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Associate Professor Elizabeth Drummond Named Director of LMU’s Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts
Drummond, who will oversee the institute’s charge of preserving and championing the legacy of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, begins her new role on May 16, 2025. LOS ANGELES — Elizabeth…

LMU’s Media, Arts & a Just Society Initiative Welcomes The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix
LOS ANGELES – Doreen St. Félix, an award-winning critic and culture writer for The New Yorker, will visit Loyola Marymount University on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, to lead a discussion about the role critics play…

LMU President Timothy Law Snyder to Present “Courageous Leadership for and with the Solidarity Generation” at SXSW EDU
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., will take the stage on Monday, March 3 at SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas, to urge education leaders to “courageously support our students … no matter…

LMU to Honor Homeboy Industries’ Father Gregory Boyle with 2025 Doshi Family Bridgebuilder Award
Boyle will give a talk drawing from his latest book, “Cherished Belonging: Healing Power of Love in Divided Times” LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University will honor Gregory Boyle, S.J., M.A. ’85, founder of Homeboy…
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Panelists Explore Responses to Climate Attitudes
Earlier this semester, a group of Loyola Marymount University professors discussed the effects of climate change in a panel discussion organized by the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainability, as previously covered by Isa Pedersen, first-year international relations major, in a campus news release. Over the past few weeks, the C.S.J. Center for Reconciliation and Justice has carried out a series of follow-up conversations with some of the panelists as part of its efforts to spread awareness of the university’s commitment to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP). With each panelist coming from different academic disciplines, they brought their particular concerns and issues to the conversation, as well as their own varying degrees of optimism. Junghoon Park, assistant professor of…
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Fernando Guerra on the L.A. Wildfires
The wildfires of January 2025 likely are the biggest natural disaster in Los Angeles history. Fernando Guerra, director of the LMU Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, talks about the current and future impacts of the fires on the city’s people, resources, and budget.
Cheryl Grills on Reparations
Cheryl Grills, professor in the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, was appointed to the California state task force tasked with proposing reparations to the state’s Black descendants of enslaved people. She talks about the long-term harms of slavery and possible steps to repair the wrongs.
Nathan Sessoms on L.A. Freeways and Communities
Freeways both connect and divide the Los Angeles region. Nathan Sessoms, professor in the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, describes the impact of building the 10 freeway through L.A.’s West Adams community.
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