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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 to Host the Los Angeles Rams 2024 Training Camp
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University will host the Los Angeles Rams 2024 Training Camp this summer on its Westchester campus. Rams fans and LMU Lions will have opportunities to watch practices and join…
Janelle Monáe Tells LMU Graduates: “We Need a New Standard of Love”
LOS ANGELES — Janelle Monáe, acclaimed artist, author, actor, and fashion icon, told Loyola Marymount University master’s degree and doctoral candidates on Sunday that “we need a new standard of love in this world.”…
John Legend to LMU Grads: “I Cannot Wait to See How You Will Harness the Power of Love”
LOS ANGELES — Award-winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend told Loyola Marymount University’s Class of 2024 on Saturday that the history through which they’ve lived – a once-in-a-century pandemic, converging national and global crises –…
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…
Campus News
Iggy the Lion Unveils a Fresh Look Courtesy of LMU Theatre Arts
This past semester, the LMU Theatre Arts Costume Lab was tasked with a significant undertaking with the highest level of sensitivity: refreshing an integral member of the lion community—none other than Iggy the Lion himself. Led by Costume Shop Manager Tammie Merheb-Chavez and Costume Shop Assistant Elizabeth Gerds, the project engaged theatre arts costume craft and work-study students Katie Lowe, Kaylee Greene, Ethan Mullen, Gillian Mozdy, and Xuiqi Li in a collective effort to refresh LMU’s beloved mascot. Iggy, who has been LMU’s spirited mascot for almost a century (though this specific style has only been in use for about a decade), had shown signs of wear and tear from his many enthusiastic appearances at sports games, pep rallies, and…
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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
