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Lora Looney

“Shedding Light: Art, Migration, and the Role of Women in Social Justice,” April 3

March 22, 2019

Visiting Artist Claudio Talavera-Ballón will show how his work as an oil painter and muralist addresses migrants trying to reach the United States with a focus on the role of the Patronas of Mexico and the aid they provide on the route north on Wednesday, April 3, at 7:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The presentation […]

Filed Under: 03-25-2019, 04-01-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Claudio Talavera-Ballon, Lora Looney

Council for Undergraduate Research: Increasing Opportunities for UP Students

October 19, 2018

Four faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences (Nicole Leupp Hanig, performing and fine arts; Lora Looney, Spanish; Laura McLary, German; and Josh Swidzinski, English) applied to and were selected to participate in the Council for Undergraduate Research in the Arts and Humanities yearly institute at Montana State University in Bozeman, October 5-7. Participants […]

Filed Under: 10-15-2018, 10-22-2018, Academics Tagged With: Academics, CUR, Josh Swidzinski, Laura McLary, Lora Looney, Nicole Leupp Hanig

Welcome Reception for Playwright Emilio Williams, March 23

March 16, 2018

Faculty and staff are invited to a welcome reception for comedy playwright Emilio Williams on Friday, March 23, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the lobby of Mago Hunt Center. The reception is generously supported by the Beckman Humor Project. Williams is an international playwright who hails from Spain, calls Chicago home, and is a […]

Filed Under: 03-19-2018, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: Emilio Williams, Lora Looney, Performing and Fine Arts

Digital Humanities Brown Bag Workshop, Oct. 30

October 27, 2017

The Teaching and Learning Collaborative will host a brown bag workshop on the possibilities of “Digital Humanities” on Monday, October 30, from noon to 1 p.m., in the library’s Digital Lab. Trina Marmarelli of Reed College and UP’s own Spanish professor Lora Looney will tag team to present both a) an overview of how humanities […]

Filed Under: 10-23-2017, 10-30-2017, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Digital Humanities, Garaventa Center, Lora Looney

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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