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Commencement ceremonies to be webcast live

Loyola Press Release - 5/8/2012

Loyola University New Orleans is pleased to announce that the spring 2012 commencement ceremonies will be webcast live, providing access ...

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Louisiana's only B.S.N. to D.N.P. nursing program underway at Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 5/7/2012

Nurses from across the United States converged on the Loyola University New Orleans campus last week for orientation into ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author to address Loyola's centennial class

Loyola Press Release - 5/7/2012

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will address Loyola University New Orleans’ centennial Class of 2012 during its ...

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Diboll Gallery director's home included in National Building Museum exhibit

Loyola Press Release - 5/5/2012

Throughout the history of the United States, the ever-changing concept of the American home has ranged from military barracks and ...

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Week of events helps seniors celebrate 2012 commencement

Loyola Press Release - 5/4/2012

Loyola University New Orleans graduates will join their classmates on Saturday, May 12 for commencement ceremonies in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome ...

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Universities band together to oppose proposed Interim Zoning District

Loyola Announcement - 5/2/2012

District A Councilmember Susan Guidry, who represents Loyola's district, has filed a motion for an Interim Zoning District (IZD), which ...

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Loyola's Bateman Team returns to the national finals

Loyola Press Release - 5/1/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans Bateman Team is once again headed back to the finals of the nation’s ...

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Ignatian Award winners announced

Loyola Press Release - 5/1/2012

The Ignatian Awards for Outstanding Senior and Graduate Students were announced earlier this week. The awards are given annually to ...

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Loyola alumnus wins second prize in international vocal competition

Loyola Press Release - 5/1/2012

Justin Hopkins ’06, a Loyola University New Orleans alumnus from the College of Music and Fine Arts, won second prize ...

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Graduates celebrate in style with farewell gala

Loyola Press Release - 4/30/2012

The Office of Co-Curricular Programs, in partnership with the Office of Student Affairs, invites all graduating seniors to the Marquette ...

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Upcoming fundraiser to benefit coach Louis 'Rags' Scheuermann Baseball Scholarship

Loyola Press Release - 4/30/2012

The annual fundraiser honoring longtime Loyola baseball coach Louis “Rags” Scheuermann will be held on Thursday, May 3 from ...

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Montage Series presents 'Jewels of the Baroque' concert

Loyola Press Release - 4/30/2012

The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans presents “Jewels of the Baroque,” a classical ...

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History professor receives two prestigious fellowships

Loyola Press Release - 4/30/2012

Mark Fernandez, Ph.D., history professor at Loyola University New Orleans, was recently named the seventh annual Woody Guthrie Fellow ...

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Students spend spring break giving back

Loyola Press Release - 4/28/2012

While many students spent their spring break relaxing or hanging out at the beach, members of the Black Student Union ...

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Loyola students perform at New Orleans Jazz Fest

Loyola Press Release - 4/27/2012

In what has become an ongoing tradition, students from Loyola University New Orleans College of Music and Fine Arts will ...

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History professor receives two prestigious fellowships

Loyola Press Release - 4/27/2012

Mark Fernandez, Ph.D., history professor at Loyola University New Orleans, was recently named the seventh annual Woody Guthrie Fellow through ...

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English professor receives prestigious career enhancement fellowship

Loyola Press Release - 4/24/2012

Trimiko Melancon, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and faculty in African and African-American Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, was ...

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Mass Communication students rack up journalism awards

Loyola Press Release - 4/24/2012

Several students from the Loyola University New Orleans School of Mass Communication were recently recognized for exceptional journalism by two ...

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Maroon writers win prestigious national award

Loyola Press Release - 4/24/2012

For the second time in three weeks, several members of Loyola University New Orleans’ student newspaper, The Maroon, have been ...

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Loyola to showcase 'My Louisiana Love' documentary

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

A sneak preview of the documentary film “My Louisiana Love” will be shown on tonight, April 23 in Nunemaker ...

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Spring Yamauchi series lecture focuses on First Amendment

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

The Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans presents Barbra Barnett, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of ...

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Loyola Ballet celebrates National Dance Week with performances, Russian masterpiece

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

The Loyola Ballet celebrates National Dance Week and Loyola University New Orleans' centennial with a mixed repertory program on ...

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Uriel Quesada named an American Council on Education Fellow

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

Uriel Quesada, Ph.D., director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, has ...

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Environmental law professor named Fulbright Scholar

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

Robert Verchick J.D., the Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, has been awarded ...

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Physics students work with NASA

Loyola Press Release - 4/23/2012

Six students in the Department of Physics at Loyola University New Orleans will spend four days at NASA’s world-class ...

