Summer 2020
Volume 12 | Issue 2
![Class of 2020 - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/class-of-2020-360x360.jpg)
When the global coronavirus outbreak shifted the nation’s classrooms from traditional to digital, Pepperdine educators found themselves ahead of the curve
![Strength of a City - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/strength-of-a-city-360x360.jpg)
The coronavirus pandemic has hit Los Angeles County—the largest in the nation—with extraordinary force. HSAC@SPP provides the cross-sector resources to manage the economic impact of the crisis
Articles
![The Promise of mRNA Vaccines - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/the-promise-of-mrna-vaccines-360x360.jpg)
A worldwide effort is underway to develop effective vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. After 30 years of development, will the promise of engineered mRNAs rise to the challenge?
![Business Not as Usual - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/business-not-as-usual-360x360.jpg)
A group of Pepperdine experts weigh in on how workers will fare in the new employment landscape of a post-pandemic world
![Playing the Long Game - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/playing-the-long-game-360x360.jpg)
As both the collegiate and professional sports worlds consider how they might resume regular programming post-pandemic, Pepperdine Athletics examines the current reality of live events
![Together Apart - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/together-apart-360x360.jpg)
Organization development specialists offer their communities ways to connect deeply during isolation
![A Time to Mourn - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/a-time-to-mourn-360x360.jpg)
Is there room for our grief in God’s plan? Through the lens of faith, Christian scholars and ministers explore the healing powers of confessing what many try to conceal
![Inspiration in Isolation - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/inspiration-in-isolation-360x360.jpg)
Away from their Malibu art studio and their supplies, fine arts students create while coping with the coronavirus pandemic
![Heroes Among Us - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/heros-snapshot-360x360.jpg)
Pepperdine Magazine is the feature magazine for Pepperdine University and its growing community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends.
![Comedy in Tragedy - Pepperdine Magazine](https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/images/thumb/summer-2020/the-cut-360x360.jpg)
Steven Sultanoff, adjunct psychology faculty at GSEP and an international expert in therapeutic uses of humor, shares the healing power of a good laugh.
Editorial
Inside Voices
Living through the polio epidemic has given me a unique perspective in facing the current COVID-19 pandemic.