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Latest University Announcements
Sep 25, 2026
On September 23 at Impact 250 in Washington, DC, Pepperdine President Jim Gash (JD '93) joined Armada AI Cofounder and CEO Dan Wright for a fireside chat publicly announcing the Waves Innovation Accelerator—a program giving Pepperdine student founders mentorship, investment, and full retention of their IP. Sinan Kanatsiz introduced and moderated the conversation.

Sep 21, 2026
Join us September 23 to celebrate the winners of Pepperdine Graziadio’s Most Fundable Companies List, featuring keynote speaker Brett Johnson (MBA ‘05), CEO of Benevolent Capital.

Sep 14, 2026
Join Pepperdine Libraries for its series of intimate solo concerts performed by professional musicians from across the Los Angeles area.

Sep 07, 2026
On Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 9:30 AM in Elkins Auditorium, the Coastal Capital Summit invites Pepperdine's finance community to engage in conversations surrounding the most pressing topics in economics and financial markets.

Aug 31, 2026
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to join Pepperdine’s annual Step Forward Day on Saturday, September 12, for a day of service across Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

Upcoming Events
Tuesday
Sep 22, 2026
- 12:00 AM Everybody
Friday
Sep 25, 2026
- 9:00 AM Human-Centered AI
Saturday
Sep 26, 2026
- 7:30 AM Los Angeles Waves: Step Forward Day 2026
- 9:00 AM Volunteers Needed: 29th Annual Once Upon a Run, Walk & Roll!
- 11:00 AM Own Your Seat at the Table | Workshop with Laura Alfano hosted by GWBA
- 12:00 PM Volunteers Needed: 4th Annual Fall Festival on the Farm
- 1:00 PM Men's Water Polo vs. UCLA
- 6:00 PM Caruso School of Law Annual Dinner
Sunday
Sep 27, 2026
Monday
Sep 28, 2026
- 10:00 AM Staff/Faculty - Advanced Gemini: Designing Smarter Workflows with Google Gemini Gems
- 11:00 AM Maker Mondays
- 12:00 PM Heroes and Legends of Policy Analysis Series - Social Science as Moral Science: The Unique Insights of James Q. Wilson and Edward Banfield
- 12:30 PM AI Law Association x P(AI)R Info Meeting | AILA
- 12:30 PM Careers in Music Law | Palmer Center
- 12:30 PM SGJI Spring Break Prison Project | Sudreau Global Justice Institute
- 3:00 PM Career Chats: Law/Gov't/Ed/Tech & Non-Profit/Social Services/Ministry
- 4:30 PM You Are Invited to Serve Dinner to Unhoused Neighbors
Tuesday
Sep 29, 2026
- 10:30 AM Brief Bites | Student Life
- 11:00 AM Red Cross Blood Drive: Give Blood = Save Lives!
- 12:00 PM Annual SPP Internship Mixer
- 12:30 PM Alpha Group | Spiritual Development
- 2:00 PM Career Chats: Business & Communications
- 3:00 PM Serve with Us at Urban Promise Los Angeles (UPLA)
Wednesday
Sep 30, 2026
- 10:00 AM Staff/Faculty - Google Drive Part 1: Essentials by IT Training
- 10:20 AM Brief Bites | Student Life
- 11:00 AM Career Day Fall 2026 - Baylor University
- 11:00 AM Army Medical Department Tabling
- 11:00 AM Faculty/Staff - YuJa Panorama: Accessibility Essentials
- 11:00 AM Red Cross Blood Drive: Give Blood = Save Lives!
- 11:45 AM William M. Green Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture: Douglas A. Foster
- 12:00 PM JAMII: Career Panel Series: To Doctorate or Not(orate)
- 12:00 PM Graziadio In-Person Drop-In Career Coaching
- 12:30 PM Sushi in the Sukkah | Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
- 12:30 PM Water Law in California | Environmental Law Society (ELS)
- 2:30 PM Past, Present, and Future: Douglas A. Foster Book Discussion Series 1
- 3:00 PM Serve with Us at Urban Promise Los Angeles (UPLA)
- 4:30 PM You Are Invited to Serve Dinner to Unhoused Neighbors
- 5:30 PM Fall Fitness Bootcamp
- 6:00 PM Dean's Bible Study | Guest Speaker: Bob Brain | Deans' Suite
- 7:00 PM The Well
- 7:30 PM Okaidja Afroso


