Ines Bellina

3 weeks ago | news.luc.edu | Ines Bellina

It was a moment that shocked the world. Simone Biles, widely regarded as one of the best gymnasts in Olympic history, withdrew from most of her planned events in the 2021 Tokyo Games due to a debilitating case of the “twisties,” a condition that made her lose sense of where her body was midair. A mere three years later, at the 2024 Paris Games, Biles awed the world, winning gold in vault, individual all-around, and team all-around, and silver on floor.

Oct 28, 2024 | news.luc.edu | Ines Bellina

When contractors showed up on Park Street in Yorkville, Illinois, on May 15, 2024, they expected to find water pipes in need of repair at their construction site. As workers dug deeper and deeper into their 12-foot trench, though, they uncovered something else—several unidentified bones. The crew called the Yorkville Police Department to report their findings. In turn, the Yorkville Police Department needed help identifying the skeletal remains and ruling out any foul play.

Sep 26, 2024 | news.luc.edu | Ines Bellina

Telenovelas do not shy away from incorporating political tensions into their stories. The conflict even gave birth to a subgenre: the narco-melodrama, whose protagonist was often a morally ambiguous male leader of a drug cartel. While some argue the genre glorifies criminals, Lozano views the medium as a way to understand systemic violence in Colombia. “It’s an attempt to narrate something extraordinarily important to us, but that also tries to make comprehensible the incomprehensible,” she says.

Sep 25, 2024 | news.luc.edu | Ines Bellina

According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, the world spent $14.4 trillion on conflict in 2019. The estimate haunts Cliff Shultz, professor and Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing at the Quinlan School of Business.

Aug 22, 2024 | news.luc.edu | Ines Bellina

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, synthetic opioid overdose deaths increased by a . Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice (CCJ) seeks to reduce those numbers through a multiyear research project on one of the most at-risk populations for opioid overdose: formerly incarcerated individuals on parole.  The National Institute on Drug Abuse launched the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) in 2019.