After years of sleepless nights and hot-weather hacks, every residence hall finally has air conditioningâmuch 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).
Occidental's ties to foreign relations run deepânot just in the U.S. government, but in Japan and South Africa as well
Michael Gonzales â96 embraces his new role as U.S. ambassador to Zambia with intelligence and integrity
In her sixth year as an Oxy trustee, Lisa Hinchliffe Link Pâ18 steps up to become board chairâ30 years after her father assumed the same role
Perpetuating the architectural legacy of Myron Huntâs master plan for campus, Jack Samuelson â46 brought his own flair to more than two dozen projects at Oxy
In response to Californiaâs prolonged drought, the College reduces its water usage on campus
A reimagined gathering space for the Oxy community, high marks for Oxy 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 Occidentalâs priorities for the new academic year
For 2Âœ years, Kristina Kvien â87 led U.S. diplomacy efforts inside the embattled and resilient nationâher latest post in a 30-year career with the Foreign Service
From Elizabeth Taylor to President Obama, George Stevens Jr. â53 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. â53 has saluted living legends in performing arts through the Kennedy Center Honors. But itâs only one career peak for a producer whose...
âEmbrace the impossible because you can make it possible,â State Senator tells the 489 members of the Class of 2022
Janet Stafford, George Ellison, and Barbara Bowman Wright made Oxy history as the Collegeâs first Black graduates in 1952. What is their legacy?
