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Patrick Burtchaell speaks at Loyolas Design Forum about his Facebook internship on Oct. 26 2016. He discussed his application process, Facebooks design dynamics, and gave advice to fellow students. Photo credit: Caleb Beck

Loyola Design Student Lands Facebook Internship

Caleb Beck November 9, 2016

One select Loyola student set their goals high in the last year and was rewarded with an internship at social media giant Facebook. Patrick Burtchaell, a graphic design sophomore, applied in August 2015...

Asia Allen as Le Veuve, Saisha Lee as Makeda, and Kelsey Reine as Beatrice in costume for House That Will Not Stand, the play they star in along with several others. Photo credit: Kyle Encar

Loyola Theatre Pays Tribute to New Orleans and Women of Color

Davis Walden November 9, 2016

The theatre department will be performing Marcus Gardley’s “The House That Will Not Stand,” a play centered around New Orleans free women of color in the 1800s. Revolving around matriarch...

Loyola to show “The House That Will Not Stand”

Jamal Melancon November 8, 2016

Loyola's theatre department will be hosting a production of "The House That Will Not Stand," a play by Marcus Gardley set in 1803 New Orleans. The play follows the story of a free woman of color family...

Alpha Phi Alpha President Matthew Draughter, international business senior, washes a car. Alpha Phi Alpha held a car wash on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 to kick off Alpha Week. Photo credit: Alliciyia George

Alpha Phi Alpha celebrates Alpha Week

Alliciyia George November 7, 2016

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. kicked off Alpha Week on Saturday, Nov. 5 with a car wash. On Sunday. Nov. 6 Alpha Phi Alpha invited members of the Loyola community to join them at Temple Sinai for a Presbyterian...

Daniel Garrison, starring as Babylon Jones, drops to his knees in realizing the development thats occured to his old neighborhood. Mininger shot the scene in the uptown campus area. (Courtesy of Dylan Mininger)

Film spotlights black man’s reaction to gentrification

Jamal Melancon November 7, 2016

“Babylon Jones Pt. II” features protagonist Babylon Jones escaping from the basement of the Loyola Danna Student Center before confronting the businessman Mr. White, who takes joy in trapping...

Michael Dalle Molle, left, and Jordan Gurren, right, the founders and co-owners of GoodWood NOLA, discuss layout plans for their new 4,200+ ft. studio in MidCity. Photo credit: Sean Brennan

GoodWood goes beyond design, helps Loyola students do the same

Seán Brennan November 3, 2016

Two years ago, Michael Dalle Molle and Jordan Gurren, the founders and owners of the design and fabrication company GoodWood NOLA, were desperately trying to find a space to work out of, bringing in less...

Gallery: Loyola jams under the oaks

Tasja Demel October 28, 2016

Loyola’s Jazz Band gave music lovers something to dance to during the last Music Under the Oaks concert this year on Oct. 23. Under the direction of Gordon Towell and Nick Volz, more than 20 Loyola...

Co-owner Ross Karpelman oversees The House of Shock stage show pyrotechnics. (Courtesy of The House of Shock)

House of Shock celebrates two dozen Halloweens

Tyler Wann October 28, 2016
New Orleans haunted house makes terror topical.
Morel created a typrography piece using conductive ink on paper, an LED and a circuit system. Her work was submitted in 2013 to be featured in productions for both the National Center for Cinema and the Le Quartier Art Center. (Courtesy of Morel)

French fulbright scholar joins design department

Davis Walden October 25, 2016

Julie Morel, Fulbright scholar, is teaching students at Loyola to embrace experimentation and their own style while completing tasks in her print design and interactive design classes. “It feels...

Loyola gallery to feature University of Louisiana at Lafayette artwork

Davis Walden October 25, 2016

Loyola's Diboll Gallery is showing a collaborative collection of printmaking publications and projects finished at Marais Press at University of Louisiana at Lafayette by students, their professor Brian...

Music Industry Professor Jim McCormick examines the work of his students in his class The Business and Craft of Songwriting.

Music professor honors the craft of songwriting with students

Davis Walden October 24, 2016

Jim McCormick was five years old when he started to write songs, and now he has multiple number one hits on Billboard Country charts and songs on Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan albums that were released last...

Local regional theater company finds new home at Loyola

Local regional theater company finds new home at Loyola

Davis Walden October 24, 2016

Southern Rep Theatre has partnered with Loyola University’s theater department for a two year long program that will offer students internships and workshops. The decision came as a collaboration between...

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