STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
A pioneer in bone marrow transplants
Renowned physician Dr. Patrick J. Stiff (MD ’75) was honored for his contributions as a teacher, researcher, and doctor with the Stritch Medal at the 66th annual Stritch Dinner on November 19. After earning his MD from the
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION Students make capitol gains
In the midst of one of the most heated presidential elections in U.S. history, 11 Loyola students were at the center of it all during Loyola’s inaugural semester in Washington, DC. The School of Communication partnered with the Department of Political Science last year to develop the program, which allows students from a va- riety of majors to gain class credit for working four days a week at an
internship placement that matches their specific skills and interests. Students are also able to choose from a few night class offerings taught by Loyola faculty to earn additional credits. One of the benefits of interning
in DC is the proximity to change makers. Students can help push the ball forward on issues they are pas- sionate about by working for non- profits, think tanks, government
offices, and more. Senior sociology major Herrah Hussain is dealing with issues like homelessness and unemployment in her place- ment working in the office of U.S. Representative Danny K. Davis, a Democrat from Chicago. “It’s been amazing,” Hussain
says. “This is my first internship, and it’s not at all what I expect- ed—I’m getting to do a lot more than I anticipated.”
Stritch School of Medicine, Stiff re- turned in 1986 to lead the school’s bone marrow transplant program. Now the Coleman Professor of Oncology at Stritch and medical director of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center, Stiff has devel- oped groundbreaking treatments for leukemia and lymphoma and built one of the largest and most successful bone marrow trans- plant programs in the world. The Stritch Dinner, held this
year at the Hilton in downtown Chicago, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support medical student scholarships.
BACK TO SCHOOL: Alumni returned to campus October 8 for CONVERGE, an afternoon of conversation and thought- provoking discussion hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences. Alumni went back into the classroom for faculty talks on topics like the presidential election, the history of U.S. immigration, and international affairs.
GLOBAL GATHERING: More than 650 urban historians, scholars, and authors from around the world came to Loyola in October for the Urban History Association’s eighth biennial conference. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Working Urban,” with a focus on labor issues and the different forms of employment found in cities.
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