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Creighton University and Saint Louis University Recognized with Tree Campus USA Status

Creighton University and Saint Louis University have been recognized with the Arbor Day Foundation's annual Tree Campus USA status in recognition of their campus efforts.

Climate Change & Jesuit Higher Education: Reportback from Loyola Chicago #1

Loyola University Chicago is hosting its second annual Climate Change Conference March 19-21, 2015, at its North Shore Campus in Chicago. The conference is designed to “tend” or pay attention to and serve the needs of Earth at this crucial time in planetary history. It promises to place us squarely in the role of caretaker and explore the implications of "tending earth" through an interdisciplinary reflection on the ethical principles, policies, and actions needed to combat the crisis of global climate change. The conference is co-sponsored by the six Jesuit universities of the upper Midwest, a collaboration that is promising for the future of Jesuit networking in addressing global issues of justice and sustainability.

Marching On

About a month ago I attended the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., for the first time. I was in a group of thirty-five other Creighton students among thousands of others—young and old, Catholics, Protestants and non-religious, conservatives and liberals—who were braving the cold to participate in one of the largest and most controversial public witnesses of our time.