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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

In six stories spanning six decades, alumni tell how they met at USF.

May 15, 2023

At the close of USF's most successful campaign ever, see the difference it has made on campus.

December 15, 2022
Diversity

When Pope Francis made his “penitential pilgrimage” to Alberta last July and begged forgiveness from Indigenous Canadians for the Catholic Church’s involvement in child abuse at boarding schools, he wasn’t only speaking about Canada.

December 15, 2022

In USF triathlon, the team finishes first.

December 15, 2022

Adrienne Riley ’71, MA ’74 never thought that the canvas bag of documents she’d held on to for more than five decades would one day make history.

May 31, 2022

For the beach and beyond, professors recommend 14 books that entertain and inspire.

May 31, 2022

When she was 7 or 8 years old, Rebekah Davis Reed ’93 learned that her birthday, July 18, is also the birthday of John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth.

May 31, 2022

They serve the community, guide education, and influence everything.

May 31, 2022

What can we do to end anti-Asian racism?

December 9, 2021

New provost talks about race, community, pets, and transformative education.

December 9, 2021