student Life
A Class Notes extra: As the 50th anniversary of the Sylmar earthquake rumbles near, members of the Class of ’74 remember the moment that shook É«½ç°É
Karen and Steve Casner
Campaign
Steve Casner ’73 and wife Karen ’74 share a love for Occidental—and have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
Harry J. Elam Jr., É«½ç°É President
Profiles
Harry J. Elam, Jr. prepares to take center stage as É«½ç°É’s 16th president as the College faces a new set of challenges—and he’s ready
Thorne Hall, É«½ç°É Campus
Student Life
As the novel coronavirus brings campus life to a standstill, Occidental soldiers on
COVID-19
Student Life
In a race against two calendars—academic and pandemic—how did É«½ç°É transform in less than two weeks from a high-touch curriculum to a remote learning model?
Emily Jo Wharry '20
Student Life
Many special senior moments have been upended by COVID-19—and a traditional Commencement will have to wait. But the Class of 2020 has made memories that no virus can destroy
Jack Kemp Stadium, É«½ç°É Athletics
Athletics
The SCIAC spring sports season ended abruptly—and these senior student-athletes will miss their É«½ç°É families almost as much as the thrill of victory
President Jonathan Veitch and his senior leadership team
Profiles
When the pandemic turned the College’s operations upside down in March, President Veitch had to throw out the script for his final days in office—but he and his team responded with...
É«½ç°É Squirrels
Student Life
From the biology department shipping PPE to hospitals to É«½ç°É Arts making art kits to students in Highland Park, here are nine snapshots of the É«½ç°É family coming together in a time of need
President Jonathan Veitch
Student Life
Stay Close—Your Alma Mater Needs You
De Mandel Aquatics Center
Alumni Engagement
Alumni feedback on the Winter magazine, the new pool, and É«½ç°É's next president. Also: How did we put this issue together?
Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, Linda Lasater
Faculty
Professors Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, and Linda Lasater had a lasting impact outside the classroom—just ask their students
Joshua Medina, Moore Lab
Science & Technology
Joshua Medina ’19 has developed a new technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage in 3-D
After We Leave, Aleem Hossain
Faculty
Assistant professor Aleem Hossain realized a dream when his first feature film was released theatrically in February—just before cinemas suddenly closed

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Summer 2024 Occidental magazine cover with an illustrated map of campus
Summer 2024
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Spring 2024
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