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).
Can the College ingrain a culture of philanthropy and stewardship? ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s chief fundraiser believes so
ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’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 ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë on its 75th anniversary—and leaves us looking for your help to identify a few unfamiliar faces
Stephen Rountree ’71 steps up as chair of ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s Board of Trustees in the midst of a capital campaign and the search for the College’s 16th president—with his own milestone reunion just...
ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s Summer Research Program marks 20 years of explorations, observations, and presentations
The Class of ’69 brings a new vibe to the ranks of the Fifty Year Club—just as it did to the College experience after first setting foot on campus
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
ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë has prepared half a century of students for careers in every facet of media arts and culture. With more creative options than ever, how will future generations of graduates respond to...
Six of ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s longest tenured and most popular professors are retiring this spring—and some of their best and brightest students recount their impact and influence
Armed with a briefcase full of challenges facing the nation’s largest higher education system, Lande Ajose ’87 brings new energy to Sacramento
With Jonathan Veitch announcing his plans to step down next year, trustees, alumni, and colleagues discuss his impact on the College over the last decade.
How has Occidental evolved during Jonathan Veitch's presidency? Let us count the ways
President Veitch discusses the erasure of boundaries between the ivory tower and the real world
