  The $^{244}$Pu($^{50}$Ti,$xn$)$^{294-x}$Lv reaction was investigated at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-Inch Cyclotron facility. The
experiment was aimed at the production of a superheavy element with $Z\ge 114$
by irradiating an actinide target with a beam heavier than $^{48}$Ca. Produced
Lv ions were separated from the unwanted beam and nuclear reaction products
using the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator and implanted into a newly commissioned
focal plane detector system. Two decay chains were observed and assigned to the
decay of $^{290}$Lv. The production cross section was measured to be
$\sigma_{\rm prod}=0.44(^{+58}_{-28})$~pb at a center-of-target center-of-mass
energy of 220(3)~MeV. This represents the first published measurement of the
production of a superheavy element near the `Island-of-Stability', with a beam
of $^{50}$Ti and is an essential precursor in the pursuit of searching for new
elements beyond $Z=118$.
