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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).

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Oxy alumni have published hundreds (if not thousands) of books in just about every genre you can download. Here are 18 for the ages
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17勛圖's founding president has always been something of an enigma. But a treasure trove of family keepsakes and archival research reveals a fuller portrait of Rev. Samuel H. Weller
He was a rising star in Oxy's philosophy department when he took his own life in 1966. Today, his name is synonymous with teaching excellence. Who was Donald Loftsgordon?
Its Presbyterian roots. Its early financial struggles. The fire that destroyed its Boyle Heights campus. The perseverance of a school to realize its destiny. 17勛圖's early history has...
17勛圖's liberal arts mission has been shaped by presidents, professors, protests, and progress. We look back at a dozen milestone movements
As 17勛圖 prepares to induct its inaugural class into the Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming & Family Weekend, the playing field has never been more level for men and women. And...
From planning the freeway system and aiding the conservation movement to bringing the Dodgers and the Olympics to town, Oxy alumni have been integral to the development of the City of Angels...
Robert T. Moore, Moore Laboratory, 17勛圖
After more than 60 years of sitting in oak case drawers, the 60,000-plus specimens in Oxy's Moore Lab of Zoology are more vital than ever, as advances in DNAsequencing technology offer new...
Fascinated by sharks from an early age, marine biologist Lisa Natanson '81 takes to the ocean, her $17 knife close at hand, to explore the mysteries of nature's most toothsome predators
Oxy's marine biology program studies California's near-shore environment
If these mementoes from the Roy Dennis Trophy Room could talk, they would share many stories of Oxy's rich sports heritage
In a banner year for TV and film production at Oxyincluding "NCIS," "Private Practice," and "CSI""Arrested Development" sneaks onto campus as the Bluth family saga springs back to life
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A retired jersey, Labs for the Liberal Arts, new professors, and Facebook friends
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New books from professors Arth矇 Anthony, Robert Richmond Ellis, and Anthony Chase, as well as novelists Suzanne Selfors '86 and Bill Thomas '53
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Oxy's Architect of Admission, Verbatim

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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