NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A trial has been postponed for a Loyola University student charged with sending threatening emails to the campus police department. The start of the trial for 21-year-old Evelyn A. Hubbard, of New Orleans, has been moved from Monday to Sept. 17. A judge's order says more... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Alumni Association at Loyola University New Orleans will honor former voice and French diction teacher, Mary Tortorich, at a reunion celebration next month. The June 9 celebration will begin with an afternoon Mass and continue featuring singing by several of her former students. Later, there... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will address Loyola University's graduation ceremonies on Saturday. The commencement will take place at 9:45 a.m. at the Superdome. Meacham, executive vice president of Random House Publishing, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters joining Loyola's other... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Students from New Orleans area high schools who hope to work in journalism are getting a chance to learn and compete this weekend at Loyola University. Loyola is hosting the Tom Bell Silver Scribe Competition, which is sponsored by the university and the Press Club of... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish who need help preparing their taxes can get free assistance through a program offered by Loyola University's College of Law. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, set up to help those with low to moderate incomes, begins Monday... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Aspiring opera stars will be auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera this weekend at Loyola University New Orleans, and anyone can sit in and listen. District auditions on Saturday are free, with tickets $10 for the regional auditions on Sunday afternoon. Admission is free for students and... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Law students from Moscow State University are visiting Loyola University of New Orleans to learn about law in the United States. It's the second year in a row for such a visit, the result of an agreement signed in April 2010 with the assistance of Loyola... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A gift from a 1957 graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans will help the university enhance business education. Carlos Ayala (ah YAH' lah) made arrangements for the gift prior to his death earlier this year, the university said in a news release Monday. Ayala made... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - President Barack Obama says he will nominate law teacher and prosecutor Stephen Higginson to 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Louisiana's U.S. senators - Democrat Mary Landrieu and Republican David Vitter - both applaud the choice. Higginson is an associate professor of law... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has pledged $8 million to Loyola University in New Orleans. The money - being donated through the Gayle & Tom Benson Charitable Foundation - will create a new home for the university's Jesuit Center. The university says Loyola's former library... more »