Features
The Ties That Bind
Tossing a mortarboard on Welch Field. Attending a windy Giants game. Kneeling in St. Ignatius Church for the Mass of the Holy Spirit. Even … howling at the sky?
USF Entrepreneurs Make Their Mark and Make a Difference
The USF community is filled with entrepreneurs — and not just from the business program.
Features from Past Issues
“Perseverance” is the word Frankie Ferrari uses when asked to describe his long and bumpy journey from high school basketball player to point guard in Spain’s top basketball league.
When Sarah Toutant was a student at the Hilltop, USF didn’t have a Black Scholars program. She helped to change that.
Galina Lang runs a startup that makes reusable bottles for lovers of boba, a sweet Asian beverage also known as “bubble tea.”
Mitchell Zvagelskiy isn’t your typical college junior. He runs a major business. He launched Scale Online, an ecommerce company, in early 2020 with a middle school friend. Scale Online teaches clients about ecommerce and manages stores directly for folks who don’t have the time or skills to do it themselves.
A visual investigations producer for the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, Lucas Waldron exposes large institutions and fringe groups alike. He mostly produces videos but sometimes writes investigative stories as well.
Brian Rezende works on the diagnostic front lines fighting COVID-19.
In her career, Vanessa Barba has advocated for domestic workers, restaurant workers, and garment workers. “But I always find myself going back to domestic workers because they need help the most,” she says.
What do you do when you’re 19 and in jail on a felony conviction? Antonio Reza resolved to go to college — and then law school.
When Alyssa Nakken became the first woman to work as a full-time coach in Major League Baseball, the league directed its 30 teams to create locker-room space for women.