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Derrick R. Spires Named 2026 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Spires, a specialist in early Black print culture, citizenship studies, and African American intellectual history, is an associate professor of English at the University of...
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Deirdre Cooper Owens Named 2025 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Cooper Owens, a historian, teacher, and reproductive justice advocate, is an associate professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's four Dean's Award winners for 2024
Dean’s Award Winners 2024
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes seniors who, through their involvement on and off campus, embody Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and Service.
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Two Occidental Students Selected for Projects for Peace Grant
Stephen Amankonah Sekyere ’27 and Eleanor Goddard ’25 have been selected as members of the 2024 Project for Peace grantee cohort. They will travel to Ghana this summer to build...
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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang To Deliver 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Acclaimed neuroscience professor Mary Helen Immordino-Yang will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, in Choi Auditorium as Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Speaker. The...
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Occidental Hosts August Wilson New Voices Competition
On February 17, 20 Los Angeles-area high school students gathered at Occidental’s Keck Theater to compete in the local semifinal round of the national August Wilson New Voices...
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Monica M. White Named 2024 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
White, an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, is the Distinguished Chair of Integrated Environmental Studies and associate professor of environmental justice at the University of Wisconsin...
President Harry J. Elam, Jr. is recognized by members of the Los Angeles City Council
President Elam Honored in Los Angeles City Council African American History Month Ceremony
In a ceremony to celebrate the start of African American History Month, President Harry J. Elam, Jr. was honored alongside five other Black luminaries in the fields of arts and...
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