SPRING 2016 IN THIS ISSUE


Loyola magazine is published for alumni and friends.


SENIOR EDITOR Scott Alessi


ART DIRECTOR Ted Yee


DESIGNER Joseph Darrow


CONTRIBUTORS


Dana Almdale, Evelina Ayrapetyan (MEd ’13), Jocelyn Cheng (BS ’94), Laura Colón Baker (BA ’08), Erinn Connor, Travis


Cornejo, Anne Divita Kopacz (BA ’02), Anna Gaynor, Kristen Hannum, Mary Houston (BS ’07, MEd ’13), Alexandra Jonker, Brendan Keating (JFRC Spring ’00, BA ’01, JD ’04), Lauren Krause (BA ’10), Leo Krause, Erik Martin (BA '92),


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Amy McCullough (BA '02), Leticia Nieto (BA ’03), Ana Plefka, Evangeline Politis, Nick Ramirez (BASC ’14), Olivia Sievert, Drew Sottardi, Megan Troppito, Anne Wicker (BS ’83), Shanna Yetman


PHOTOGRAPHY


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26 SERVICE WITH A SMILE


Sister Alicia Torres (BA '07) serves God, her community, and as Food Network fans found out, some incredible meals.


LESSONS IN JUSTICE


Meet four faculty members whose teaching and research are driven by a commitment to social justice.


VOICES OF CHANGE Student activism has long been a part of college life, and Loyola provides a place for ongoing, respectful dialogue.


WHERE CAMPUS MEETS COMMUNITY


Loyola's Center for Urban Research and Learning has partnered with its neighbors to create powerful social change.


A WINNING FORMULA


Loyola student athletes have the drive to succeed at game time, but they score even higher during classtime.


30 CONTACT US


DEPARTMENTS 4 FRONTLINES 28 OUR BACKYARD 30 AROUND THE WORLD 32 DISCOVERY 34 ALMA MATTERS 42 ALUMNI VOICES


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William G. Thomas, Steve Woltmann ON THE COVER


Trees are seen in full bloom on a clear spring day near the arches of


Madonna della Strada Chapel on the Lake Shore Campus.


PHOTO BY MARK PATTON, LOYOLA STUDENT


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