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Campus theater gets a makeover. Alumna's artworks appear at SFMOMA. Undergraduates and their astrophysics professor explore the secrets of outer space.
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MFA Grad Wins National Honor for Poetry
Craig Santos Perez MFA ’06 won the 2023 National Book Award for poetry for his book, from unincorporated territory [åmot], the fifth work in a series about his native Guam.
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Joan and Bob McGrath Give $5.5 Million to USF Programs
Their generous gift will support the Catholic Education Leadership program, Change the World From Here Institute, and Arrupe Immersion programs.
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USF Graduate Debuts Documentary at Green Film Festival of San Francisco
At the start of her senior year at USF, Giuliana Salomone ’22 had never operated a video camera. By the end, she’d shot, edited, and released her first film.