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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.

collage of Pope Leo XIV with the words New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans

Features From Past Issues

Campus Life

Visited campus lately? See what new students see when they arrive on the Hilltop.

November 29, 2016
Passion for Justice

How USF nurses are leading the transition to more empathetic care.

November 29, 2016
Equipped to Lead and Succeed

After the largest hack in government history, Tony Scott '88 fights back.

November 29, 2016
Global Perspective

Covering Pope Francis as a Vatican reporter.

November 28, 2016
Alumni

USF has 105,900 alumni living in 50 states, six U.S. territories, and 129 countries. Here are just some of the ways they're changing the world.

June 14, 2016

How USF grads improve education, health care, and business by uncovering data's hidden stories.

June 14, 2016
Passion for Justice

How a 4,000-mile road trip helped a student with a learning disability find a community and calling that stretches coast to coast.

June 14, 2016
Engaged Learning

Architecture students use lasers to save California missions.

June 9, 2016
Passion for Justice

Joe Marshall ’68 founded the Omega Boys Club to help inner-city youth escape lives of drugs, gangs, and violence.

April 22, 2016
Campus Life

The Donohue Rare Book Room features more than 17,000 items, including books, manuscripts, and photographs.

April 22, 2016