After years of sleepless nights and hot-weather hacks, every residence hall finally has air conditioning—much to the relief of current and future Tigers
Occidental Magazine
Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2025-26 academic year, the magazine will publish one digital-only issue (Summer 2025) and two print and digital issues (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026).
A variety of summer programs restore the in-person element to the ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë experience—and students are happy to be back on campus
For the first time in 71 years, Occidental held two Commencement ceremonies in a single year, with separate, socially distanced, in-person events on Patterson Field taking place for the...
A new voice for equity and justice at ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë and other newsmakers from a busy summer
An illuminating new biography by ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë professor Erica J. Ball examines the rags-to-riches story of America's first self-made woman millionaire
During the last week of August, we will be welcoming students back to the beautiful ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë campus. What joy it brings me to write that!
With a new home and a new supervisor, ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë's student calling program gears up for the fall
As prolific in the library as he was in the classroom, Andrew Rolle '43, who died in March, chronicled California, the American West, and Occidental with an honest and unflinching gaze
Thanks to the generosity of our community of alumni, parents, students, friends, faculty, and staff, our second annual Day For ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë was a tremendous success.
As the College says goodbye to an unprecedented 11 retiring faculty, we called on some of their brightest students to share their memories, tributes, and an extra box of tissues
As its second century dawned, Occidental welcomed a bold new president, adopted a mission Of Excellence and Equity, and brought a diversity of voices to the classroom. How did the changes...
The Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain—formally known as Water Forms II—occupies a prominent place on campus and in the hearts of generations of alumni. George Baker ’58’s former students...
As with any abstract art, the meaning of Baker's scultpure depends on the eye of the beholder. It helps to have a guide
As California takes major strides in the fight against the pandemic, the College makes plans to bring students, faculty, and staff back to campus this fall
