Press Room

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States, the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy has received a $1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to launch “America and the World: 250 Years of US Leadership in Foreign Affairs,” a major humanities-centered speaker series and research effort.

Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law has appointed David P. Dowling (MDR ’09) as the new Judge Danny Weinstein Managing Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, one of the nation’s leading law-school-based dispute resolution programs. Joining the Institute alongside Dowling is Selina Shultz, who will serve as the inaugural Executive Director of the Straus Professional Training Programs and lead the expansion of these programs domestically and internationally.

Pepperdine University’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art presents A Modern Look: Selections from the Permanent Collection, which is on view from January 16 through March 29, 2026.

Pepperdine University welcomed Howard Marks, co-chair and founding principal of Oaktree Capital Management, for a fireside chat on Tuesday at Smothers Theatre on the Malibu campus.

One year after the start of the Palisades Fire, a new report from the Pepperdine School of Public Policy and Beacon Economics reveals that rebuilding after California wildfires is far slower and more complex than commonly understood.