Press Releases

Black History Month: Experts Available for Media Interviews
LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount University has faculty experts available to respond to media inquiries about Black History Month and related issues. LMU professors specializing in African American history, civil rights, Black activism and…

LMU’s Laband Art Gallery Presents “Here Comes the Sun” in Partnership with Tierra del Sol Studios
Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery welcomes seven contemporary visual artists from Tierra del Sol Studios for the spring exhibition, “Here Comes the Sun.” The show features more than 100 works on paper and ceramic…

LMU School of Film and Television Presents “What’s Next?” at Sundance Film Festival
LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television will bring together entertainment industry veterans for the engaging Sundance Film Festival panel “What’s Next?” – a look ahead at the future of…

Loyola Marymount University Awarded $1.5M Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Grant
Librarians from LMU and three other institutions will use the funds to recruit, incentivize, and prepare up to twelve faculty teams to adapt, create, and publish open educational resources.
Campus News
LMU Ranked 7th Animation B.A. Program in the Nation
LMU School of Film and Television’s (SFTV) Animation program ranked 7th among schools offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in Animation by Animation Career Review, up from 8th in the 2022 rankings. In their 12th annual rankings, nearly 200 schools around the country were judged based on criteria such as educational value, graduation rates, and employment data.
The Walter and Grace Lantz Undergraduate Animation Program at Loyola Marymount University provides students with an extensive understanding of traditional and digital approaches essential for success in film, television, video game design, and developing media forms.
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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
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Climate Chaos
Alvarado and 3rd
Driving Ambition
Mind Bridges
A Conversation With Holly Mitchell
Summer 2021
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Crowning Achievement
A Conversation With Vin Scully
The Dogs That Save Us
Amped Up
A Conversation With Nadia Kim
Western Waters
Winter 2020
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The System
The Unforgettable Run
Nature Nurture
The Saintly Order
For Gilberto Ramos
Obama’s Mirror
Spring 2019
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Dodgers vs. Giants
Credential-Sharing
Fletcher on First
Burning the Roots
Homeless Country
Girls in the Garage