Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola students and professor in self-quarantine after coronavirus exposure at conference

Posted by UptownMessenger.com at 8:15 am colleges, public safety

Mar 122020

Loyola University moves to online classes beginning Monday and has canceled on-campus classes for the rest of this week. (photo via loyono.edu)

Two Loyola University students and a faculty member went into a 14-day self-quarantine on March 10, at the request of the university, after attending a journalism conference and having lunch at a downtown restaurant with an individual who was later diagnosed with COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

The students and professor have not displayed any symptoms, Loyola President Tania Tetlow said in a March 11 letter to the Loyola community announcing that all classes will taught online for the rest of the spring semester beginning Monday (March 16). Continue reading »

Council votes to ease parking problems linked to double-to-dorm conversions in university area

Posted by Katherine Hart at 6:00 am city government, land use & development

Mar 102020

This Hillary Street double went from 1,978 square feet to to 2,795 after a renovation by Amicus Properties. (Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office)

The City Council on Thursday approved two motions on parking and residential density in the University neighborhood. They are aimed at establishing an Interim Zoning District for the Uptown area near Tulane and Loyola with more stringent parking requirements than the rest of the city.

It’s an unusual move for a council that normally prioritizes the creation of housing, particularly affordable housing, over parking. But the Uptown area near Tulane and Loyola universities has an unusual problem, with investors buying up homes and converting them to high-end multi-unit rentals marketed to students.

“What’s occurring right now, particularly in the Maple neighborhood, is that doubles are being converted into dormitories,” said District A Councilman Joe Giarrusso at Thursday’s meeting. “So instead of having one or two families reside in a home, we have between eight and 10 college students. This trend is changing the complexion of the neighborhood.” Continue reading »

Loyola Academy to bring conservation knowledge to Mirabeau Gardens in Gentilly

Posted by UptownMessenger.com at 3:12 pm environment, sustainability

Nov 262019

The city was granted 25 acres of green space in Gentilly to create the Mirabeau Water Garden, which is set to open in the summer of 2020. The gardens were created to educate the public on water conservation and other eco-friendly practices. (via City of New Orleans)

by Rae Walberg, The Loyola Maroon

In the heart of Gentilly, 25 acres of Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded space was recently granted to build Mirabeau Water Gardens, a place where water conservation will be modeled on a larger-scale.

For Loyola professors Aimée Thomas and Bob Thomas, this was a dream ten years in the making. Continue reading »

Loyola mental health clinic seeks to fill gaps in local services by helping low-income clients

Posted by UptownMessenger.com at 6:00 am colleges, Featured, good works, health

Apr 302019

By John Casey, jecasey@my.loyno.edu
Loyola Student News Service

John Dewell (left), the clinical director for the Loyola Center for Counseling and Education, delivers remarks at the clinic’s grand opening. Within five days of opening, the center was full. (John Casey, Loyola Student News Service)

A new counseling center aiming to provide mental health services to struggling members of the New Orleans community has opened on the Loyola University Uptown campus.

The Loyola Center for Counseling and Education opened in January, offering sliding-scale services to uninsured and underinsured New Orleanians.

Uptown Sounds is about the music, and the experience

Posted by Loyola Student News Service at 9:52 am arts, books and music, events

Apr 032019

Doctors’ lead vocalist Jonathan Joubert sings on the stage of Uptown Sounds battle of the bands. The group emerged victorious from its first public performance. (Catie Sanders, Loyola News Service)

By Catie Sanders, Loyola Student News Service

It was slightly windy and rainy, but that didn’t stop the music of Uptown Sounds battle of the bands from sizzling. The event at Evans Park in the Freret neighborhood on Sunday, March 31, gave eight bands the chance to take the stage at the festival-style event.

The winner was chosen by audience vote. Doctors, a dark-pop band, received a cash prize and a spot on the lineup for Freret Street Festival on Saturday (3:45 on Alder Hotel Stage at Valence Street).

Loyola music students produce battle of the bands this Sunday

Posted by tcworthy at 2:00 pm arts, books and music, colleges, Festivals, recognition

Mar 292019

Loyola University New Orleans Uptown Sounds

Music Industry students at Loyola University New Orleans will present ‘Uptown Sounds Battle of the Bands’ on Sunday, March 31. (via Loyola University New Orleans)

Six bands will battle for a spot at the Freret Street Festival at a college student-produced music festival this weekend. “Uptown Sound” will bring music, food trucks, and more to Evans Playground (5100 Lasalle Street) this Sunday, March 31.

The “battle of the bands” festival is produced by a committee of dedicated music industry young professionals from Loyola University New Orleans. The goal of the event is to bring together the Uptown college community with the local residents for an energetic fun-filled day of entertainment. Continue reading »

Loyola University opens mental health clinic

Posted by tcworthy at 12:44 pm colleges, good works, health, recognition

Feb 152019

from Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola University New Orleans announces the opening of the “Loyola Center for Counseling and Education (LCCE),” a new sliding-scale counseling clinic offering mental healthcare to underserved members of the New Orleans community. The LCCE is hosted by Loyola University New Orleans’ Department of Counseling.

