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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).

In addition to mentoring scores of geohydrologists, professor emeritus Joe Birman—who died at 91—loved his work, apple trees, and a well-turned limerick

Under the guidance of adjunct professor Jeremiah Axelrod, Occidental marshals its resources for a new Institute for the Study of Los Angeles

Alumni Engagement

Recalling the lessons of emeriti professors Joe Birman and Léon Dostert, and a plateful of memories from dining at Clifton's

Lessons From a Fall of Unrest

Clifford Clinton was more than a restaurateur—he was a crusader in the face of dirty politics and a pioneer in developing affordable nutrition for those in need, as grandson Edmond Clinton...

Veteran film editor Eric Bruggemann '93 leaps into the producer's chair with an acclaimed documentary on BASE-jumping pioneer Carl Boenish '63

Faculty

ɫ��'s new class of assistant professors pushes the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty to an all-time high. Let's get to know them

"The advantage of having rich kids around is that they have this thing called privilege … And practical jokes were in their expertise." —Terry Gilliam '62, recalling his undergraduate days...

Across-the-board gains in capital projects, scholarship and endowment support, the arts, athletics, and estate gifts add up to a record $30.4 million

Urban enthusiast, quantitative analyst, and avowed bicyclist Virginia Parks trains her attention on Los Angeles as ɫ��'s newest endowed professor

A snapshot of the Class of 2019

Alumni Engagement

The life-changing properties of Upward Bound and avocados

Of Milestones and Momentum

What's the story behind ɫ��'s new department of comparative studies in literature and culture?

ɫ�� History

Orphaned before World War I and befriended by an American regiment, Dostert engineered the simultaneous translation system used at Nuremberg and the United Nations—and even sparked the...