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Loyola students, business professor recognized at national marketing conference

Loyola Press Release - 4/19/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans chapter of the American Marketing Association was honored with the 2011 -12 Outstanding Membership ...

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Loyola political science professor rated as one of the nation's best

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

Loyola University New Orleans political science professor Peter Burns, Ph.D., is considered one of the nation’s best professors and is ...

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Chart-topping recording sensations make US debut at Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

In celebration of Loyola University New Orleans’ centennial, the Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series is proud to ...

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Student Peace Conference features noted scholar on revolution and terrorism

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

Loyola University New Orleans will host its fourth annual Student Peace Conference, an interdisciplinary summit dedicated to global peace, ...

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Loyola, League of Women Voters discuss what works in NOLA public schools

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans Institute for Quality and Equity in Education, along with the League of Women Voters, ...

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Young Alumni Pack unveils '100 Days of Giving'

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans Young Alumni Pack, along with the Office of Annual Giving unveiled “100 Days of Giving,” ...

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Montage Series pays tribute to founder of music preparatory program

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans presents a “Remembrance and Tribute Concert” in honor ...

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Environmental law professor named Fulbright Scholar

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

Robert Verchick J.D., the Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, has been awarded ...

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Dr. Michael Giorlando honored at NABC luncheon

Loyola Press Release - 4/16/2012

Loyola University New Orleans Head Men’s Basketball Coach and Director of Athletics and Wellness Dr. Michael Giorlando was ...

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Loyola student band competes for spot at Hard Rock international music festival in London

Loyola Press Release - 4/14/2012

Liquid Peace Revolution, a rock band of three Loyola University New Orleans’ freshmen and two former students, recently won the ...

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Student Peace Conference features live webcasts

Loyola Press Release - 4/13/2012

Loyola University New Orleans will host its fourth annual Student Peace Conference, an interdisciplinary summit dedicated to global ...

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Physics students work with NASA

Loyola Press Release - 4/13/2012

Six students in the Department of Physics at Loyola University New Orleans will spend four days at NASA’s world-class Columbia ...

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Chart-topping recording sensations make US debut at Loyola

Loyola Press Release - 4/13/2012

In celebration of Loyola University New Orleans’ centennial, the Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series is proud to present the ...

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Loyola faculty quintets, symphony orchestra and jazz band perform

Loyola Press Release - 4/13/2012

The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans features the Loyola Symphony Orchestra, the Loyola Faculty ...

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Centennial Lecture Series presents: 'Leading the Way - Loyola and the Desegregation of New Orleans'

Loyola Press Release - 4/10/2012

While much of the South was resisting desegregation in the mid-20th century, Loyola University New Orleans students and faculty ...

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Frozen in time: Loyola celebrates centennial with historic photo display

Loyola Press Release - 4/10/2012

A photographic trip through the last century, as seen through the eyes of Loyola University New Orleans, will be ...

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Loyola University New Orleans celebrates a century!

Loyola Press Release - 4/10/2012

One hundred years and countless achievements have come and gone since Loyola University was chartered in New Orleans in 1912. ...

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Loyola alumni, NBC anchor and producer kicks-off centennial, speaks to journalism students

Loyola Press Release - 4/10/2012

Emmy-Award winning NBC News journalist Tom Llamas '01 and wife, MSNBC producer Jennifer Llamas ’03, will be returning to campus ...

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Alumni Weekend 2012 will be celebrated with Loyola's Centennial Celebration

Loyola Press Release - 4/10/2012

Throughout 2012 and 2013, Loyola University New Orleans will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its chartering as a university. The ...

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Live webcast of Centennial Mass

Loyola Announcement - 4/4/2012

Join the entire Loyola University community as we gather to give thanks for the past 100 years and to ask ...

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Iron Chef 2012 heats up Loyola campus

Loyola Press Release - 4/3/2012

Student cooking teams from southeastern Louisiana will return to Loyola University New Orleans to battle it out during the ...

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Staff counselor wins Ignatian Award

Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2012

Brooks Zitzmann, staff counselor at the University Counseling Center in the Office of Student Affairs, was awarded the Ignatian ...

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Archaeology lecture explores history of ancient Roman highway

Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans Department of Languages and Cultures presents Greek scholar Yannis Lolos, Ph.D., in “Via Egnatia: ...

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Jewish Lecture Series continues with noted author and cultural historian

Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2012

The Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans presents American cultural and literary historian, Sander Gilman, ...

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John 'Jack' Dardis named Adjutor Hominum award recipient

Loyola Press Release - 4/2/2012

The Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association has selected John “Jack” Dardis ’63 as the 2011 recipient of the ...

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