L.A.’s Occidental College offers a “campaign semester” for students who do election work full time. A longtime university president urges local colleges to do the same. ow.ly/NcOA50S2Uwa #campaigning #highereducation

Exciting news for the College and our future music majors 🎶

Astrophysicist and Assistant Professor of Physics Sabrina Stierwalt joins the Griffith Observatory's All Space Considered program this Thursday as the featured speaker. The event begins at 7 p.m. (or you can stream live on Youtube) 💫 griffithobservatory.org/event/all-spac…

Assistant Professor of Psychology Zachary Silver has launched a canine cognition laboratory to study how dogs make sense of the complicated human social world in which they live—and he’s inviting the community to participate. oxy.edu/news/occidenta…

On Occidental College College Week: We see our dogs as good pets, but how do they see us? Zachary Silver, assistant professor of psychology, looks for an answer. bit.ly/ZSilverAM

Occidental faculty members can be heard all week over on NPR's Academic Minute, sharing how academic research is helping to solve the world's toughest problems and serving the public good. npr.org/podcasts/56457…

Thank you to our summer interns for leaving a mark on the future of city government and their dedication to public service! All summer, interns from CSU Dominguez Hills, Stanford University Cal State LA, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, USC and Occidental College tackled projects that are shaping the

Thank you to @MayorofLA for partnering with our InternLA summer program! oxy.edu/student-life/c…

Our 2024-25 season of Oxy Live! launches on September 24 at 7 p.m. with an an illuminating talk featuring artist, explorer, and trained astronaut Tavares Strachan. Free tickets available now. oxy.edu/news/artist-ta…

Occidental rose one place in US News & World Report’s 2025 Best College Rankings, landing at No. 34 nationally among liberal arts colleges, a 15-year high. oxy.edu/news/occidenta…

The livestream begins at 5 p.m. — hear from Academy Award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda who will speak with Occidental College alum Greg Dalton ’86 about her decades-long commitment to sustainability, climate justice, and voting rights. youtube.com/watch?v=bKSrZn…

For the fifth consecutive year, billboard magazine has ranked Occidental College in its annual list of Top Music Business Schools. oxy.edu/news/billboard…

"Más y más y más flores," the latest documentary short by César Martínez Barba '17 was featured on the The New York Times Op-Docs series. The film is a poetic exploration on the marigolds that are central to Dia de los Muertos celebrations. nytimes.com/2024/11/01/opi…

Assistant Professor of Politics Isaac Hale offers insights into the importance of battleground states in today's election on KCAL News. youtube.com/watch?v=6ZMYn8…

We continue to update our resources for students, faculty, and staff, including information about requesting temporary academic accommodations, on the College's emergency updates page: oxy.edu/offices-servic…

Former Billboard editor-in-chief Tamara Conniff '93 shares indispensable tips and insights for Los Angeles fire survivors, hard-won during her family's own experience with the 2023 Lahaina Fire. Learn what got them through unimaginable times: hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-new… via @thr

We continue to monitor the real-time air quality data for our region. Masks are available, but our current air quality does not require them at this time. For more information on the College's air quality, please visit our FAQ page: oxy.edu/offices-servic…

Oxy Live! presents an evening with Ed Ruscha on Tuesday, February 4. Hear him discuss the inspirations behind his urban landscapes and multimedia works, recently celebrated in retrospectives at LACMA and MOMA. eventbrite.com/e/oxy-live-pre…

Join us April 23 for our sixth annual Day For Oxy! This year, our goal is to inspire 1,991 donors—one for every student—to support the Oxy Fund, which impacts all aspects of the Occidental College experience. giveday.oxy.edu

I met some wonderful students and gave a presentation today at Occidental College. Wonderfully engaged and they asked tough, smart questions. Also, that campus is beautiful and I want to live there now.m