From uplifting inner-city scholars in South Central L.A. to prison moms in Colorado to a Monterey Park community in need, Oxy alumni embrace the College's mission
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).
In a race against two calendarsacademic and pandemichow did Oxy transform in less than two weeks from a high-touch curriculum to a remote learning model?
Many special senior moments have been upended by COVID-19and a traditional Commencement will have to wait. But the Class of 2020 has made memories that no virus can destroy
The SCIAC spring sports season ended abruptlyand these senior student-athletes will miss their Oxy families almost as much as the thrill of victory
When the pandemic turned the Colleges operations upside down in March, President Veitch had to throw out the script for his final days in officebut he and his team responded with...
From the biology department shipping PPE to hospitals to Oxy Arts making art kits to students in Highland Park, here are nine snapshots of the Oxy family coming together in a time of need
Alumni feedback on the Winter magazine, the new pool, and Oxy's next president. Also: How did we put this issue together?
Professors Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, and Linda Lasater had a lasting impact outside the classroomjust ask their students
Joshua Medina 19 has developed a new technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage in 3-D
Assistant professor Aleem Hossain realized a dream when his first feature film was released theatrically in Februaryjust before cinemas suddenly closed
From New York City's "penny" papers to feminist manifestos for the revolution: new books and music by Oxy authors
With plans for Alumni Reunion Weekend on ice, this years Alumni Seal recipients reflect on their Oxy experience and their daily routine in the new normal
The Spanish flu pandemic of 191819 claimed the lives of more than 675,000 Americans and shut down the College for seven weeksbut it could have been even worse for Oxy
How the inaugural Day For Oxy shattered all expectationsand established "a new tradition for the College"
