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The Legacy of Philanthropy: In 1986, a Surprise Bequest Enabled LMU to Achieve a New Vision of Excellence
In 1986, Loyola Marymount University received an unexpected $44 million gift from Beverly Hills oil heiress Liliore Green Rains. Under the stewardship of President James N. Loughran, S.J. and a visionary academic administration committed to…
Press Releases
LMU Introduces Doctor of Business Administration Program
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration is adding a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program in the fall. This part-time, hybrid program is designed for accomplished professionals eager to deepen…
LMU Names Estela Zarate as Dean of LMU School of Education
LOS ANGELES — Estela Zarate, a nationally recognized higher education leader whose commitment to student success, anti-racism, equity, and civic engagement embodies the Loyola Marymount University mission, will be the next dean of LMU’s…
John Legend, Janelle Monáe to Speak at LMU Commencements
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University will welcome award-winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend as the keynote speaker for the 2024 undergraduate commencement exercises on Saturday, May 4; Janelle Monáe, acclaimed artist, author, actor, and…
LMU Law, Business, and Education Programs Again Ranked Among the Nation’s Best in 2024 U.S. News & World Report Grad School Rankings
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University graduate programs in law, business, and education are once again ranked among the best in the country in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings. “This…
Campus News
Lawyers Make Music with the LLS Orchestra
Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., legal professionals and law students trickle onto the LMU Loyola Law School campus and head to Burns Lounge. After a quick breakfast and coffee, they settle into their seats and get to work. Professor Simona Grossi raises her arms and counts them in, and the delicate strings and woodwinds of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 fill the room.
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Podcasts and Video
Tara Pixley on Life By the Oil Fields
Oil drills and storage facilities are scattered across communities in the Los Angeles region. Tara Pixley, who teaches photojournalism in the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, has produced photo essays of many of those communities. She describes the dangers experienced by people who live and work in proximity to L.A.’s oil industry.
Aarika Hughes on the Women’s Basketball 2022-23 Season
Aarika Hughes, in her second season as head coach of LMU women’s basketball, describes the strengths of the West Coast Conference competition and the discipline, defense and fast-paced play she intends to confront her opponents with.
Rebecca Delfino on the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis, which has killed as many as 700,000 Americans in the past 20 years, has fallen off the nation’s radar. Rebecca Delfino, clinical law professor at the LMU Loyola Law School, describes an epidemic and the overprescription practices and misleading marketing that fuels it.
LMU Magazine
Winter 2023
FEATURED CONTENT
Joan Didion’s California
Curious About Crows
KXLU’s Alma Del Barrio
The Transfer Portal
A Conversation With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Fall 2022
FEATURED CONTENT
L.A.’s Oil Neighborhoods
Native Americans in Film
Yolo County’s COVID Outbreak
Athletes’ NIL Streams
A Conversation With Misty Copeland
Winter 2022
FEATURED CONTENT
Climate Chaos
Alvarado and 3rd
Driving Ambition
Mind Bridges
A Conversation With Holly Mitchell
Summer 2021
FEATURED CONTENT
Crowning Achievement
A Conversation With Vin Scully
The Dogs That Save Us
Amped Up
A Conversation With Nadia Kim
Western Waters
Winter 2020
FEATURED CONTENT
The System
The Unforgettable Run
Nature Nurture
The Saintly Order
For Gilberto Ramos
Obama’s Mirror
