Press Releases
LMU Experts Available to Comment on Back-to-School 2026 Coverage
LOS ANGELES – As the 2026-2027 academic year commences, schools across the country face new opportunities for engaging students and improving outcomes, as well as significant challenges, including student mental health, ongoing immigration enforcement…
Stories, Photographs, Artifacts from Palo Verde, La Loma, Bishop Residents Preserved in New Digital Archive Created in Partnership with LMU
“Chavez Ravine: An Unfinished Story” unveils community-curated collection documenting the lives of more than 1,100 families displaced from Los Angeles neighborhoods LOS ANGELES — Former residents of Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop, commonly…
LMU Selected as Lead Academic Partner to Jesuit Refugee Service
LMU and JRS will collaborate on leadership training and development for JRS leaders working in complex refugee and displacement contexts LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University (LMU) has been selected by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) as…
The World Comes to L.A.: Three Conferences Convene Global Leaders at LMU to Shape the Future of Business and Cross-Sector Innovation
Weeklong series of conferences brings international business, academic, government, and faith leaders to Los Angeles during a defining moment on the global stage LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles takes on an increasingly prominent…
Campus News
Invitation to Meet with the Mission Priority Examen Peer Visitor Team
Over the past year, Loyola Marymount University has been engaged in a process of institutional self-reflection called the Mision Priority Examen (MPE) to discern priorities that will guide the university’s mission growth in the years to come. A significant outcome of the process to date has been the drafting of a self-study report generated from work performed by a committee representative of a wide range of campus stakeholders. The report recollects past achievements, acknowledges shortcomings and missed opportunities, and describes our aspirations for a thriving university guided by mission and shaped by our Jesuit and Marymount educational traditions. With the draft of the self-study report complete, we now look forward to the arrival of a Peer Visitor Team who will…
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Podcasts and Video
Shirin Mollah on Mega Sports Events
Mega sports events promise huge revenue boosts to their host cities. Los Angeles has held eight 2026 World Cup matches and will host the 2027 Super Bowl and the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Economist Shirin Mollah discusses whether revenue from these events beats costs when it comes to L.A.’s bottom line.
Allan Deck, S.J. on Pope Leo’s A.I. Encyclical
Pope Leo, in his encyclical about artificial intelligence, says advancing technology must serve people, not profit. Allan Deck, S.J., LMU professor of theology, explains that Leo’s message about A.I. is rooted in concern for human dignity, the value of work, and the common good.
Edel Rodriguez on Art and Politics
Artist and illustrator Edel Rodriguez, who began drawing as a child, came to America from Cuba in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Today, his political illustrations appear on magazine covers around the world. He discusses art, censorship, and freedom of expression at the intersection of politics and visual media.
LMU Magazine
Summer 2026
FEATURED CONTENT
Springsteen’s Other America
Midterm Security
Unleashed Power
Here Lies the Common Good
The Recruitment Game
Limbo: Heaven’s Lounge
Winter 2026
FEATURED CONTENT
Interview With President Poon
When Power Attacks Art
Questions for AI
Surfridge—L.A.’s Ghost Town
Math Values
The Path to Cruelty
Summer 2025
FEATURED CONTENT
How To Learn From Loss?
L.A.’s Guardian Angels
Behind L.A.’s Hit Machine
What’s Wrong With USMNT?
Revisiting the Incarceration
Of Japanese Americans
Fall 2024
FEATURED CONTENT
The Future of Democracy
L.A.’s Mexican Melody
River Cats
Where Is Voting Under Threat?
Marks of the City
Right Coast, Left Coast
Winter 2023
FEATURED CONTENT
Joan Didion’s California
Curious About Crows
KXLU’s Alma Del Barrio
The Transfer Portal
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