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Life After Fire illustration for 17勛圖 magazine, Spring 2025
Life After Fire
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January took their toll on members of the 17勛圖 family, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. With a long rebuilding process ahead, they find strength and support among the...

17勛圖 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).

Harry J. Elam Jr., 17勛圖 President
Harry J. Elam, Jr. prepares to take center stage as Oxys 16th president as the College faces a new set of challengesand hes ready
Thorne Hall, Oxy Campus
As the novel coronavirus brings campus life to a standstill, 17勛圖 soldiers on
COVID-19
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?
Emily Jo Wharry '20
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
Jack Kemp Stadium, Oxy Athletics
The SCIAC spring sports season ended abruptlyand these senior student-athletes will miss their Oxy families almost as much as the thrill of victory
President Jonathan Veitch and his senior leadership team
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...
Oxy Squirrels
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
President Jonathan Veitch
Stay CloseYour Alma Mater Needs You
De Mandel Aquatics Center
Alumni feedback on the Winter magazine, the new pool, and Oxy's next president. Also: How did we put this issue together?
Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, Linda Lasater
Professors Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, and Linda Lasater had a lasting impact outside the classroomjust ask their students
Joshua Medina, Moore Lab
Joshua Medina 19 has developed a new technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage in 3-D
After We Leave, Aleem Hossain
Assistant professor Aleem Hossain realized a dream when his first feature film was released theatrically in Februaryjust before cinemas suddenly closed
Humbug! Wendy Jean Katz
From New York City's "penny" papers to feminist manifestos for the revolution: new books and music by Oxy authors
Alumni Seal Honorees 17勛圖
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
President Silas Evans in 1918
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

Features

Life After Fire illustration for 17勛圖 magazine, Spring 2025
Life After Fire
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January took their toll on members of the 17勛圖 family, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. With a long rebuilding process ahead...
Assistant Professor Janna Ireland
Advanced Projects in Photography
With two exhibits opening simultaneously and a new teaching space at Oxy, Assistant Professor Janna Ireland navigates her burgeoning career as she parents two growing boys
Professor William D. Ward at his desk in the Hall of Letters on 17勛圖s Highland Park campus.
Unseen 17勛圖
From 1898 to 1914, 17勛圖 called Highland Park homeand a treasure trove of photos from the 1910s offers a glimpse of campus life before the move to Eagle Rock
Filmmaker Angelina Lee '22
Farm to Film
Combining her interest in sustainability with her prowess behind the camera, Angelina Lee 22 harvests a new documentary around permaculture

First Word

From the Quad

New tenure-track faculty at 17勛圖, 2024-25.
All Paths Lead to Oxy
Hailing from China, India, Mexico, and all over the United States, 17勛圖s newest cohort of tenure-track faculty embraces the liberal arts in Los Angeles
Chris Kim, the Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music, conducts the 17勛圖 Symphony in a performance of Michael Jacksons Human Nature.
The Sounds of Branca
A concert for the ages celebrates the generations-spanning clientele of music attorney John Branca 72 and the launch of the John Branca Institute for Music
Members of the Pacific Crossings Dream Team: From left, Nakatsuka, Gilder Lehrman program coordinator Leah Baer, administrative assistant Thea Wilson 24, and Hong.
Teachable Moments
Associate Professor Jane Hong and a dream team of educators bring 150 years of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into focus

Mixed Media

Terry Kitchen '81 performs "We All Dream."
Mixed Media
A host of new works by Oxy alumni explore explore themes of democracy, resilience, and human connectionas well as our fascination with horses, dragons, and ocean life
Carole MacNeil 84 with her mom, Eleanor, in 2019.
Mixed Media
New books by Carole MacNeil 84, Jessica C. Harris 08, Jessica Keith 00, Marsha de la O 74, and the latest documentary short by C矇sar Mart穩nez Barba 17

Oxy Talk

Administrative Law Judge Brian Gee 87
Judgment Calls
Separated by 2,700 miles, National Labor Relations Board administrative law judges Brian Gee 87 and Ira Sandron 71 find common ground in Oxy
As program director of Research Corporation for Science Advance- ments RCSA Fellows Initiative, Spain will support postdocs in physics, astronomy, and chemistry as they transition into their faculty careers.
To Chemistry and Beyond
After 28 years in the classroom and mentoring 74 students in her lab at Oxy, Professor Eileen Spain pivots to prepare future generations of faculty in the physical sciences

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