School of Nursing & Health Professions News

Thirteen USF professors share the books they published in 2025.

When Julian E.J. Sorapuru ’22 saw his last name on the gravestone of Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents, he did some digging.

Honoring our alumni who have passed

USF’s senior director of career services has witnessed the boom years and also the lean years. What’s happening right now?

They knit green-and-gold replica jerseys. They wear clown outfits to cheer at War Memorial. They bake cookies for USF athletes. Here, we profile a few of the many devoted to the green and gold.

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.

In his address at USF’s 167th commencement ceremonies today, Daniel Lurie, mayor of San Francisco, called on new graduates to “find something in society that you think is unacceptable, and then go do something about it.” 

The University of San Francisco to Celebrate More Than 700 Graduates at Winter Commencement Ceremonies on December 12 
 

The Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco Presents ‘Piranesi’s Rome and the Classical Imaginary’ through February 16, 2026.