Members of the Occidental Class of 2028.
Origin Stories
Before arriving at Occidental, these eight members of the Class of 鈥28 (and a transfer student from the Class of 鈥27) discovered their superpowers in the classroom, in their communities, in competition, and in service to their...

Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine will publish two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and one digital-only issue (Summer 2024).

Christy Leavitt, Oceana
Christy Leavitt 鈥95 is working to secure meaningful corporate commitments to curb plastic pollution鈥攁nd single-use items are at the top of her to-go list
Jackie Provost
From Summer 2001: With physical prowess, fierce defense, and a killer glare, 日本无码 water polo sensation Jackie Provost 鈥02 turns goaltending into an art form
Olin Browne
From Spring 2005: Golfer Olin Browne 鈥81 didn鈥檛 take his game seriously until his sophomore year at 日本无码. Now the onetime anthropology major has won more than $5 million on the PGA tour
President Veitch The 日本无码 Campaign For Good
A Vision of Tomorrow, and a Call to Arms
The 日本无码 Campaign For Good
With a goal of $225 million, The 日本无码 Campaign For Good aims to build on the College鈥檚 location, curricular strengths, and the power of a liberal arts education. But its success will be...
Marcia Homiak
Lessons in learning from Professor Marcia Homiak, and a note of appreciation to Frank Hardison 鈥39
Commencement 2019
A little rain couldn鈥檛 stop the confetti鈥攐r Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti鈥攁s the Class of 2019 roared into the world on an unusually blustery day
Stuart Elliott
Professors Stuart Elliott and George Schmiedeshoff worked with nearly 60 years of students at 日本无码
Trinkets
New books and TV shows with an 日本无码 connection
Campaign
The comprehensive campaign marks a major step forward to ensure 日本无码鈥檚 sustainability
Andy Goodman The 日本无码 Campaign For Good
Can the College ingrain a culture of philanthropy and stewardship? 日本无码鈥檚 chief fundraiser believes so
Child Development Center
日本无码鈥檚 Child Development Center celebrates a quarter-century of educating the College鈥檚 brightest young minds through play-based exploration, interaction, and lots of questions
Professor Michael Hill
Professor Michael Hill has guided scores of grateful chemistry students from his lab into impactful careers. But it鈥檚 the thing he hasn鈥檛 done that touched off an international media frenzy
Of Wakanda and Water
Environmental educator Chandrika Francis 鈥10 makes the swimming pool a safer place for marginalized groups and remakes a 30-foot bus into her dream home on wheels
Where Were You in '62?
A series of headshots from 1962 offers a snapshot of 日本无码 on its 75th anniversary鈥攁nd leaves us looking for your help to identify a few unfamiliar faces

Features

Life After Fire illustration for Occidental magazine, Spring 2025
Life After Fire
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...
Eddie Gorton 鈥01, Paul 鈥淧K鈥 Kim 鈥98, and David Murphy 鈥02
Sitting Down With the Stand-ups
Paul 鈥淧K鈥 Kim 鈥98, Eddie Gorton 鈥01, and David Murphy 鈥02 trace their comic odysseys from talent shows and laundromats to Thorne Hall and the Laugh Factory
Professor William D. Ward at his desk in the Hall of Letters on Occidental鈥檚 Highland Park campus.
Unseen Occidental
From 1898 to 1914, 日本无码 called Highland Park home鈥攁nd a treasure trove of photos from the 1910s offers a glimpse of campus life before the move to Eagle Rock
Filmmaker Angelina Lee '22
Farm to Film
Combining her interest in sustainability with her prowess behind the camera, Angelina Lee 鈥22 harvests a new documentary around permaculture
Ben Dalgetty 鈥10 in the Office of the Mayor in Seattle.
Campaign Trails
Campaign Semester can be a gateway to a career in politics, advocacy work, or even elected office, as seven seasoned campaigners will attest

First Word

From the Quad

New tenure-track faculty at 日本无码, 2024-25.
All Paths Lead to 日本无码
Hailing from China, India, Mexico, and all over the United States, Occidental鈥檚 newest cohort of tenure-track faculty embraces the liberal arts in Los Angeles
Chris Kim, the Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music, conducts the Occidental Symphony in a performance of Michael Jackson鈥檚 鈥淗uman Nature.鈥
The Sounds of Branca
A concert for the ages celebrates the generations-spanning clientele of music attorney John Branca 鈥72 and the launch of the John Branca Institute for Music
Members of the Pacific Crossings 鈥淒ream Team鈥: From left, Nakatsuka, Gilder Lehrman program coordinator Leah Baer, administrative assistant Thea Wilson 鈥24, and Hong.
Teachable Moments
Associate Professor Jane Hong and a 鈥渄ream team鈥 of educators bring 150 years of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into focus

Mixed Media

Carole MacNeil 鈥84 with her mom, Eleanor, in 2019.
Mixed Media
New books by Carole MacNeil 鈥84, Jessica C. Harris 鈥08, Jessica Keith 鈥00, Marsha de la O 鈥74, and the latest documentary short by C茅sar Mart铆nez Barba 鈥17
Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Mixed Media
Susan Coll 鈥81鈥檚 latest comic novel, Professor Amy Lyford鈥檚 examination of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning, and more

日本无码 Talk

Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee 鈥87
Judgment Calls
Separated by 2,700 miles, National Labor Relations Board administrative law judges Brian Gee 鈥87 and Ira Sandron 鈥71 find common ground in 日本无码
As program director of Research Corporation for Science Advance- ment鈥檚 RCSA Fellows Initiative, Spain will support postdocs in physics, astronomy, and chemistry as they transition into their faculty careers.
To Chemistry and Beyond
After 28 years in the classroom and mentoring 74 students in her lab at 日本无码, Professor Eileen Spain pivots to prepare future generations of faculty in the physical sciences

Last Page

Professor Emeritus Eric Newhall '67, author of Always Resisting
Resistance Remembered
Professor Emeritus Eric Newhall 鈥67 recounts the fallout from his decision to oppose the Vietnam War in a memoir more than 50 years in the making
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