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Thomas Poon, Ph.D., Named as 17th President of Loyola Marymount University
LOS ANGELES — The Loyola Marymount University Board of Trustees today announced that it has unanimously elected Thomas Poon, Ph.D., as the university’s 17th president, effective June 1, 2025. Since 2017, President-elect Poon has…
Bridging Technology and Justice: LMU Launches Humanities-Led AI Initiative with Mellon Foundation Grant
The $431,000 award, the university’s first Mellon grant, will fund fellowships, courses, and a symposium focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and disability studies. LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University has been…
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…
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NBC-4 | L.A. Among ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Targeted by Trump Order
LMU Professor Fernando Guerra, founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, commented about the administration’s focus on Los Angeles for potential deportations. He noted this would challenge an important value…
ABC News | 220 Lawsuits in 100 Days: Trump Administration Faces Unprecedented Legal Blitz
“The administration has basically gone on a shock-and-awe bombing campaign,” said Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University. “There is a huge amount of what they are currently doing that they probably…
Los Angeles Times | Catholic Leaders Reflect on Pope Francis
LMU President-elect, Executive Vice President, and Provost Thomas Poon, Ph.D. was included in this report about Catholic leaders reacting to the life and legacy of Pope Francis. “Pope Francis has modeled a papacy grounded…
BBC News | U.S. Judge Accused of Obstructing Migrant Arrest
LMU Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson was interviewed about the charges facing Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan. “It is very unusual, but it’s not unprecedented under a Trump Administration,” she explained in this broadcast…
