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Now streaming! 🦁 🖥️ Check out LMU School of Film and Television faculty and former dean Steve Ujlaki’s documentary “Bad Faith”, now on AppleTV+, Amazon, and Google Play. The production also features the talents of co-director/co-producer Christopher Jacob Jones ’15, editor and co-writer Alec Baer ’16, and executive producer and trustee Mike Steed ’71, JD ’74. More: bit.ly/LMU_BF 

Congratulations to the awardees who were honored last week at LMU’s Student Academic, Service, and Leadership Awards Convocation. 🦁   Students who achieved the highest academic record within their programs of study were recognized, and other honorees were celebrated for their extraordinary record of service to LMU and the greater community.   Watch the replay: lmu.edu/sasla #LMUGrad

⚠️ Cool class alert ⚠️ In LMU Associate Prof. and Chair of Art History Melody Rod-ari’s first year seminar course “Who Owns Art?”, students learn more about the history of collecting art and how to think critically about art, as well as examine the topic of art repatriation. This spring, as part of the course, students were able to visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. “This class allows our students to get off the bluff and take advantage of the cultural institutions here in Los Angeles,” said Rod-ari. “One of the major reasons that students come to LMU is to experience all of the things that our city has to offer, so we try to visit institutions that are relevant to our class. It’s important for our students to see what they’re learning here at LMU is reflected in the real world.” Full story: bit.ly/LMU_WOA Loyola Marymount University College of Communication and Fine Arts

Three LMU students have been selected as finalists, and an additional three as alternates or semi-finalists, for the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Two finalists will take part in the English Teaching Assistant Award program, and one finalist was selected to study in Denmark.

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Estela Zarate, the next dean of the LMU School of Education: bit.ly/LMU_EZ   Dean Zarate is a nationally recognized leader in higher education, and her commitment to student success, anti-racism, equity, and civic engagement embodies our mission and vision for the future.

Big #LMUGrad news, Lions! 🦁 Award-winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend, and acclaimed artist, author, actor, and fashion icon Janelle Monáe will serve as this year’s undergraduate and graduate commencement speakers: lmu.edu/speakers2024

Congratulations to the awardees honored today at LMU’s Student Academic, Service, and Leadership Awards Convocation! ICYMI: watch the livestream to celebrate our students who have risen to the challenge of the Jesuit and Marymount traditions, and have enriched our educational community. 💻 Livestream: lmu.edu/sasla #LMUGrad

Lions behind-the-scenes at Rams House. 🦁 LMU students studying sports economics were recently given an inside look at the operations of the Los Angeles Rams during a two-day immersion featuring workshops, tours, networking opportunities and more. After reading about LMU’s partnership with the Rams, Shirin Mollah, an instructor in the Economics Department who teaches “Sports Economics,” partnered with LMU External Relations and LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts to connect her course with the Rams, to enrich her students’ understanding of how economic principles and concepts apply to stadiums, such as SoFi, and professional sports organizations, such as the Rams. “One of my favorite parts of the day was the stadium tour, but I also liked listening to the panels and thought they were super informative,” said Makenna Golding ’25, an economics major and physics minor. “The whole experience deepened my interest in sports economics. I grew up playing a lot of sports and have always loved sports, but this has given me a feel of what a career in sports could look like.” “The SoFi Stadium and Rams headquarters local immersion was remarkable…” said Mollah. “Each panelist offered invaluable insights into stadium development, local economic impact, ticket sales economics, partnerships, brand strategy, and player salary caps. Through these discussions, we gained a profound understanding of the real-world applications of intermediate microeconomics in the sports world and different roles within the Rams organization.” Full story: bit.ly/LMU_SportsEcon #LMUxRams

Lions learning in the epicenter for innovation.💡 From the coast, where students research sustainable practices, to downtown courtrooms, where they engage in life-changing advocacy, to business and industry, where they help build brands with cultural consciousness, Los Angeles is LMU’s living, breathing classroom: bit.ly/LMU_Epicenter

Ignite justice for the innocent. ⚖️ Justice and service – central tenets of an LMU education – inspired LMU Loyola Law School Prof. Laurie Levenson to establish Loyola’s Project for the Innocent, which seeks to free the wrongfully convicted: bit.ly/LMU_Levenson #LMUignite