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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).

Jack Griffith '64
Jack Griffith 64 is still flying high after decades of medical discoveriesand retirements not in his DNA
Zak Stoltz '10 with his dog, Boba, at his home in Mount Washington.
Everything Everywhere All at Once became the indie film sensation of 2022and Zak Stoltz '10 assembled the small visual effects team to make bagel magic
Coach Dale Widolff and moderator Jeff Goldstein '86.
With six decades of Tigers in attendance, Coach Dale Widolff returns to campus for a celebration of Oxy's storied football program
Architect's rendering of the Norris Hall of Chemistry interior
As the campaign winds toward its successful conclusion in June, plans for a long-awaited renovation of Norris Hall of Chemistry come into focus. Also: Previewing Day For Oxy
17勛圖's eight new tenure-track faculty joined the College in fall 2022.
From art and art history and Black studies to music, politics, and psychology, Oxy welcomes eight new voices to the classroom
Dennis Patrick '73. author of Santa Ynez: A Novel.
Dennis Patrick '73 returns to the family cattle ranch in Santa Ynez with his first novelone of six new additions to the 17勛圖 bookshelf
Attendees at a Hometown Tiger Mixer in Washington, D.C.
A growing calendar of regional events brings generations of Tigers together
Actress, author, and voiceover artist Reba Buhr '10
Reba Buhr 10s Oxy experience was interrupted by the collapse of her mental health. Heres how she worked through it
L.A. City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez '96
As Monica Rodriguez 96 begins a second term on the Los Angeles City Council, shes using her voice to bring change to her lifelong home
Ella Rubin 24, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Ava Wampold '24.
With all eyes on the 2022 midterm election, eight Oxy students canvassed, coordinated, and cold-called their way through the political process in six battleground states
President Elam talks to students at Moonlight Breakfast on the Quad in December 2022.
After a fall full of activityincluding postseason tournaments, pancakes on the Quad, and in-person alumni gatheringsOxy springs forward into 2023
Jim Conlin '74 at home in his garage in Rochester, N.Y., in an undated photo.
Jim Conlin '74 was not an ostentatious fellowbut his legacy gift to 17勛圖 will improve the fortunes of generations of future students
Los Amigos pitcher Freddy Hernandez
For 26 seasons, Oxys Summer Staff Softball League has served up friendly competition (and the occasional cold beverage) for employees and alumni
Oxy Gaming eboard members.
With a dedicated space in the Academic Commons, a visionary team of student gamers, and a timely boost from an industry giant, esports levels up at Oxy
Twenty-five of the 53 personnel in Oxys Music Department.
One of the Colleges oldest disciplines, music gets a makeover in response to the production boom of the 21st centurybut if you want a classical education, youll find that as well

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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