LMU Art Historian Melody Rod-ari Named 2026-2027 Getty Scholar
Melody Rod-ari, associate professor of art history, has been selected as a 2026-2027 Getty Scholar.
New Works Festival Showcases LMU Student Playwrights
LMU Theatre Arts’ New Works Festival, held April 28 through May 1 in the Barnelle Theatre, showcased 10 original plays written and directed by CFA students, highlighting emerging voices and contemporary concerns.
Graduation Season Advice From Communication Studies Alumni: What Students Should Know Before Entering the Job Market
As graduation season approaches, Loyola Marymount University’s Communication Studies Department (CMST) shares lessons from its recent “Careers After CMST” alumni panel to help students prepare for the transition from college to the workforce.
CFA’s Corrina Laughlin Named LMU Ascending Scholar
Awarded author and tenure-track professor of Communication Studies Corrina Laughlin was recently presented with the LMU Ascending Scholar Award.
Art Therapy Students Receive LA County Department of Mental Health Graduate Stipends
LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts proudly congratulates Marital and Family Therapy / Art Therapy graduate students who have been selected as recipients of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) Graduate Stipend Program, a highly competitive initiative that supports students preparing to serve in the county’s public mental health system.
Being Human in the Age of AI
On April 16, the Marymount Institute hosted “Democracy Dies in Misinformation,” the last event in “Being Human in an Age of AI,” a series that brought together scholars from Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and College of Communication and Fine Arts. This event and the series highlight how faculty across disciplines are grappling with the many dimensions of artificial intelligence at a moment when AI is reshaping public life, the workplace, and higher education. Their conversations mirror a broader debate unfolding in news coverage and on social media about the growing value of distinctly human skills as AI becomes more pervasive.
How a Thrown-Away AV Cart Became a Game-Changer for Art Installations
On a list of things an artist might particularly need, a trashed old AV cart would be ranked fairly low by most. However, when Macha Suzuki, clinical associate professor in Studio Arts, saw such a cart thrown in a dumpster, he saw opportunity and utility. Suzuki rescued the cart from its fate as needless waste and transformed it into the Mobile Makerspace ver. 01 (MM1 for short) — a professional art installation cart for CFA students.