Loyola Magazine

10 Tips: How to survive snow days as a family

Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2015 at 11:50 am under Academics

Too many snow days causing cabin fever in your home? Adanna Johnson-Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, provides insight on how to keep a routine as weather conditions cancel and delay school.

Psychologist’s research interests include bullying and peer conflict

Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2015 at 11:24 am under Academics

Beth Kotchick, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, has taught at Loyola since 2003, but her relationship with Loyola goes back much farther.

Looking Beyond the Stars

Posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 at 9:57 am under Around Campus

As a child, Adam Riess, Ph.D., was always asking questions. Over time he learned that to he could find some of his answers through science. As he realized that many of his questions about the universe went beyond biology or chemistry, Riess found his way to physics—and then to astrophysics.

How Ta-Nehisi Coates is shaping a student’s reflections during Black History Month

Posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 at 11:25 am under Opinion

As we celebrate Black History Month, I find myself thinking about how slavery and the Civil Rights movement are things of the past.

Loyola’s Pastoral Counseling program helped shape new Tongan cardinal

Posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2015 at 4:31 pm under Alumni

Tongan Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi was fast asleep Jan. 5 when the graduate of Loyola University Maryland's pastoral counseling program was awakened at 4 a.m. with news so improbable, it may have seemed like a dream.

A student’s case for reparations

Posted on Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 at 4:46 pm under

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Baltimore native and national correspondent for The Atlantic, addressed an audience of students, faculty, and members of the community at Loyola University Maryland’s annual Martin Luther King Convocation. Zach Hands, ’15, wrote the following reflective response to Coates' lecture.

A modern revolution

Posted on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 at 12:00 am under Alumni

Loyola alumni have partnered to revolutionize the female perception of beauty, confidence, and self-worth with their business, the prettygirl revolution.

Speech-language pathology professor explores child and adolescent communication disorders

Posted on Friday, January 30th, 2015 at 1:17 pm under Academics

Kerins recently published a book, Child and Adolescent Communication Disorders: Organic and Neurogenic Bases, which features her scholarly work and that of several of her colleagues.

Killing/Saving/Loving Black Boys

Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2015 at 4:09 pm under

Loyola magazine invited Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication at Loyola University Maryland, to share an excerpt of her new book, Letters to My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America, which was published by Apprentice House on Jan. 23, 2015.

An open letter from a Loyola student to Ta-Nehisi Coates

Posted on Monday, January 26th, 2015 at 3:55 pm under

Racism must have existed before the institution of slavery. White colonists believed that they were inherently superior compared to the Africans that were forced into slavery after the Native American population was effectively destroyed.

Beyond inside-out PJs: An inside look at snow closing decisions

Posted on Monday, January 26th, 2015 at 2:07 pm under Around Campus

As snow is closing schools across the country, Loyola magazine asked Peter Litchka, former New York school superintendent, to discuss the factors superintendent consider when making the decision to close.

Research takes sociology professor to the Czech Republic

Posted on Monday, January 26th, 2015 at 12:33 pm under Academics

Barbara Vann, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, on her experience in Prague and her most recent research, which focuses on the experience of identity in post-communist Czech society, as well as what it's like to teach sociology at a Jesuit university.

“100 percent Colleen”

Posted on Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 at 3:16 pm under Around Campus

As the Loyola community grieves the death of Colleen Zirkle, ’16, Loyola magazine asked members of the campus community to share their memories, reflections, and thoughts on her life.

Cultivating a Sustained Conversation on Race, Justice, and History

Posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 at 4:57 pm under Around Campus

Loyola magazine invited Brian Norman, Ph.D., faculty development fellow and associate professor of English, to answer a few questions about the conversations on race that have been happening at Loyola.

To find success in IT business, focus on people

Posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 at 3:01 pm under Around Campus

Allyson Fryhoff was going to be a teacher. Full-time jobs in education were scarce when she left the East Coast for California after college, but the emerging tech boom opened a door to intriguing new opportunities. [...]