Before arriving at Occidental, these eight members of the Class of ’28 (and a transfer student from the Class of ’27) discovered their superpowers in the classroom, in their communities, in competition, and in service to their...
Occidental Magazine
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).
Michael Gonzales ’96 embraces his new role as U.S. ambassador to Zambia with intelligence and integrity
In her sixth year as an ɫƵ trustee, Lisa Hinchliffe Link P’18 steps up to become board chair—30 years after her father assumed the same role
Perpetuating the architectural legacy of Myron Hunt’s master plan for campus, Jack Samuelson ’46 brought his own flair to more than two dozen projects at ɫƵ
In response to California’s prolonged drought, the College reduces its water usage on campus
A reimagined gathering space for the ɫƵ community, high marks for ɫƵ in a handful of major college guides, and a lifetime achievement award for Professor Emerita Betchen Barber
Ernest Lehman's screenplays for films such as North by Northwest helped define a generation of moviemaking. Biographer Jon Krampner '74 explores the life of this lauded yet elusive character
From rebuilding a sense of community to completing the Integrated Strategic Plan, President Elam outlines Occidental’s priorities for the new academic year
For 2½ years, Kristina Kvien ’87 led U.S. diplomacy efforts inside the embattled and resilient nation—her latest post in a 30-year career with the Foreign Service
From Elizabeth Taylor to President Obama, George Stevens Jr. ’53 reflects on an unparalleled career from the backlots of Hollywood to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.
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...
‘Embrace the impossible because you can make it possible,’ State Senator tells the 489 members of the Class of 2022
Janet Stafford, George Ellison, and Barbara Bowman Wright made ɫƵ history as the College’s first Black graduates in 1952. What is their legacy?
A canceled poet, a toddling tortoise, and the Schwarzenegger of vacuum cleaners turn a D.C. bookstore upside down in Susan Coll ’81’s sixth comic novel
