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More than 500 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of USF, including U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco’s city leaders, gathered in St. Ignatius Church on Oct. 18 to celebrate the inauguration of Salvador D. Aceves ’83, EdD ’95.

USF Athletic Director Larry Williams passed away early Oct. 16 while working out at War Memorial Gym at the Sobrato Center on campus. He was 62.

In a new program on the Hilltop, 115 first-year students from 13 majors are working to solve the world’s most pressing problems — while they’re still in school.

Since 1925, USF’s College of Arts and Sciences has kept alive the Jesuit tradition of providing a college education centered in the liberal arts. And now it’s time to celebrate.

USF has purchased the property at 2340 Turk Blvd., the building that served as the motherhouse for the Sisters of the Presentation since the 1970s.

On an immersion in Puerto Rico, students from the School of Education learned community organizing straight from the source.

Sophia “Saffy” Priester-Veasley ’26, a runner on the USF women’s track and field team, traveled to Kenya over the summer for a public health internship. She returned to the Hilltop with a calling: she plans to become a doctor.

This academic year, USF has introduced artificial intelligence in classes all over campus. Here are some of the ways students are using AI.

Two members of the USF community have been honored as Fulbright recipients.

In the U.S. News & World Report 2026 undergraduate rankings released today, USF places in the top 3 percent for nursing and in the top 25 percent overall.