Reading Time: 6 minutesAt the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, LMU meets people long before they ever apply—often in small moments that quietly shape what comes next. Storytelling, at its best, isn’t promotion; it’s how a university’s mission becomes real through the lives of its students, faculty, and alumni. When it’s done well, it doesn’t just inform—it stays with you, and eventually, it gets carried forward.
Academic & Intellectual Life, Beyond the Bluff, Community & Culture
Reading Time: 13 minutesKXLU is more than a radio station—it’s a student-run cultural institution, a tastemaker with global reach, and one of LMU’s most human forms of learning, where people—not algorithms—still shape what we hear and how we connect.
Academic & Intellectual Life, Beyond the Bluff, University News
Reading Time: 7 minutesOscar weekend celebrates the power of storytelling — and this year, as in many years past, the LMU community has reason to watch closely. From alumni nominated for Academy Awards to faculty and mentors helping shape the industry, the Lion network has long been part of Hollywood’s creative ecosystem, a connection that reaches back nearly a century to the building of Loyola’s campus on the Bluff.
Academic & Intellectual Life, Beyond the Bluff, Civic Engagement & Partnerships, University Leadership
Reading Time: 5 minutesEarlier this week, we had the privilege of welcoming Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi P ’92 to LMU for a conversation with our students, an event hosted by the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and centered on the approaching 250th anniversary of the United States and the importance of civic engagement.