School of Nursing & Health Professions News

Salvador D. Aceves ’83, EdD ’95 has been selected as the first lay person and first Latino to be president of the University of San Francisco.

Read more about our faculty and their commitment.

Hear from our alumni who are making a difference in people and communities.

Read about the work our students are doing to change the world from here.

Timothy Chou’s dedication is deeply rooted in the legacy of his mother, Mary Ann Chou. A trailblazer in her own right, Mary Ann was a nurse trained at Peking Union Medical College in the 1930s and would be especially proud of her son leading the USF 2025 SONHP Crawford lecture.

Dean Fry-Bowers and six students attended the AACN Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., from March 29 to 30.

Students in University of San Francisco public health programs celebrated National Public Health Week with a series of health education and promotion infographics.

USF’s graduate programs remain among the best in the nation, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

Nikaella Mariano, a BSN junior student, presented her poster at the ACNL Conference. The topic was “Revitalizing Rural Nursing Education,” which she has been researching since attending the AACN Student Policy Summit in 2024 with Dean Fry-Bowers.

In a powerful initiative, USF NSNA has spearheaded a donation drive to support families devastated by the recent fires in Los Angeles.