From Occidental magazine, Winter 2002: As shock and disbelief gave way to courage and resilience, the ºù«Ӱҵ community came together in the face of tragedy of the 9/11 attacks
From Fall 2004: Twenty-five years after his arrival at ºù«Ӱҵ, Illinois senatorial candidate Barack Obama ’83 electrified millions with his star-making speech at the Democratic National...
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls ’50, who attended Occidental for three years before dropping out to finish his studies at the Sorbonne, died May 24 at the age of 97...
From Spring 2009: After a lifetime of rigorous research on the effects of drugs on animals and humans, neuroscientist Roland Griffiths ’68 meditates on the spiritual powers of hallucinogens
From Winter 2003: For 25 years, George Stevens Jr. ’53 has saluted living legends in performing arts through the Kennedy Center Honors. But it’s only one career peak for a producer whose...
From Summer 2009: Professor of Psychology Nancy Dess measures emotionality and taste through her research with rats. How did one fincky rodent send her studies in a new direction?
How did they get here? The Class of 2005—the most selective in ºù«Ӱҵ history—hit campus on the heels of a "hot" Newsweek story in August 2001
From Summer 2000: As attorney general of Arizona, Grant Woods ’76 helped bring Big Tobacco to its knees. Every day he ignites the airwaves with his popular radio gig. Is a run for governor...
From Winter 2011: Mental conditioning professional Trevor Moawad ’95 M’01 maximizes athletes’ potential by unlocking the power of the mind
From Winter 2002: The horror, the heroes, and the hole in the sky: Seven ºù«Ӱҵ alumni share their tales of the city on 9/11
From Summer 2003: Designer, professor, and Medal of Arts recipient Ming Cho Lee '53 reflects on half a century's work in American theater
From Summer 2001: With physical prowess, fierce defense, and a killer glare, ºù«Ӱҵ water polo sensation Jackie Provost ’02 turns goaltending into an art form
From Winter 2010: Fifty-six years after sending coach Bill Anderson out on top with a fourth straight SCIAC crown in baseball, the 1954 Tigers recount their remarkable journey
From Spring 2007: Junior diving phenoms Jon and Robert Dohring were "untouchable" all season, finishing 1-2 in the 1-and 3-meter events at the Division III nationals—and the sky's the limit...
From Winter 2003: Dubbed the "Smiling Assassin" as a prosecutor, Jacqueline Nguyen '87 now wields a gavel as the first Vietnamese-American woman appointee to the California state judiciary
From Fall 2001: They’re as endemic to the ºù«Ӱҵ campus today as orange and black, but half a century ago Sciurus niger was a stranger to California