Liberal Arts in Los Angeles
Drawing on the cultural and intellectual resources of a global city, Occidental provides a springboard for putting theory into practice and ideas into action.
Explore Your Passions
Oxy’s remarkable faculty of scholars, teachers and mentors are at the heart of the intellectual experience. An Oxy liberal arts education transcends boundaries, and with more than 40 majors and programs, academic rigor comes in many forms.
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Discover Occidental
A vibrant, small liberal arts college experience in the heart of Los Angeles, one of the most stimulating and creative cities in the world. That’s something you won’t find anywhere else.
At Occidental
Oxy combines the liberal arts and sciences with the global city of Los Angeles to put theory into practice and ideas into action.
The Oxy Community
Whether in the lab, classroom, field or community, our faculty, students and alumni define the strengths and uniqueness of Oxy in everything that they do.
Tye Hernandez ’23 knew that he wanted a strong sense of community in the undergraduate institution he decided to attend and was surprised to find that at a college with fewer than 2,000 students.
Zachary Silver
Link to story about Zachary SilverMeet Zachary Silver of psychology, whose research and teaching interests involve how animals learn from and about humans.
Alana Pizarro ’22
Link to story about Alana Pizarro ’22Alana Pizarro joined a fieldwork expedition to Isla Guadalupe, a wind-swept island off the coast of Baja California. The researchers were studying the Guadalupe Island Junco, a small sparrow with unique evolutionary characteristics and a delicate existence.
Will McMillan
Link to story about Will McMillanDuring his gap year, first-year Diplomacy & World Affairs major Will McMillan traveled to Ukraine for a month to volunteer on behalf of the war effort. He has been gathering stories to help generate more support back at home for Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since early 2022.
Teddy Max Pozo
Link to story about Teddy Max PozoMeet Teddy Max Pozo of computer science, a multimedia writer and artist. Their art practice combines conductive materials with clay sculptures and original game designs to create unique game arcade machine and console installations.
Princess Masilungan ’13
Link to story about Princess Masilungan ’13At Oxy, Princess realized that as a lawyer she could support social movements she was passionate about. Now, having graduated from law school, she is making that goal a reality.
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Three Occidental alumni received 2024 fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to support their ongoing academic research. An additional three alumni earned honorable mentions.
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Lily Gebhart ’25, a cognitive science and math major, has been named a 2024 Goldwater Scholar. She'll receive $7,500 each semester for the remainder of her undergrad education to support her computational cognitive science research. https://t.co/DhZVXCyZDZ
