To your health

Two Loyola students are on a mission to save lives through diet

In the eye of the beholder

Loyola students discover how our eyes can be a window to our health

Graduate Profile 2018

From motherhood to scholar

Recent graduate Sara Khan juggled many roles while at Loyola amidst plans to pursue medicine

Parking woes disrupted

Student developer and team win top honor for use of emerging technology
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Entrepreneurial spirit

Let's party! Loyola alumna mixes business with pleasure as a CEO

Loyola alumna mixes business with pleasure as a CEO

Flying High: Crafting a life in performing arts

Loyola senior Audrey Anderson talks about her first professional theatre experience in Chicago and how Loyola has influenced her professional career.
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I got you something: 5 gift giving rules for ALL of your relationships

5 gift giving rules for ALL of your relationships

Scratching the surface

At Loyola, Rachael Farber found a place to test her metal—and become an award-winning scientist

Faculty Research

A fair shake

Sociologist Peter Rosenblatt sheds light on the inequities in where we live

Retiring faculty member promotes human rights advocacy through Holocaust remembrance

After 40 years at Loyola, Elliot Lefkovitz, PhD, retires with the legacy of pioneering a class on the Holocaust and 20th century genocide at the University.

Student Experience

The future is now: Girls Who Code

A new coding club provides a space for young girls and women to learn, work, and play.

Innovation

Physics lecturer invents new breast cancer fighting drug

Physics lecturer invents new breast cancer fighting drug

In the news

CAS in the media

College of Arts and Sciences faculty, staff, students, and alumni are often quoted and featured in local and national publications on a myriad of topics and issues.

Dancing like a saint

Loyola dance students will perform a multimedia piece reflecting the life of Joan of Arc this October

Faculty Excellence

Mentor, scholar, colleague

García Chávez appreciates student discourse and represents true selfless, Ignatian spirituality

Alumni Profile

Loyola alumna Kelly LaFramboise shares her journey from cancer survivor to fighting child hunger

From anthropology to child hunger--Loyola alumna Kelly LaFramboise journey to Loyola and life after is a study in humanity

Faculty Research

Loyola students spend the summer helping children with spina bifida develop independence

A place of their own

Innovation

Automated discrimination: How data mining became a social justice issue for one Loyola alumna

Kajal Chokshi (BS ‘17) recently participated in Loyola’s Fairness Analytics Competition, a contest where students use analytical tools to bring attention to discrimination within the workplace. The contest solidified her love of numbers and sparked her interest in social justice.

Student Experience

Loyola students talk policy in the heart of Cuba

Loyola political science students recently took an immersive trip to Cuba to learn more about Cuban policy and culture.

Student Research

Loyola students examine how maternal eating habits impact their offspring's health

Loyola students spend their summer tracking how mothers’ eating habits can pass along genetic disorders

Alumni News

Loyola alumnus produces musical while crushing gender barriers

Breaking the glass ceiling in theatre
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Faculty Research

Biology Professor Sushma Reddy discovers new bird species

Evolutionary biologist Dr. Sushma Reddy leads pioneering discovery of new bird species

Faculty Research

The fight against fentanyl abuse

Loyola’s James DeFrancesco is helping to create international regulations on the chemicals behind opioid epidemic

Faculty Accolades

Reducing Illinois' prison population

David Olson, criminal justice and criminology, helped pass a new state law that will cut prison populations

In the Community

Loyola students step up to give hope to former inmates

More than 125 Loyola students volunteered to support previously incarcerated people return to re-integrate into society at a community fair.

Mulcahy Scholar examines how reptiles reveal the effects of climate change on humans

Judy Kyrkos investigates how reptiles might reveal the effects of climate change on humans
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Collaborations

Addressing climate change through a dancer's lens

Loyola dance students will perform this Friday, March 17 at 11am in Mundelein Auditorium to bring the message of climate change to audiences. The performance is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Institute of Environmental Sustainability and the Department of Fine and Performing Arts.

Transformative Work

Training mentors, changing lives

Loyola students are teaching high schoolers how to mentor middle school students in the Saving Lives, Inspiring Youth (SLIY) program. “It’s having a positive impact on the kids themselves—both the mentors and mentees,” says senior Mike Anjorin.

CONVERGE: The College’s first alumni event garners more than 100 attendees

Loyola’s College of Arts and Sciences alumni came back to campus to reconnect and to hear from stellar faculty Saturday, Oct. 8 at Converge.

Faculty

History professor's "Midnight Bike Ride" brings the past to life

Loyola professor Timothy Gilfoyle challenges students to experience history beyond the classroom

Mentoring

Breaking the code: Loyola students give back and teach school children robotics

Training tomorrow’s coders: Chicagoland elementary and middle schoolers learned computer programming from Loyola students and participated in a robotics competition.