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Biola Shakes it Out with Full-Scale Earthquake Drill
The State Office of Emergency selected Biola as this year's featured Great ShakeOut exercise
October 16, 2014
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Biola University at 9:40 a.m. this morning — at least hypothetically. Biola hosted a full-scale mass casualty...
Senior Becky Hartung’s Debut Novel to Publish this Winter
Student to speak at the 79th Annual Torrey Conference.
October 09, 2014
Senior communications major and Torrey Conference speaker, Becky Hartung, recently self-published her first novel “Running in the Dark” — an...
Biola University Ranked One of the Nation's Top 5 Safest Schools
Nationwide Survey Ranks Biola Fourth Safest School in the Nation
October 06, 2014
Biola University has been ranked the fourth-safest university in the United States by Niche, an organization that provides rankings and statistics...

April 27, 2025 — Talks For Christ Podcast
Dr. Michael Arena, dean of the Crowell School of Business, guest spoke on this Talks for Christ podcast episode on what Biola's new Adaptive MBA degree offers, how Crowell is staying relevant in an ever-evolving technologic society and Biola's emphasis on biblical integration as well as the development of the In-N-Out Leadership Academy.
April 26, 2025 —
Written by Biola's provost and senior vice president, Matthew J. Hall, this Gospel Coalition article talks about two things to consider when choosing a faith-based college: faculty's convictional alignment and faith integration across the curriculum. Biola University has been named the number one comprehensively Christian school and offers both of these to the highest degree.
April 24, 2025 —
This Stream article talks about how the image of God can also be defined as human identity. Dr. Ryan Peterson, associate professor of theology, advances that identity in his book "The Imago Dei as Human Identity: A Theological Interpretation," which is referenced in the article.