Summer 2019
Volume 11 | Issue 2
![Me, Myself, and AI - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/ai-360x360.jpg)
As the healthcare industry moves swiftly into an increasingly technological age, experts weigh in on the factors, fears, and future prospects of artificial intelligence-powered innovation
![The Ripple Effect - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/ripple-effect-360x360.jpg)
He set out to tell the Pepperdine story from the perspective of five Seaver College students. Now the alumnus, videographer, and admission staff member shares his own story from behind the lens
Articles
![Mother Knows Best - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/mother-knows-best-360x360.jpg)
A team of Seaver College faculty and students investigates the benefits and consequences of social media groups for moms
![Write of Asylum - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/write-of-asylum-360x360.jpg)
After single-handedly changing the law of asylum in a landmark case, an alumna’s impact on international human rights laws becomes the subject of a feature film
![Head in the Game - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/head-in-the-game-360x360.jpg)
A neuroscientist’s longtime fascination with traumatic brain injuries leads to a first-of-its-kind experiment to help student-athletes
![Beyond the Safe Harbor - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/beyond-360x360.jpg)
At the top of the entertainment business at 40, Dave Hollis (’97) took an “unthinkable” career leap. And he couldn’t be happier
![Sport Stories - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/sport-360x360.jpg)
A Seaver College professor shifts the narratives in sport and dedicates herself to student-athlete success
![Preserving Pepperdine - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/snap-shot-360x360.jpg)
For decades Pepperdine has collected and shared rare books, documents that capture Malibu and University history, film and television materials, and archives of the Restoration Movement
![9 to Fizzle - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2019/the-cut-360x360.jpg)
Pepperdine Magazine is the feature magazine for Pepperdine University and its growing community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends.
Editorial
Inside Voices
A sense of desperation is in the air–from both prospective students and their parents–about having the best possible chance at getting into the best possible college.