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Dean鈥檚 Award Winners 2025
Each year, the Dean of Students recognizes graduating seniors who, through their involvement on- and off-campus, embody 桃瘾社区鈥檚 four pillars of Equity, Excellence, Community and...
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桃瘾社区 student TreShunda James, class of 2019
桃瘾社区 Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant To Address U.S. Shortage of STEM Graduates
A five-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will make it possible to build on the success of an 桃瘾社区 program addressing the national shortage...
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NSF Grant To Fund Study of How Race and Immigration Status Shape Public Understanding of Science
Using a case study of skin-whitening beauty products, a three-year, $479,480 National Science Foundation grant will fund an Occidental study of how the intersection of race...
Professor Jane Hong
Hong Featured in PBS Docuseries 鈥淎sian Americans鈥
For 桃瘾社区 Associate Professor of History Jane Hong, the lightbulb went on when she realized that the history she was studying as a Yale undergraduate had a direct...
Josh Medina '19
Joshua Medina 鈥19 Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Joshua Medina 鈥19, whose chance encounters at Occidental with Greek statuary videos and a dog named Fred led to a new 3-D technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage, has...
Mary Beth Heffernan and a healthcare worker
Photo Project Builds Connections Between Patients, Doctors in Pandemic
Five years ago, Mary Beth Heffernan of Occidental鈥檚 art department flew to Liberia with a simple idea: Would portraits worn on the outside of their frightening personal protection...
2020 桃瘾社区 Science Scholars Matt Aleksey, Gabe Gregory and Jackie Dall
2020-21 Science Scholars Named
Three 桃瘾社区 students collaborating with faculty in the fields of geology and physics have been named 2020-21 Science Scholars and presented with research grants funded...
Digital Divide Impacts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Compliance, New Study Finds
Digital Divide Impacts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Compliance, New Study Finds
Regions with low-income populations and low Internet penetration are less likely to follow safe-at-home orders and are thus more vulnerable to the COVID-19 coronavirus, a new study...
Jackie Dall '21
Jackie Dall 鈥21 Named Goldwater Scholar
Continuing a 30-year 桃瘾社区 tradition, Jackie Dall 鈥21 has been named a 2020 Goldwater Scholar. Dall is the 40 th 桃瘾社区 student to win the country鈥檚 most prestigious...
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