Coronavirus Coverage
COVID-19 is changing everything from elementary education, to city tax revenues, trade and foreign relations between superpowers and how we diagnose and treat a patient who walks in the open doors of a hospital emergency ward. Because universities are centers of knowledge and community resources, particularly those in the Jesuit tradition, we’ve turned to experts in the LMU community — faculty, alumni and staff members — to bring to bear their observations, analysis and experiences in the global health crisis.
Sean Kennedy ’86, LLS ’89
An LMU Loyola Law School suit was recently rejected that would have forced the release of more juveniles in detention who are at risk for contracting the coronavirus. Sean Kennedy explains why this is a failure of the justice system.
Sung Won Sohn
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on nationwide and local economies. Loyola Marymount Professor Sung Won Sohn, who teaches finance and international trade, takes a look at the economic forecast.
The Shuttering of Olvera Street
Olvera Street, a major L.A. tourist draw and Mexican and Mexican American heritage center, faces a deeply cloudy future due to tourism’s collapse during the pandemic.
Tom Plate
Tom Plate, Loyola Marymount University professor and Asia expert, explains to Off Press why U.S. relations with China may shape how voters make their choice for president in the 2020 election.
Fernando Guerra and Brianne Gilbert
Loyola Marymount University’s Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Director Fernando Guerra, and Managing Director Brianne Gilbert discuss Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s leadership in the COVID-19 crisis.
Shira Shafir ’99
Shira Shafir, an expert in epidemiology, cautions that as in the 1918-19 influenza epidemic, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could cause more deaths than the first.
The Coronavirus and Catholic Schools
The coronavirus has upended every aspect of U.S. education. Kevin Baxter M.A. ’01, chief innovation officer of the National Catholic Educational Association, discusses the pandemic’s impact on Catholic schools.
David Offenberg
Loyola Marymount University Professor David Offenberg, an expert in entertainment finance, talks with Off Press about how COVID-19 has slammed L.A.’s film industry.
Lessons From the Virus Wars
A century ago, the 1918 flu ravaged the world’s population. There was no vaccine and quarantining was essential. Carla Bittel, an LMU historian, talks about the lessons the world learned that may help today.
Troubling Calm
In the COVID-19 era, what was has changed, what is now seems uncertain, but will be may be ours to decide. L.A. writer Lynell George ’84 writes about life during a pandemic.
Hope’s Thin Thread
“Where is your hope?” often feels like the hardest question to ask in the COVID-19 crisis, let alone answer.
L.A.’s Financial Prognosis
Ron Galperin holds the office of Controller of the City of Los Angeles, a post to which he was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. As controller, he is the paymaster, auditor and chief accounting officer for the City of Los Angeles. He earned a law degree from the LMU Loyola Law School […]
Does service to the community have to stop during the COVID-19 crisis? Patrick Furlong, interim director of the LMU Center for Service and Action, talks about how to serve the community while on lockdown.
Chilembwe Mason ’98, M.D.
Off Press podcast, an LMU Magazine production, interviews Chilembwe Mason, M.D. about the current strains to health services that the COVID-19 crisis has brought to light. This is the third podcast episode focusing on the pandemic.
Stan Johnson
Stan Johnson, new head coach of the LMU men’s basketball program, shares the challenges of recruiting athletes — usually a face-to-face process — during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thomas V. Cunningham
Thomas V. Cunningham is a lecturer with the Loyola Marymount University Bioethics Institute, and shares with Off the Press Podcast the impact of the trauma and stress from the virus on medical staff in hospitals.
Kate Pickert
Kate Pickert offers an inside look at a slow response from the government where health policies are concerned. These ramifications are felt throughout the medical arena, health agencies, and the communities they serve.