The Eaton and Palisades fires in January took their toll on members of the Occidental family, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. With a long rebuilding process ahead, they find strength and support among the...
Occidental Magazine
Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine published two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and one digital-only issue (Summer 2024).
Christy Leavitt ’95 is working to secure meaningful corporate commitments to curb plastic pollution—and single-use items are at the top of her to-go list
From Summer 2001: With physical prowess, fierce defense, and a killer glare, 鶹Ƶ water polo sensation Jackie Provost ’02 turns goaltending into an art form
From Spring 2005: Golfer Olin Browne ’81 didn’t take his game seriously until his sophomore year at 鶹Ƶ. Now the onetime anthropology major has won more than $5 million on the PGA tour
With a goal of $225 million, The 鶹Ƶ Campaign For Good aims to build on the College’s location, curricular strengths, and the power of a liberal arts education. But its success will be...
Lessons in learning from Professor Marcia Homiak, and a note of appreciation to Frank Hardison ’39
A little rain couldn’t stop the confetti—or Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti—as the Class of 2019 roared into the world on an unusually blustery day
Professors Stuart Elliott and George Schmiedeshoff worked with nearly 60 years of students at 鶹Ƶ
Can the College ingrain a culture of philanthropy and stewardship? 鶹Ƶ’s chief fundraiser believes so
鶹Ƶ’s Child Development Center celebrates a quarter-century of educating the College’s brightest young minds through play-based exploration, interaction, and lots of questions
Professor Michael Hill has guided scores of grateful chemistry students from his lab into impactful careers. But it’s the thing he hasn’t done that touched off an international media frenzy
Environmental educator Chandrika Francis ’10 makes the swimming pool a safer place for marginalized groups and remakes a 30-foot bus into her dream home on wheels
A series of headshots from 1962 offers a snapshot of 鶹Ƶ on its 75th anniversary—and leaves us looking for your help to identify a few unfamiliar faces
