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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'The Witness' kicks off spring theatre festival
Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2013
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans presents “The Witness,” an award-winning, one-act ...
NPR, ABC political commentator Cokie Roberts speaks on campus Thursday
Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2013
Her voice is synonymous with NPR’s Morning Edition, and she is a nationally recognized ABC political commentator. Cokie Roberts, New ...
The Met's award-winning opera singer Bryan Hymel hosts free masterclass this week
Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2013
Loyola University New Orleans alumnus Bryan Hymel ’01, opera tenor and recent recipient of The Metropolitan Opera's prestigious $50,000 Beverly ...
'Simpsons' actor Harry Shearer headlines forum Monday at 5 p.m.
Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2013
Harry Shearer, the legendary bassist in the 1984 rock and roll mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” and the voice of ...
Undergraduate researcher studying effects of oil spill, hurricanes on aquatic life reports unexpected findings
Loyola Press Release - 3/29/2013
One undergraduate researcher at Loyola University New Orleans spent much of the past summer deep in the mud of the ...
Loyola alumnus and award-winning journalist headlines Wolf Pack Athletics reunion
Loyola Press Release - 3/25/2013
Loyola University New Orleans alumnus Ramon Vargas ’09, former sports editor of The Maroon and current staff writer for The ...
'The Simpsons' voice actor Harry Shearer talks at Loyola April 8
Loyola Press Release - 3/25/2013
Harry Shearer, the legendary bassist in the 1984 rock and roll mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” and the voice of ...
Grammy-nominated violist and opera singer give free masterclasses
Loyola Press Release - 3/25/2013
Grammy-nominated violist Roberto Díaz and acclaimed opera tenor Bryan Hymel ’01 will present free masterclasses in April as part of ...
Saturday: Professor debuts latest play chronicling levee collapse
Loyola Press Release - 3/22/2013
Loyola University New Orleans professor and Louisiana Writer Award winner John Biguenet will premiere his new play "Mold"—the latest play ...
Lenten Series concludes with discussion on fasting
Loyola Press Release - 3/20/2013
Loyola University New Orleans’ Jesuit Center presents its final event in the 2013 Lenten Series, “Church in the Desert, Church ...
Founder of macroecology speaks at Loyola
Loyola Press Release - 3/20/2013
The scientist who developed the study of macroecology is coming to Loyola University New Orleans for a special lecture ...