From Tel Aviv and Beirut to Minneapolis and Washington, NPR reporter Kat Lonsdorf ’09 follows the news wherever it leads, covering some of the defining stories of our time
Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2026-27 academic year, the magazine will publish one digital-only issue (Summer 2026) and two print and digital issues (Fall 2026 and Spring 2027).
Behind the screens with the College’s largest-ever entering group of tenure-track faculty
Bob Winter cements his SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ legacy posthumously with an endowed faculty fund in history and art
As COVID-19 lingers on, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ leadership addresses the economic fallout of a remote fall semester
Amid a reevaluation of College priorities triggered by the pandemic’s impact, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ football is discontinued
A warm welcome for President Elam, and what to expect from Occidental magazine in our centennial year
From swimsuit competition to social platform, Margot Mifflin ’82 goes Looking for Miss America
A Class Notes extra: As the 50th anniversary of the Sylmar earthquake rumbles near, members of the Class of ’74 remember the moment that shook SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Steve Casner ’73 and wife Karen ’74 share a love for Occidental—and have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
Harry J. Elam, Jr. prepares to take center stage as SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 16th president as the College faces a new set of challenges—and he’s ready
As the novel coronavirus brings campus life to a standstill, Occidental soldiers on
In a race against two calendars—academic and pandemic—how did SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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-19—and 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 abruptly—and these senior student-athletes will miss their SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ families almost as much as the thrill of victory
When the pandemic turned the College’s operations upside down in March, President Veitch had to throw out the script for his final days in office—but he and his team responded with...
