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The Legacy of Philanthropy: In 1986, a Surprise Bequest Enabled LMU to Achieve a New Vision of Excellence
In 1986, Loyola Marymount University received an unexpected $44 million gift from Beverly Hills oil heiress Liliore Green Rains. Under the stewardship of President James N. Loughran, S.J. and a visionary academic administration committed to…
Press Releases
LMU Names Richard Fox as Next Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
LOS ANGELES — Richard Fox, a seasoned academic leader, professor, and leading scholar in the contemporary study of gender and politics, will be the next dean of Loyola Marymount University’s Bellarmine College of Liberal…
LMU Welcomes Back Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Host a Lineup of Unforgettable Global Conversations
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University’s Global Conversations Series returns for the 2023-24 academic year with Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, to lead powerful discussions on…
LMU Loyola Law School Announces $8 Million Commitment by Nava and Gary Dordick
The landmark gift from the Dordick Law Corporation founder will support the law school’s top-ranked advocacy programs and increase access to legal education through student scholarships. LOS ANGELES — Nava and Gary A. Dordick…
LMU’s Laband Art Gallery Presents “Sonia Romero: Taken Root”
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery this fall features Sonia Romero in a 20-plus-year survey exhibition honoring her enduring and boundary-pushing art practice that addresses issues of social, cultural, and political significance, and…
Campus News
NSF Grant Enables Research on Drone Networks that Could Revolutionize Wildfire Monitoring
In the spirit of igniting innovation at LMU Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Gustavo Vejarano, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has embarked on a groundbreaking project that could transform combatting wildfires. Thanks to a substantial grant of nearly $200,000 over two years from the National Science Foundation, Vejarano’s project, titled “ERI: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring of Moving Clusters of Targets using Collaborative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” aims to harness the power of collaborative drones to monitor ground activities, particularly wildfires, with unprecedented efficiency. The grant, which will fund both hardware and software components of the project, provides a unique learning opportunity for students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. At the heart of this endeavor lies…
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Podcasts and Video
Tara Pixley on Life By the Oil Fields
Oil drills and storage facilities are scattered across communities in the Los Angeles region. Tara Pixley, who teaches photojournalism in the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, has produced photo essays of many of those communities. She describes the dangers experienced by people who live and work in proximity to L.A.’s oil industry.
Aarika Hughes on the Women’s Basketball 2022-23 Season
Aarika Hughes, in her second season as head coach of LMU women’s basketball, describes the strengths of the West Coast Conference competition and the discipline, defense and fast-paced play she intends to confront her opponents with.
Rebecca Delfino on the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis, which has killed as many as 700,000 Americans in the past 20 years, has fallen off the nation’s radar. Rebecca Delfino, clinical law professor at the LMU Loyola Law School, describes an epidemic and the overprescription practices and misleading marketing that fuels it.
LMU Magazine
Fall 2022
FEATURED CONTENT
L.A.’s Oil Neighborhoods
Native Americans in Film
Yolo County’s COVID Outbreak
Athletes’ NIL Streams
A Conversation With Misty Copeland
Winter 2022
FEATURED CONTENT
Climate Chaos
Alvarado and 3rd
Driving Ambition
Mind Bridges
A Conversation With Holly Mitchell
Summer 2021
FEATURED CONTENT
Crowning Achievement
A Conversation With Vin Scully
The Dogs That Save Us
Amped Up
A Conversation With Nadia Kim
Western Waters
Winter 2020
FEATURED CONTENT
The System
The Unforgettable Run
Nature Nurture
The Saintly Order
For Gilberto Ramos
Obama’s Mirror
Spring 2019
FEATURED CONTENT
Dodgers vs. Giants
Credential-Sharing
Fletcher on First
Burning the Roots
Homeless Country
Girls in the Garage
