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Students Shop for Career Success

One of those students, Nikaella “Nika” Mariano ’26, MSN ’27, said she was glad to learn about the career center’s Clothing ...
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Carbon Zero, Global Hero

For most companies and schools, carbon neutrality is still a dream. For USF, it’s now a reality. USF has met its goal of zero net carbon emissions 31 years ahead of its 2050 target date. How? With a ...
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Don’t Give J. Edgar Hoover a Posthumous Victory in his Attempts to Assassinate Dr. King’s Character

For seven and half years from 1960 to April 4, 1968, I was privileged to serve Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a political advisor and subsequently as his personal lawyer and draft speech writer. With ...
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Innovation Composed from Here

Our screens are getting larger, but our hands aren’t. USF alumni Seva Mouler ’13 and Alia Lau ‘14 are launching a new product that enhances the way people interact with their touchscreen devices. A ...
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Gordon Getty ’56 Turns 90 — The Art of Giving and Lasting Change

University of San Francisco alumnus and philanthropist, Gordon P. Getty ’56, celebrates ninety years of life on December 20, 2023. “We’d all hang out at Gordon’s mother’s house, all of us very, very ...
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This High Achiever Aims Higher Still

At the age of 19, she ran a nonprofit. At 26, she won a MacArthur Fellowship — before she went to college. She now leads a foundation that works to eliminate structural racism. So what’s next for ...
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C-HER Awards Inaugural Freedom Dreaming Mini-Grants

The School of Education's Center for Humanizing Education & Research (C-HER) Freedom Dreaming Mini-grants support graduate students in freedom dreaming—imagining a future they want to live in and ...
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Scholarships for Social Justice

With its dedication to human rights, critical theory, and engaged scholarship, the University of San Francisco School of Education has a long-standing legacy of fostering scholars and practitioners ...
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USF Professor Publishes Research on Iguanas That Rafted to Fiji

Scarpetta holding a North American desert iguana, the closest living relative of the iguanas in Fiji. It sounds like an idea for Pixar’s next animated film: Land-loving iguanas from North America ...
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ESPN Tells the Story of Football Team’s 1951 Stand Against Racism

ESPN aired the incredible true story of the USF football team’s stand against injustice and racism in 1951. When the players were asked to leave the team’s two African American players behind in ...
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Hospitality Alumnus Becomes a Hotel Hero

The 2018 Rising Star award was given to Hospitality Management alumnus Easton Mayordomo BS Business Administration ’16. The award was presented to Mayordomo from the Hotel Council of San Francisco on ...
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Did Someone Say Doom Loop?

On a Saturday morning, an hour before the doors open, the faithful form a line. “I’m here for the bacon, egg, and cheese croissant,” says Abby Chiu. She drove from Union City, 30 miles away.