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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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., ...
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 ...
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 ...
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’ ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...