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'The Simpsons' voice actor Harry Shearer makes a home at Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 6/10/2013

Harry Shearer, voice of more than 20 characters on the “The Simpsons” and bass player for the satirical rock group ...

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Loyola's top-ranked study abroad program expanding

Loyola Press Release - 6/10/2013

Loyola University New Orleans is expanding its nationally recognized study abroad program, offering four new opportunities for students next spring ...

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Loyola Institute for Ministry trains inmates as missionaries with new grant

Loyola Press Release - 6/10/2013

The Loyola University New Orleans Institute for Ministry is helping to educate prisoners housed in one of the nation’s largest ...

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Boggs Center at Loyola honors 100 local dads this Father's Day

Loyola Press Release - 6/10/2013

This Father’s Day, the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at Loyola University New Orleans and the New Orleans ...

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Loyola receives more than $100,000 from ExxonMobil

Loyola Press Release - 6/3/2013

Loyola University New Orleans received a $109,875 gift from ExxonMobil after the company matched donations given to the university by ...

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This weekend: Loyola's Alumni College opens its doors to the public

Loyola Press Release - 6/3/2013

For one weekend only at Loyola University New Orleans this June, the public is invited to go back to college ...

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Small business development center partnering with Loyola named top in nation

Loyola Press Release - 6/3/2013

The Louisiana Small Business Development Center Greater New Orleans Region, a Loyola University New Orleans collaboration, has been named the ...

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Baseball legend 'Rags' Scheuermann honored in annual fundraiser May 30

Loyola Press Release - 5/28/2013

Loyola University New Orleans' Office of Alumni Affairs is hosting the third annual Coach Louis “Rags” Scheuermann Baseball Fundraiser Thursday, ...

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Loyola study: Bad morals are contagious, even through handshakes

Loyola Press Release - 5/28/2013

If a person comes into contact with an evil-doer, even indirectly, is it contagious? Newly published research by Loyola ...

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'Last call for Louisiana's coast?' Pulitzer Prize winner leads Loyola panel

Loyola Press Release - 5/20/2013

Most of Southeast Louisiana could go virtually underwater before the end of the century if a coastal master plan isn’t ...

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Loyola effort uses jazz to teach social studies concepts to New Orleans school children

Loyola Press Release - 5/20/2013

New Orleans-style jazz is well on its way to making social studies classes cool again. A team of educators, musicians ...

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Anonymous donor to give $100,000 to Loyola after successful fundraising challenge

Loyola Press Release - 5/20/2013

An anonymous donor has pledged $100,000 to Loyola University New Orleans, but it wasn’t a typical donation. This one ...

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Loyola students' anti-bullying campaign wins university's eighth national Bateman Competition title

Loyola Press Release - 5/14/2013

Students at Loyola University New Orleans leading an anti-bullying campaign took home the university’s eighth national title in a public ...

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Four graduates receive Loyola's highest student honor

Loyola Press Release - 5/13/2013

Loyola University New Orleans honored four of its recent graduates with its highest student honor, the Ignatian Awards for Outstanding ...

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Bayou Boogaloo features eco-friendly signage by Loyola students

Loyola Press Release - 5/13/2013

Art and design students at Loyola University New Orleans are going green this spring as they help to create signage ...

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Experts shed light on Louisiana's emerging deadly tropical diseases in May 15 public forum

Loyola Press Release - 5/13/2013

When Loyola University New Orleans biology professor Patricia Dorn, Ph.D., in collaboration with researchers at Tulane University and Louisiana State ...

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Nurse committed to military veterans receives Loyola DNP scholarship

Loyola Press Release - 5/13/2013

The Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing awarded a $5,000 Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholarship to Racquell Garrett, R.N., M.S.N., ...

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Board of Regents funding boosts Loyola's commitment to Catholic studies

Loyola Press Release - 5/7/2013

Further distinguishing Loyola University New Orleans as an important center for the study of Catholicism, the Louisiana Board of Regents ...

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Saturday: Tom Brokaw to address Loyola's Class of 2013

Loyola Press Release - 5/6/2013

Tom Brokaw, respected television journalist and long-time anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” will address Loyola University New Orleans' Class of ...

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Southern Rep and Loyola join forces to host summer theatre camps

Loyola Press Release - 5/6/2013

The Department of Theatre Arts at Loyola University New Orleans will team up for the first time with New Orleans’ ...

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Loyola student journalist wins national honors for Hollywood South feature story

Loyola Press Release - 5/6/2013

A story written by Loyola University New Orleans student journalist Shannon Donaldson detailing how college students are reaping the benefits ...

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Graphic design students create multilingual project with local elementary school

Loyola Press Release - 5/6/2013

Art and design students from Loyola University New Orleans recently initiated a collaborative, multilingual, motion graphics project with second graders ...

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Free concert of Chopin's mazurkas features Loyola dean

Loyola Press Release - 5/6/2013

Donald Boomgaarden, Ph.D., dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans, will present a ...

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Commencement Webcast

Loyola Press Release - 5/1/2013

The Loyola University New Orleans 2013 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement Ceremony will be webcast live Saturday, May 11 at 9:45 ...

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Student volunteer orchestra hosts charity concert benefiting Lower Ninth Ward

Loyola Press Release - 4/29/2013

The New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra, founded and directed by Loyola University New Orleans students, is hosting a charity concert to ...

