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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

When the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raid a community of undocumented immigrants, Edwin Carmona-Cruz knows what to do.

May 19, 2021

After earning an undergraduate degree in engineering from Georgia Tech, Danae Robinson had a thought: “If I had to wake up and do this every day, is it something that I really want to do?” she says.

May 19, 2021

By day, Eiselle Ty is an illustrator at the Olio design agency in Berkeley. By night, she’s an Instagractivist.

May 19, 2021

As a kid growing up in California’s Inland Empire, Laura Flores would listen to her family discuss politics over the dinner table. She wasn’t quite sure how government worked, but she knew she wanted to be a part of it.

May 19, 2021

More than 13 million children in America — a high proportion of them Hispanic and Black — are obese and in danger of diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease, says Selenne Alatorre. In her work as a research project manager at Boston University, she’s providing underserved kids with resources to make healthier choices.

May 19, 2021

When he was growing up in Phoenix, Flavio Bravo knew early on that he wanted to be like labor leader César Chávez.

May 19, 2021

When he was a media studies student at USF, Nicholas Grayson spent at least four hours a day playing video games.

May 19, 2021

“When Black trans women are free, everyone will be free.”

May 19, 2021

In an era in which convenience is king, Brendan Herger explores ways for machine learning to make our lives easier and safer.

May 19, 2021