From academics to real-world impact, explore stories from our community that highlight the people and experiences making ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý a place of opportunity, discovery, and success.
Treena Basu Faculty Mathematics Meet Treena Basu of mathematics, who is researching applications of data science in the field of educational data mining and medical data.
Hannah Hoefs Student Marine Biology Hannah Hoefs has discovered a love of scientific diving and a home in the marine biology program at ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý. This summer she spent three weeks in Jamaica with one of her professors, surveying coral reef growth and recovery.
Alexander Day Faculty Asian Studies History Meet Alexander Day of history and East Asian Studies, who studies the intellectual, social, and cultural history of peasants, food and agrarian change in China. He teaches Chinese as well as East Asian and world history.
Yurika Wakamatsu Faculty Art & Art History Meet Yurika Wakamatsu of Art & Art History, who teaches courses on gender and visual culture in East Asia, East Asian art, Japanese woodblock prints and more.
Chandrika Francis ’10 Alumni Urban & Environmental Policy Environmental educator Chandrika Francis makes the swimming pool a safer place for marginalized groups and remakes a 30-foot bus into her dream home on wheels.
Ruby Ferehawk Student Mathematics Urban & Environmental Policy Ruby Ferehawk came to Occidental as a transfer student and loves the close-knit community of students and professors she’s discovered here. Now she’s exploring career options through the InternLA program.
Ross Lerner Faculty English Meet Ross Lerner of English, who teaches courses on 14th- through 17th-century British literature, poetry and poetics, and the history of race and punishment.
Máté Major Student Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture Máté Major came to ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý from Hungary, succumbing to the siren call of the Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture department. Diving in deep through the Summer Research Program, he hasn’t looked back.
Kevin Conroy Student History Asian Studies Kevin Conroy, a history and East Asian studies major, has leveraged various funding opportunities at ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý to research his Chinese family history and conduct oral histories about the era of the Cultural Revolution.
Elena Daniel Student Kinesiology Public Health Biology Elena Daniel, a premed student, is inspired by the connections between public health and kinesiology. This is reflected by her urban internships and ongoing faculty-mentored research projects at ÐÒÔË¿ìÈý.
Kate Grossmann Student Mathematics Kate Grossmann studied abroad in Hungary through the uniquely rigorous Budapest Semester in Mathematics program, which introduced her to a new culture and showed her what it means to seriously pursue math.
Marissa Chan ’17 Alumni Urban & Environmental Policy Public Health Marissa Chan has aspired to be an environmental epidemiologist since she was 17. Committed to fighting environmental injustices that disproportionately affect some communities, she’s on her way to Harvard for graduate training.
