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18 Young Scientists to Watch
18 Young Scientists to Watch
Occidental鈥檚 labs are the launching pads for countless careers in the sciences鈥攁nd here are 18 graduates of the last 20 years, nominated by their former faculty mentors, doing exemplary work...
NASA Astrobiologist Jason Dworkin 鈥91
Across the Universe
Astrobiologist Jason Dworkin 鈥91 has devoted the better part of two decades to a NASA mission to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. What will we learn when OSIRIS-REx arrives home next year?
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Kate Rope '95
Draft Doctors
Journalist Kate Rope 鈥95 documents a little-known program during the Vietnam War that produced cutting-edge medical research, nine Nobel laureates, and the nation's best-known immunologist
Namandj茅 Bumpus 鈥03
The Biology of Changemaking
With heart, energy, and a passion for research, Namandj茅 Bumpus 鈥03 becomes a role model for others as a trailblazing director at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anderson Center for Environmental Sciences
Building Anew
From campus landmarks to classroom spaces, the College has completed a burst of new construction during the pandemic
Dr. Kimberly Shriner '80
Making It Work
From remote worship to online meditation, and testing to teaching, these six alumni have mobilized in the fight against COVID-19
Karen and Steve Casner
Islands in the Stream
Steve Casner 鈥73 and wife Karen 鈥74 share a love for Occidental鈥攁nd have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
COVID-19
From a Distance
In a race against two calendars鈥攁cademic and pandemic鈥攈ow did 海角社区 transform in less than two weeks from a high-touch curriculum to a remote learning model?
Dan Springer DocuSign
锘縎econd Signature
At the height of his career in 2014, Dan Springer 鈥85 stepped away from the daily grind to raise his two sons. Then a dream job with DocuSign lured him back to the office鈥攁nd personally and...
Professor Michael Hill
Be Like Mike
Professor Michael Hill has guided scores of grateful chemistry students from his lab into impactful careers. But it鈥檚 the thing he hasn鈥檛 done that touched off an international media frenzy