| Nov, 02 | Students Find Success Thanks to LMU Grad | | | Tom Hynes '59 struggled with adjusting to college life when he attended LMU more than 50 years ago. Now, he's helping current students avoid that pitfall by giving them the tools they need to succeed. |
| Oct, 26 | Bellarmine Forum Takes on Vulnerability | | | Panel discussions and art exhibits will focus on several specific elements of vulnerability, as artists, scholars, and members of the faith community will draw this characteristic into the light. |
| Oct, 26 | Artist Reunited with his Berlin Wall Mural at LMU | | | In 1984, Thierry Noir was a young French artist living in a German youth center, with a view dominated by the Berlin Wall. It was an oppressive landscape until the day that Noir spontaneously decided to begin painting the barrier. |
| Oct, 19 | LMU Choruses Invited To Sing At the Vatican | | | For the first time in their history, the Loyola Marymount University Choruses will tour Italy, including an invitation to sing at Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on June 19, 2010. |
| Oct, 12 | LMU’s Gene Research Gets a Boost | | | LMU professors Kam Dahlquist, a biology professor, and Ben Fitzpatrick, a math professor, have received a $250,000 grant to construct a mathematical model that will allow scientists to predict how genes change their regulation in different environments. |
| Oct, 12 | Freshman Class at LMU Exudes Excellence | | | The make-up of Loyola Marymount University’s class of 2013 shows the continued standard of excellence and breadth of diversity that LMU’s student body has become known for. |
| Oct, 05 | Law School gets high marks from Princeton Review | | | In the 2010 edition, Loyola Law School ranked No. 5 for “Best Classroom Experience” and No. 6 in “Best Environment for Minority Students.” The results are determined by a nationwide survey of law students. |
| Oct, 05 | Panel, photo exhibit cover rescue of Jewish children during Holocaust | | | The Jewish Studies program in LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts will host a panel with speakers from three religious traditions tackling the ethical question of helping others at great risk to oneself. Pictured is Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust. |
| Sep, 28 | For LMU Alumnus, the Play’s the Thing | | | When Jacob Padrón was 8 years old he was enthralled watching his mother perform in a Christmas play. He remembers pulling on a stranger’s sleeve and asking, “How do they know where to go?” Today, they go where Padrón tells them to. |
| Sep, 28 | Helgeland, Bailey, Gilroy Honored at LMU Film Festival | | | Student filmmakers will also be honored at the event. The vision and mission of the School of Film and Television is to encourage the production of films that embrace visual storytelling grounded in humanism, innovation and diversity. |
| Sep, 09 | LMU Students Think They Can Dance | | | Seventy Loyola Marymount University dance students got the chance to kick up their heels with professionals from the hit TV show “So You Think You Can Dance” and the “LA Dance Magic” dance company during a weeklong workshop that put them through a rigorous program of modern dance styles, ballet, yoga and Pilates. |
| Aug, 31 | LMU Library Entrusted with Page from Gutenberg Bible | | | The Biblia Latina printed by Johannes Gutenberg around 1452 is considered the beginning of the print era, a revolution in learning and literacy that spread across Europe and formed the foundation of knowledge for centuries to come. |
| Aug, 13 | English Professor’s Play Nominated for Theater Awards | | | ‘Turpentine Jake,’ co-written and produced by Linda Bannister, picked up two nods from the NAACP Theater Awards. The play depicting the lives of black turpentine workers trapped in a form of legal slavery in early 20th century Florida was produced at LMU last year. |
| Aug, 12 | Family Center Youths Get Meals | | | When the Los Angeles Unified School District announced in May it was canceling summer school for elementary and middle schools, many observers thought about children having nothing to do; few realized many of them would also be missing meals. |
| Aug, 05 | Nurturing Art | | | Manuel is a 14-year-old boy from the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles who is standing at a crossroads. A lot of his friends are in gangs but he doesn’t want to join them. Instead, he dreams of going to college at Loyola Marymount University. |
| Jul, 31 | Jesuits Celebrate 100 Years in California | | | For 100 years members of the California Province of the Society of Jesus have built schools and parishes, and created social justice ministries to serve the state’s communities.The keynote address will be given by Barbara Busse, dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University. |
| Jul, 23 | Genovese to Headline Conference on Bush Presidency | | | In an interview with Hawaii Public Radio, LMU Professor Michael Genovese said that while “it’s easy to bash” the unpopular former president, the Bush administration had a clear impact on the direction of the country. |
| Jul, 21 | Sociology Professor's Book Nabs Three National Awards | | | When do immigrants to the United States learn about race relations and how do racial attitudes affect their lives in their adopted country? A new book by Nadia Kim, assistant professor of sociology at LMU, that examines those questions as they relate to Korean American community has won three prestigious awards for research. |
| Jul, 14 | Making Science Fun | | | Most kids hate taking time out of their summer to be in school, but not high school junior Dylan Manccillas. “I don’t want to leave. I love it; it’s paradise,” said Dylan. Dylan is one of two dozen high school students participating in the Science and Engineering Community Outreach Program at Loyola Marymount University. |
