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Encouraged by John A. and Susan Sobrato's past support of USF, three generations of the Sobrato family have committed $17 million for a new endowment to support scholarships for Bay Area students.

The St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood feeds more than 1,000 people each day. It also offers a health clinic, a clothing program, a technology center, and job training — in several buildings across its city campus.

What’s the scariest thing about playing Jeopardy before an audience of 20 million people?

USF undergraduates aren’t waiting until after graduation to launch their own companies. They’re using their classes to test new ideas — and relying on professors as business consultants.

Erin Brigham, executive director of the Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition at USF, explains what the Ignatian Year is and why it matters.

Salmon swimming upriver. Bald eagles perched overhead in the towering spruce trees. Last summer, in Alaska’s Inside Passage, Giancarlo Laguna ’24 couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

Today, 45 years after founding a school for students 50 and older, USF has been named an age-friendly university.

At the Silk Speaker Series event at USF on Oct. 17, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and pro golfer Michelle Wie West talked about motivation, inspiration, and mental health.

When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is launched into space on Dec. 18, 59 days in the future, Aaron Yung ’14 will get to see 13 billon years into the past.

The new mural in the lobby of the McCarthy Center depicts the past, present, and future of San Francisco. It also reflects the ideas of Nico Bremond ’14.