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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 Marks the Start of the 2024-25 Academic Year
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University today welcomes 9,142 students to its Westchester and Playa Vista campuses for the 2024-25 academic year. The Class of 2028 includes more than 1,600 first-year students from 39…
LMU Receives $25 Million from the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation in Support of New Engineering Innovation Complex
LOS ANGELES — The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation has set the pace of fundraising for LMU’s new Engineering Innovation Complex (EIC), a planned capital expansion for the LMU Frank R. Seaver College of…
LMU’s Shakespeare on the Bluff Summer Festival Returns with “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Troilus & Cressida”
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University’s seventh Shakespeare on the Bluff summer festival features performances of “Much Ado About Nothing” June 20-22 and “Troilus & Cressida” July 18-20. The popular, free, and family-friendly event is presented…
LMU to Host the Los Angeles Rams 2024 Training Camp
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University will host the Los Angeles Rams 2024 Training Camp this summer on its Westchester campus. Rams fans and LMU Lions will have opportunities to watch practices and join…
Campus News
LMU Hosts Workshops to End Antisemitism and Islamophobia
Campus Ministry will host a series of workshops this month through November with guest speakers who will focus on building bridges between Jews and Muslims especially with the rise in antisemitism and islamophobia on college campuses. Marium Mohiuddin and Zack Ritter are part of a movement that aims to create a national model for healthy relations and social change among American Muslims and Jew will be on campus for three sessions. “One of the hopes of bringing these speakers on campus is to address the lack of awareness of what the attacks on Oct. 7 mean to Jewish students,” said Rabbi Zachary Zysman, director of Jewish Student Life. The first workshop, on Sept. 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the lower level of Sacred Heart…
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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
Winter 2023
FEATURED CONTENT
Joan Didion’s California
Curious About Crows
KXLU’s Alma Del Barrio
The Transfer Portal
A Conversation With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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
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The System
The Unforgettable Run
Nature Nurture
The Saintly Order
For Gilberto Ramos
Obama’s Mirror