| Jul, 13 | LMU Theologians Focus Discussion on Hispanic Ministry | | | Within the next few years, Hispanics will make up the majority of Catholics in the United States. Two professors from the Department of Theological Studies and the director of the Center for Religion and Spirituality joined church leaders, scholars and practitioners from around the country this month for a symposium on the future of Hispanic Catholic Ministry in the United States. The event was held at Boston College and co-sponsored by LMU and Barry University. |
| Jun, 26 | High School Filmmakers Learn Tricks of the Trade at LMU | | | Starting this week, twelve students from Crenshaw High School and the Heart of Los Angeles afterschool program will learn the craft of filmmaking from LMU’s faculty and students through the School of Film and Television’s Summer Creative Workshop. |
| Jun, 23 | LMU Artists Boost Kids' Confidence | | | When sixth-grader Jennifer Lopez started painting her self-portrait, she became frustrated, and Carly Correa, a senior art major at Loyola Marymount University, can tell you why. When most kids draw a picture of their face, they usually start with a single shade. But Jennifer used 15 different explosive colors, and the brush strokes went in crazy directions. |
| Jun, 22 | LMU Student Pops Through TV’s No. 1 Dance Show | | | Engineering physics student Phillip Chbeeb, 20, was one of this season’s finalists on the Fox television series So You Think You Can Dance. He survived four elimination rounds, making it among the top 12 contestants out of the thousands that auditioned, before being eliminated on July 9. |
| Jun, 15 | African Trip Will Light the Way for the Blind | | | Imagine being blind. Now, imagine being blind and living in southeast Africa. Now, imagine being blind, living in southeast Africa and having to walk three miles just to get a clean glass of water. This is reality is for many schoolchildren in Malawi, Africa. But, not for long. |
| Jun, 08 | LMU Golfer Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year | | | Loyola Marymount University golfer Greg Moss, a recent summa cum laude graduate in economics, has been named Mike Gilleran Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the West Coast Conference. |
| Jun, 08 | Turn to Political Science Puts LMU Junior on Road to Discovery | | | When David Azevedo was a freshman at Loyola Marymount University, he was a film major who wanted to tell stories. As he leaves for Tunisia to study Arabic this summer on a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship, he’s changed his direction and his major. |
| Jun, 03 | LMU Exhibit Featured on the Tavis Smiley's "Young Voices" | | | Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery exhibit “Gallery 32 and Its Circle” hit the big time. The exhibit prompted a discussion on “Does black art exist?” on noted journalist Tavis Smiley’s Web site "Young Voices." |
| May, 22 | LMU Professor Takes Her Work Center Stage | | | For many members of Loyola Marymount University’s faculty, practicing their craft outside the classroom enhances the learning experience they can give students. |
| May, 08 | Top Teaching Honor Goes to Jodi S. Finkel | | | Jodi S. Finkel, associate professor of political science, is the 2009 winner of the Fritz B. Burns Distinguished Teaching Award, LMU’s most prestigious teaching honor awarded each year by President Fr. Robert B. Lawton, S.J. |
| Apr, 24 | CBA’s Part-Time MBA Program Among Nation’s Best | | | The part-time MBA program at Loyola Marymount University’s College of Business Administration (CBA) is again ranked among the nation’s best according to the annual survey “America’s Best Graduate Schools” by U.S. News & World Report. |
| Apr, 22 | LMU Debaters Break Tournament Record | | | Loyola Marymount University’s debate team earned a perfect score in every round and defeated every team at the Hobart and William Smith College Round Robin Tournament, the first time in the tournament’s history that has been achieved. |
| Apr, 09 | LMU Students Take ONE Campaign to L.A. City Hall | | | Stefani Morones and Jane Olivia Paik, communication studies majors at Loyola Marymount University, were recognized for their work raising student awareness of poverty and disease in Africa. |
| Mar, 02 | LMU Debate Professor Guides Students to the Top | | | Jay Busse, director of debate and associate professor of communication studies, has successfully guided two Loyola Marymount debate teams into one of the most prestigious debate competitions in the world. |
| Feb, 18 | Keeping Research Relevant | | | Rae Linda Brown, vice president for Undergraduate Education, is committed to enhancing the academic experience of undergraduate students. |
| Feb, 04 | The State’s Best Wine-Tasting Event Is This Weekend at LMU | | | For Southern California wine connoisseurs this Sunday, Feb. 8, will be one of the best days of the year. That’s the day of the 28th annual Loyola Marymount University Wine Classic, which has earned a reputation among California vintners as the best wine-tasting event in the state. |
| Jan, 30 | Karl Rove to Speak at Loyola Marymount University | | | Karl Rove, columnist, political strategist and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, will be the featured speaker for this year’s First Amendment Week at Loyola Marymount University on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m. |
| Jan, 21 | Gallery 32 and Its Circle | | | Laband Art Gallery Explores Gallery 32 and its Contribution to the L.A. Art Scene of the 60s and 70s. The show runs from January 25–March 22, 2009. |
| Jan, 14 | Passing the Torch | | | Political Science Professor Michael Genovese writes how inaugurals offer the nation a chance to begin anew. |
| Jan, 07 | LMU Debate Team Takes High Honors at International Competition | | | The debate team placed ninth among 316 colleges and universities from around the world at the World Universities Debating Championships, Dec. 27, 2008,-Jan. 3, 2009, held at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. It was the highest finish in LMU debating history. |
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