Loyola Marymount University
Jesuit university in Los Angeles
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| 2025 | Loyola Law School drops in U.S. News & World Report rankings to 71st position. |
| 2025 | Loyola Marymount finished runner-up to TCU in the national championship match, achieving the best finish in program history. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranks Loyola Law School 61st in 'America's Best Graduate Schools' rankings. |
| 2024 | Stan Johnson leads LMU to win the Cancun Challenge MTE Tournament. |
| 2024 | The Loyola Marymount Lions compete in the NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the West Coast Conference, playing home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2024 | Received 23,089 undergraduate applications, admitted 10,409 students (45% admission rate), and enrolled 1,541 freshman students. |
| November 2024 | Stan Johnson begins his fifth season as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team for the 2024-25 season. |
| January 2024 | Loyola Marymount announced the cutting of six athletic programs after the 2023–24 season: men's cross-country, men's rowing, men's track and field, women's rowing, women's swimming, and women's track and field. |
| 2023 | Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team added five transfer players: Da'Ja Hamilton from Nevada, Cynthia Ezeja from Pittsburgh, Daylee Dunn from Fresno State, Soufia Inoussa from New Mexico State, and Sydney Gandy from Idaho. |
| 2023 | As the No. 10 seed in the WCC tournament, the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team was eliminated in the first round, losing to Saint Mary's. |
| 2023 | Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team completed their 2022-23 season with a record of 7 wins and 23 losses, including 4-14 in West Coast Conference (WCC) play, which resulted in a last-place finish in the conference. |
| 2023 | The team joined the West Coast Conference for the 2023-24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, competing from their home venue, Gersten Pavilion. |
| 2023 | Achieved 40% acceptance rate, classified as 'more selective' by U.S. News & World Report with an early acceptance rate of 52.4%. |
| August 2023 | Aarika Hughes began her third year as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team for the 2023-24 season. |
| July 2023 | Loyola Law School achieved an 80% bar passage rate for first-time takers of the California Bar Exam, surpassing the 76% average for ABA-approved law schools. |
| February 9 2023 | LMU defeats #15 Saint Mary's at Gersten Pavilion under Stan Johnson's leadership. |
| January 19 2023 | Stan Johnson's Lions snap Gonzaga's 75-game home win streak with a 68-67 victory over the #6 ranked team. |
| January 5 2023 | Under Stan Johnson, LMU defeats BYU 64-59 in the conference home opener. |
| 2022 | Leon Robinson appeared in the film A Day To Die |
| 2022 | The Lions defended their WCC Beach Volleyball Championship for the second consecutive time. |
| 2022 | Stan Johnson leads LMU to win the Jamaica Classic MTE Tournament. |
| 2022 | Loyola Law School's class of 2022 achieved a 93% employment rate, with 80% securing jobs requiring bar admission and 97% finding long-term employment in 2023. |
| 2022 | The Princeton Review ranked LMU as having the fourth-most beautiful campus in America. |
| September 2022 | Loyola Law School's faculty restructured the Evening Program to introduce a hybrid schedule, requiring students to be on campus one night a week and one night remotely. |
| 2021 | Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, a 25,000-square-foot structure, was expected to open in the fall, featuring a screening theater, camera-teaching stage, and motion-capture workspace. |
| 2021 | The Lions defended their WCC Beach Volleyball Championship and were selected for their first NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama. They became the first team since the inaugural season to win its first two matches, ultimately finishing third in the championship. |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Loyolan newspaper shifted to completely digital publication format. |
| 2020 | WCC Beach Volleyball Championship not held due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Dean Peggy Rajski broke ground on the Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, a 25,000-square-foot structure for film students. |
| 2020 | Loyola Law School's trial advocacy and moot court programs were ranked No. 4 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings. |
| March 20 2020 | Stan Johnson is announced as the 27th head coach of Loyola Marymount. |
| 2019 | Jennifer Candy produced the film In Vino |
| 2019 | The Lions won their first West Coast Conference (WCC) Beach Volleyball Championship. |
| 2019 | Received an at-large bid to the WNIT, marking their first postseason tournament appearance since 2004, and lost to Idaho in the first round. |
| 2019 | Advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament, where they were defeated by Saint Mary's. |
| 2019 | Completed the season with an overall record of 18-15 and a 10-8 conference record, finishing in a tie for fifth place in the West Coast Conference. |
| 2019 | Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team participated in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), achieving a 2-1 record. In the first round, they defeated California Baptist 56-55. In the quarterfinals, they won against Brown 81-63. In the semifinals, they lost to South Florida 47-56. |
| 2019 | Josie Loren graduates from Loyola Law School, known for her role as Kaylie Cruz in the ABC Family series Make It or Break It. |
| 2018 | Sister Jean became a major media celebrity during Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team's Final Four run, serving as the team's chaplain. |
| 2018 | The team started their season playing home games at the Gersten Pavilion as members of the West Coast Conference. |
| 2018 | Charity Elliott began her seventh year as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team for the 2018-19 season. |
| 2018 | Opened a 35,000 square foot facility primarily for graduate film students at the Playa Vista campus. |
| 2018 | Loyola Law School reported that 90% of its 2018 graduating class was employed within 10 months of graduation, with approximately 85% securing full-time, long-term positions requiring bar admission or offering JD-advantage opportunities. |
| 2018 | School of Film and Television opened a new 35,000 square foot facility primarily for graduate film students. |
| 2018 | The Pastoral Theology cohort program in Orange County ended after multiple cohorts completed their three-year master's degree. |
| 2015 | Timothy Law Snyder became the 16th president of Loyola Marymount University, succeeding David W. Burcham. |
| 2014 | Jennifer Candy appeared in Where's This Party? |
| 2014 | Mike Dunlap becomes head coach of the Loyola Marymount basketball program, serving until the end of the 2020 season. |
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