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November 11, 2011 Issue
Montage Series features four free concerts
Loyola University New Orleans' Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series offers four concerts this weekend in Roussel Performance Hall. All events are open to the public.
Loyola English professors tackle the complexities of air travel with new book, website
With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, over 23 million people will be taking to the skies between Friday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 29. Airports will be crowded, flights will be delayed and baggage will be lost. This holiday season, however, two Loyola University New Orleans English professors are putting a new twist on travel with a website and co-authored memoir dedicated to the trials, tribulations and tantrums often involved in air travel.
Law clinic professor presents at Northwest Clinical Conference and Harvard Law School
Davida Finger, assistant clinical professor in the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice, was the keynote speaker at the Northwest Clinical Conference on Oct. 15 in Canon Beach, Ore.
Department of languages and cultures presents lecture on astronomy in medieval churches
The Loyola University New Orleans Department of Languages and Cultures presents "Astronomy, Space, and Time in Medieval Churches," a lecture about astronomical learning in the Middle Ages, on Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium.
College of Law announces reorganization
Loyola University New Orleans' College of Law is reorganizing two of its offices to allow students more opportunities to work beyond the classroom setting and gain practical, hands-on experience.
LIM reaches behind bars to teach Angola inmates
For the last 28 years, the Loyola University New Orleans' Institute for Ministry extension program, LIMEX, has successfully reached the far corners of the Earth, teaching students in places such as Belize, Nigeria and Scotland. But in 2010, LIMEX started offering courses in a place closer to home and far less exotic – the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La.
First-Year Experience program screens film on child sex trafficking
Loyola University New Orleans' Office of Academic Affairs presents a film screening of "Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth," a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it, on Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium.
Student production company screens brass band documentary at Loyola
GetInforumed, a student-run production company rooted in Loyola University New Orleans' music industry department, has partnered with Red Bull to premier the New Orleans-set documentary, "Red Bull Street Kings," on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in Nunemaker Hall.
Loyola's Jazz Underground series continues with Steve Masakowski and Nova NOLA
Nova NOLA, a progressive, contemporary jazz band led by legendary jazz guitarist Steve Masakowski, will continue Loyola University New Orleans' Jazz Underground series on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Satchmo's, located in the basement of the Danna Student Center on the university's main campus.
Loyola Ballet presents classical romantic ballet and special guests
The Loyola Ballet continues its longstanding tradition of excellence in dance with a mixed repertory program on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m., in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex, on Loyola University New Orleans' main campus.
Loyola shines at local PRSA Awards ceremony
Several members of the Loyola University New Orleans community were recognized for their work at the New Orleans chapter of the Public Relations Society of America annual awards banquet Thursday night at the Stage Door Canteen located in the National World War II Museum.
U.S. attorney speaks to freshman sociology class
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten will speak to Loyola first-year students in the Crime and Culture in New Orleans class taught by assistant professor of sociology Julia D'Antonio-Del Rio, Ph.D., on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the Monroe Library, Multi Media Room 2.
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