The clinic is housed at 2020 Calhoun St. in Mercy Hall on Loyola University’s campus and is easily accessible from the surrounding residential area. Continue reading »

Woman convicted of murder as a teen will be released on parole

Posted by Katherine Hart at 9:29 am court, crime, Featured, good works

Feb 152019

Michele Benjamin (courtesy of Loyola’s Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice)

After spending her entire adult life behind bars, Michele Benjamin learned Monday that she will be able to go free, the Loyola University Law Clinic has announced.

Benjamin, 41, was a teenager when she was sentenced to life without parole in 1996 for the murder of a German tourist in New Orleans.

The Loyola law clinic began filing appeals in her case not long after life sentences for juveniles were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012. That ruling, in Miller v. Alabama, was made retroactive by the Louisiana Supreme Court in 2016, paving the way for Benjamin’s release on parole.

See video of Loyola making history with inauguration of its president

Posted by UptownMessenger.com at 10:18 am colleges

Nov 262018

Loyola University New Orleans returns from the Thanksgiving holiday today under a groundbreaking new president. The Jesuit university made history this month with the Nov. 16 inauguration of Tania Tetlow as the university’s 17th president. She is the first woman and the first layperson to lead Loyola since the university’s founding in 1912.

Why are accurate descriptions of crime suspects so difficult to come by? (Live coverage of Loyola Law Review symposium)

Posted by Robert Morris at 9:09 am colleges, court, crime, public safety

Nov 092018

Robert Jones, who, in 2017, was exonerated of four different crimes from the 1990s, speaks to the audience at “Protecting the Innocent: Louisiana’s Reform of Eyewitness Identifications” at Loyola University New Orleans’ Law School on Friday, November 11. Jones was exonerated with the help of the Innocence Project of New Orleans. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)

Accurate descriptions of suspects have proven to be extremely difficult to come by, even under the best of circumstances, a noted criminologist said Friday morning during the 2018 Loyola Law Review Symposium, “Protecting the Innocent: Louisiana’s Reform of Eyewitness Identifications.”

ECLIPSED play written by ‘Black Panther’ star continues run at Loyola

Posted by tcworthy at 4:05 pm arts, books and music, colleges, events

Apr 262018

The limited engagement of ECLIPSED—award-winning play by Danai Gurira (Black Panther)—continues its run at Loyola University through Sunday, May 6. The black female-led production about five women during the Second Liberian Civil War is part of Southern Rep Theatre’s 2017-18 season in residence at Loyola’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.

Idella Johnson (L) & LaSharron Purvis performing ECLIPSE. (photo by John B. Barrios)

ECLIPSED is described as “a delicately drawn portrait of the captive wives of a rebel officer in Liberia in 2003. Each one works to find her own way to survive and her place within their tenuous community as the war draws to a close and an uncertain future awaits them. Gurira’s play celebrates their strength, resourcefulness, and humor within an unflinching examination of the human toll of the conflict.” Continue reading »

Five New Orleans mayors to share stage tonight at Loyola Institute of Politics

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:59 am colleges, events, politics

Apr 052018

Three former mayors of New Orleans — Moon Landrieu, Sidney Barthelemy and Marc Morial — will join current Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell tonight in a discussion on the city’s past and future as part of the Loyola Institute of Politics’ annual lecture series. Continue reading »

Political pollster Frank Luntz to discuss 2016 election at Loyola

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:55 am colleges, events

Apr 262017

Frank Luntz (submitted photo)

Frank Luntz, a nationally-known pollster and political commentator, will speak about the 2016 Presidential election Thursday night at the Loyola University Institute of Politics for the annual Ed Renwick lecture. Continue reading »

Loyola student organizations aid in tornado relief

Posted by tcworthy at 7:37 am blight and demolition, colleges, recovery

Feb 202017

Several student organizations at Loyola University New Orleans have made efforts to aid in tornado relief and cleanup. While the school is not equipped with tools to send students out and immediately start rebuilding, they encourage students to find ways to help, according to a report by Dannielle Garcia of The Maroon. Continue reading »

FBI & U.S. Attorney join Muslims to discuss anti-terrorism at Loyola University

Posted by tcworthy at 10:06 am events

Apr 112016

The local New Orleans Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Loyola University Muslim Student Association will host The True Islam and the Extremists, a discussion about dispelling myths and misconceptions about Islam and to unite in the fight against extremist ideologies.

The event will take place Tuesday, April 12, and speakers include Jeffery Sallet, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Division, Kennith Polite, Jr. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Imam Mubasher Ahmed, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Continue reading »

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