Kara Allen, Ed.D. ’14, chief impact officer, is the San Antonio Spurs’ face in their community. Putting seats at the table where decisions are made — that’s how Allen describes her job. But it goes both ways, she says: not only putting a Spurs voice at community tables but adding community voices at the Spurs’ table.
The impact of climate change on Southern California — in heat, ocean temperatures and coastal damage — is now evident, with more on the way, says Eric Strauss of the LMU Center for Urban Resilience. The worst effects will likely be distributed unequally. Our goal, he says, is not climate change reversal but adaptation.
Paul Krumpe, head coach of LMU men’s soccer, heads into the 2021 season with perhaps the strongest team he has fielded in his 24-year tenure. Krumpe talks about a squad that brings almost everyone back from last year’s championship season...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted far more than the day-to-day operations of America’s schools. “What happened here is that the pandemic has revealed the fissures that we have in education settings and amplified all of them,” says Ernesto Colín, LMU...