Desire from a Buddhist Perspective: FLASH Seminar
With Dr. Paul Giblin, Institute of Pastoral Studies Spiritual practice is often misperceived as dampening down desire. Buddhist practice makes a helpful distinction between healthy desire or heart’s desire, and unhealthy or addictive clinging. In this brief seminar we will examine the notion of desire in the Four Noble Truths with an eye to “liberating” […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Earth Day Edition
In 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson championed the creation of Earth Day as a way to bring the public’s growing ecological and environmental concerns to the forefront of the national agenda. We would see the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in December of that year and the Clean Air and Water Acts ushered in a […]
Resource Spotlight : Factiva Returns!
The University Libraries are proud to announce the return of Factiva. Factiva provides national and international content, including the Dow Jones and Reuters newswires, as well as The Wall Street Journal. It provides timely information from financial quotes, market data, newspapers, companies and industry news. Users can conduct in-depth research on companies, industries and regional […]
April Student of the Month
Beth Loch Beth Loch is a Graduate Assistant Archivist at the Women & Leadership Archives in the Loyola Libraries. She is currently working on her M.A. i Public History at Loyola, and she hopes to find full-time employment as an archivist after graduation. Congratulations Beth!
One Book, One Chicago: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Please join all of Chicago in reading Yiyun Li’s remarkable short story collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl and attend Loyola University Libraries’ book discussion on Thursday, April 19, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Corboy Law Center, Conference Rm 727, 25 East Pearson Street, WTC. Â Janette Kopacz, a Loyola alumna and a Chicago Public Librarian, will facilitate […]
Buddhism: A Non-Violent Path to Subversion – FLASH Seminar
Join Sr. Ananda Amritmahal, RSCJ, Visiting Scholar at the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, for a discussion focusing on the ways in which Buddhism has challenged oppression by religious hierarchies and offered a different approach and space to the marginalized. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH 1:00 PM, IC LEVEL ONE Take this opportunity to learn more […]