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.
Dance Students Selected for Guest Choreographer Residency Program at Barriskill Dance Theatre School
Barriskill Studio Company’s professional guest residency program welcomes established choreographers from across the nation. This Spring, choreographic duo Caroline and Katie Pastor ’26 joined a roster that includes impressive alumni Christian von Howard, Sean Carmon, and Yaa Samar Dance Theatre, among many others.
Art History Graduate Autumn Durald Arkapaw ’02 Becomes the First Woman to Win Oscar for Cinematography
Art history graduate Autumn Durald Arkapaw ’02 made history at the 98th Academy Awards by becoming the first woman ever to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
Should the U.S. Constitutionalize the Right to Vote? LMU Debate Team Prepares Arguments for Social Justice Debates National Championship
Phoebe Till ’26 and Kiara Williams ’29, two students from LMU’s debate team, will travel to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the Social Justice Debates National Championship, March 13 through 15.