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Music industry seniors compete in business plan competition

Loyola Press Release - 4/29/2013

Students from Loyola’s Department of Music Industry Studies will exhibit their entrepreneurial prowess at the annual Senior Pitch Competition Tuesday, ...

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Loyola launches first-in-region Spanish/English translation, interpreting certificate program

Loyola Press Release - 4/29/2013

Loyola University New Orleans is launching a new program—the first in the Gulf region—to prepare professional interpreters and translators ...

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Loyola hosts two jazz summer camps

Loyola Press Release - 4/29/2013

The College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans will host two jazz camps this summer. The annual ...

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Tennis stars capture year-end awards

Loyola Press Release - 4/29/2013

Loyola University New Orleans men’s and women’s tennis teams captured year-end awards presented by the Southern States Athletic Conference. ...

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Students' anti-bullying effort advances to national Bateman Competition finals

Loyola Press Release - 4/22/2013

Students at Loyola University New Orleans leading an anti-bullying campaign were named finalists April 15 in a nationwide public relations ...

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Loyola students help preserve untold New Orleans stories with oral history project

Loyola Press Release - 4/22/2013

<br /> First-year students at Loyola University New Orleans are video documenting rare oral histories of New Orleans as part ...

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Opera workshop celebrates 'Great Britten' with English opera highlights

Loyola Press Release - 4/22/2013

The opera program at Loyola University New Orleans presents its spring workshop “Great Britten: Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Benjamin ...

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Loyola experts available to comment on BP Gulf oil spill anniversary as campus screens 'Dirty Energy' film

Loyola Press Release - 4/15/2013

As the third anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico nears, Loyola University ...

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Loyola second in nation to screen epic Hungarian film

Loyola Press Release - 4/15/2013

The Loyola University New Orleans Film Buffs Institute will screen for the first time in the Southern U.S.—and only the ...

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Student media adviser elected to leadership for national college newspaper organization

Loyola Press Release - 4/15/2013

Loyola University New Orleans Student Media adviser and instructor Michael Giusti ‘00, M.B.A. ‘12 was elected to the board of ...

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Ballet celebrates National Dance Week with contemporary and classical works

Loyola Press Release - 4/15/2013

The Loyola Ballet, directed by Laura Zambrano, celebrates National Dance Week with a mixed repertory program of classical, contemporary and ...

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'Brasil Sensacional!' event brings live Brazilian music, dancing and food to Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 4/12/2013

Ready to experience beats like the samba, an evening of dancing and mouth-watering Brazilian foods? The “Brasil Sensacional!” event April ...

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Loyola receives more than $6 million in scholarship support from foundations

Loyola Press Release - 4/9/2013

Students with financial need at Loyola University New Orleans will soon have more scholarship dollars available to them thanks to ...

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Loyola student journalists win top regional honors for writing, photography

Loyola Press Release - 4/9/2013

Student journalists at Loyola University New Orleans won top awards, sweeping multiple categories from the Society of Professional Journalists ...

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NPR, ABC political commentator Cokie Roberts speaks at Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 4/9/2013

NPR and ABC political commentator Cokie Roberts, New Orleans native and daughter of prominent U.S. Representatives Hale and Lindy Boggs, ...

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Nicholas Carr delves into what the Internet is doing to our brains

Loyola Press Release - 4/8/2013

Is Google making us stupid? Pulitzer Prize finalist Nicholas Carr poses this question in his upcoming talk, “The Mind in ...

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From jazz to classical, Montage series hosts free weekend concerts

Loyola Press Release - 4/8/2013

This weekend, the Loyola Concert Band, the Loyola Jazz Band and the Loyola University Chamber Singers continue a series of ...

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Students explore 'Islamaphobia' at annual peace conference

Loyola Press Release - 4/8/2013

Loyola University New Orleans students are putting on the annual Student Peace Conference April 8-12, hosting a series of interactive ...

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NBC's 'Today' co-anchor Hoda Kotb speaks with students

Loyola Press Release - 4/8/2013

NBC’s “Today” co-anchor and former WWL-TV anchor Hoda Kotb will bring her signature wit to share her journalism experiences and ...

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Tonight: Loyola presents free play, 'The Witness'

Loyola Press Release - 4/8/2013

The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans presents “The Witness,” an award-winning, one-act play written ...

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Founders Fest helps close out Loyola's centennial year

Loyola Press Release - 4/5/2013

After a year of birthday events, Loyola University New Orleans will punctuate the end of its centennial with a ...

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Alumnus receives Fulbright award

Loyola Press Release - 4/5/2013

Loyola University New Orleans alumnus Brian Ea ‘12 received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship grant to Thailand. ...

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Seniors pay it forward with class gift scholarship fund

Loyola Press Release - 4/4/2013

The 2013 Loyola University New Orleans Senior Class Giving Committee will use this year’s senior class gift to ...

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Crime scene investigation: Student researcher studies new method to determine how long a corpse is underwater

Loyola Press Release - 4/4/2013

Human hair could provide clues for forensic investigators trying to determine ...

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Joint regeneration of the future? Undergraduate researcher investigates

Loyola Press Release - 4/3/2013

For Loyola University New Orleans undergraduate student researcher Jeffrey Coote, coaxing the human body to grow its own replacement joints ...

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