College of Arts and Sciences News

Dean Fry-Bowers and six students attended the AACN Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., from March 29 to 30.

T.S. Leonard, MFA in Writing alum, shares how USF — and San Francisco itself — inspired his creative journey, shaped his teaching practice, and fueled a passion for poetry, community, and collaboration.

The first of its kind in legal education, the University of San Francisco School of Law (USF Law) has integrated generative AI (GenAI) into its first-year curriculum as a core part of how students learn to think, write, and advocate as legal professionals.

Maya Jaramillo-Visconte ’24 first saved seeds as part of her environmental studies coursework at USF. Today, she is saving seeds as part of her profession.

Sweta Thota, professor of marketing, says that students should write papers not only for their classes but for peer-reviewed journals. To prove her point, she co-authored a journal article with two students.

USF alumna Hayley Mason ’24 shares her career journey from theater to tech product marketing. Discover how the MAPC program helped her transition and thrive in her new field.

MAPC graduate Julia Zelle ’23 landed a role at Autodesk as an Executive Communications Specialist — a testament to the transformative power of passion, adaptability, and a supportive educational environment.

S. Isabel Choi ’12 shares what drew her to USF's MFA program, how it supported her writing goals, and what she's working on now with recent fellowship support.

Entrepreneur Pete Slosberg has donated one million dollars to the Entrepreneurship for All Fund at the University of San Francisco. Slosberg’s gift to the School of Management is the largest donation ever to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program and serves as the lead contribution to launch a new initiative within the program.

It sounds like an idea for Pixar’s next animated film: Land-loving iguanas from North America float to Fiji on dislodged trees that formed rafts for the reptiles.