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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

Engaged Learning

Fourteen graduate students build a professional-quality art exhibition for their Curatorial Studies Practicum.

April 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff Achievements

In 65 years at USF, John Lo Schiavo doubled the size of campus, overcame crippling financial difficulties, and sparked national debate about college athletics.

April 22, 2016
Equipped to Lead and Succeed

Here are six USF graduates who are changing our world as elected leaders, including London Breed and Kevin Mullin.

April 22, 2016
Campus Life

USF is number two on a list of 25 colleges with the best location, according to Business Insider.

April 19, 2016
Equipped to Lead and Succeed

Meet five Dons working to create a more humane and just society.

April 19, 2016

For an insider’s entrée to Washington, USF students count on Ken Goldstein, a popular professor and in-demand political analyst.

April 19, 2016
Engaged Learning

Gretchen Coffman, assistant professor of environmental management at USF, is leading an international effort to save the swamp cypress species.

April 18, 2016