Research Out Loud: Religious Traditions
Research Out Loud: Religious Traditions Join the University Libraries to hear student papers on a diverse range of religious topics. Presenters are students in Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld’s capstone course for Religious Studies. Thursday, April 25 4:15 – 6:45 PM Information Commons 4th Floor Blake Cannon, (Junior, Philosophy/Business Administration/Theology) “WANTED: GOD, Dead or Alive. Rites of Passage […]
Film Screening: Waterlife
Monday, April 15, 2013 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Klarchek Information Commons, Level 4 Please join Loyola’s Office of Sustainability, Loyola Libraries, and the new Institute for Environmental Sustainability for a special screening of Waterlife, an epic cinematic poem that reveals the extraordinary beauty and complex toxicity of the Great Lakes, the largest remaining supply […]
Environmental Film Series: Beijing Besieged by Waste
When: Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Where: Klarchek Information Commons, Level 4 Beijing’s economic growth comes with great waste, yet little advancement to improve waste disposal methods. The film, Beijing Besieged by Waste captures humanity’s unresolved grave issue of our planet being overtaken by garbage as a result of over-consumption. Please join […]
Abraham Lincoln: The Indispensable Man
Lecture by Dr. Michael Burlingame Thursday, October 18th at 4:00 p.m. Klarchek Information Commons, Level 4 On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, stating that by the following New Year’s Day in 1863, “all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof […]
Flash Seminar: Romantic Relationships in Bollywood
Join Dr. Shweta Singh from the School of Social Work and her colleagues for a lively discussion about romantic relationships in Bollywood movies. Bollywood is a term to refer to the Hindi film production industry that is largely based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The seminar will focus on romantic relationships in Bollywood films using Band […]
Film: Sun Come Up
Sun Come Up is an Academy Award® nominated film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world’s first environmental refugees. When: Thursday, October 4th at 7:00 p.m. […]