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DECEMBER 2025

Features

Meet USF's New President

Salvador D. Aceves ’83, EdD ’95, USF’s new president and first lay president, was born in San Francisco, educated at USF, and has served as a professor and an administrator at USF. Now he’s back — and looking forward.

Salvador D. Aceves

Dons Die-Hards

You don't have to be crazy to be a fan, but it helps.

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My Cousin*, The Pope

When I saw my last name on the gravestone of Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents, I did some digging.

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Features From Past Issues

Alumni

Art was the conduit through which Pacita Abad LMA ’72 advocated for marginalized people.

May 20, 2024
San Francisco Advantage

Google headquarters is just 40 miles from USF’s campus, and Cyrus Ahanin ’24 wasn’t going to pass up a chance to visit and learn about working there.

March 14, 2024
Campus Life

Nearly 1,000 attendees packed the Sobrato Center on February 6, eager with anticipation for the evening’s conversation between Dr. Clarence B. Jones and Sterling K. Brown — two thought leaders in the realms of social justice and entertainment.

February 7, 2024
Campus Life

Presentation Theater, the 430-seat venue in the School of Education building on Turk near Masonic, has been renovated and is now open for business. 

January 31, 2024

USF grad and professor supports Half Moon Bay farmworkers and their families through hardship and heartache.

December 15, 2023

Next time you’re in the city to cheer on the Dons, visit your USF student, or tour the Hilltop with a future USF student, try these spots and enjoy the city like a local.

December 15, 2023

A look back — and forward — at USF men’s basketball

December 15, 2023
Research

Xiaosheng Huang and his astrophysics students have a green light from NASA to explore the universe using the newest space telescope in the galaxy.

December 7, 2023

In the MBA program at USF, students learn the Jesuit way to do business.

May 15, 2023

What does it mean to be a first-generation college graduate?

May 15, 2023