College of Arts and Sciences News

“A single metric doesn't really tell you that much,” stated USF Associate Professor Ellen Veomett. “Whether it be the efficiency gap, mean-median difference, partisan bias, declination – it’s too little information to really be particularly useful in telling you whether a map is gerrymandered.” 

Professor Sweta Thota at the University of San Francisco’s School of Management said Cracker Barrel’s brand identity is steeped in tradition and its rebrand was perceived by some as a shift in the company’s values. “This has been a very unique case, with political figures getting involved.”

Since the late 1980s, the Latinx Alumni Society (LAS) has connected generations of USF graduates through culture, community, and celebration. Today, LAS has more than 15 active board members serving a community of over 9,000 living Latiné/x alumni. 

Speaking before nearly 1,800 audience members at the University of San Francisco’s Silk Speaker Series on August 24, Jeremy Renner shared his story of survival and recovery following a snowplow accident that left him with 38 broken bones and, briefly, no heartbeat. 

After 35 years of service to USF's School of Law program, Assistant Professor Carol Wilson '88 reflects on one lesson that stood above all: "The biggest thing I’ve learned is how to see the world through other people’s eyes."

Professor Monika Hudson recommends that small businesses consider seeking mentorship with larger, established family-owned businesses in their community: "These individuals have knowledge and skills, and maybe they haven’t decided to volunteer at scale, but they may be a great source of information on how to pivot."

"The public attitudes about San Francisco and Lurie are likely being shaped just as much by residents’ daily experiences as they are by the information they receive from other sources such as media reports, social media posts and commentary from other people." -USF Professor Patrick Murphy

"All of these legal strategies have a role in the fight to protect and preserve the environment as an integral, interdependent living thing that is vitally important to us as humans, but also in its own right."

The class of 2029 and new transfer students have arrived on campus. Take a moment to get to know them.

President Salvador D. Aceves ’83, EdD ’95 shared his hopes for the coming school year with more than 500 faculty, staff, and librarians in a conversation with Provost Eileen Fung at convocation on Aug. 18.