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Changing the Climate

September 4, 2024

Emboldened by a proactive student body, ɫ�� doubles down on its commitment to a more sustainable campus

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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).

Profiles

From academics to athletics to the arts, Linda and Tod White ’59 follow their passions as they enhance the ɫ�� experience

Profiles

High on a Peruvian mountain more than 4,000 miles from ɫ��, Adrienne (Spivak) ’08 and husband Garrett Hostetler ’08 bring modern ideas to the practice of plant-based medicine

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Profiles

Decades after a chance encounter in a bookstore with Edward Gorey, author Mark Dery ’82 digs deep into the life of the writer, illustrator, and incomparable eccentric

Admission

A 21-member task force examines the intricacies and urgencies of ɫ��'s financial aid program

Academics

What does the future of Occidental’s curriculum look like? Inclusive, interdisciplinary, urban, and global, according to a task force of ɫ�� faculty

Athletics

First Team SCIAC honors for Roxanne Valle ’19 (women's cross country) and Brody Barkan ’19 (men’s cross country), and other fall sports standouts

Athletics

ɫ��’s stellar soccer squads claw their way into postseason play, topping off an upbeat autumn for the Tigers

Obituaries

Doug Ramsey ’56 was one of the most exceptional “good guys” in Vietnam

Student Life

How to Get the Most Out of Occidental

Alumni Engagement

Responses to our trivia quiz, tales of Professor De Rycke, and how education at ɫ��—and the United States—has changed over the last 70 years

Obituaries

Kind, focused, concerned, and effective, Carolyn Adams (1950-2018) embodied the spirit of the ɫ�� community

Faculty

ɫ��’s next generation of academics reflects on the College, their research, and the value of mentoring

Arts

Literary honors for history professors Lisa Sousa and Sharla Fett, and a National Science Foundation grant for biology professor Dan Pondella '87 M'92

ɫ�� History

So you think you know ɫ��? Take our little quiz—we're not keeping score—and you might be surprised about some things you never learned

Academics

These are boom times for economics—ɫ��’s biggest major for the last 19 years. As two popular professors prepare to retire, how will the department evolve?