04-24-2013
USF's D.A. Powell is the National Book Critics Circle Award-winner for his book of poetry, "Useless Landscapes, or A Guide for Boys." (2012)
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Students in the University of San Francisco's new graduate analytics program are learning how "Moneyball" math can help some of Silicon Valley's best known companies see patterns in their customers' behavior and make better business decisions with the information.
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The University of San Francisco is one of California's Colleges of Distinction for 2012, an honor that highlights the university's hands-on teaching approach, outstanding faculty, and high praise from graduates.
01-29-2013
Capitalizing on its location in the region that gave birth to the global biotechnology industry, the University of San Francisco launched an interdisciplinary program that brings together the scientific expertise and business know-how needed to develop the next generation of biotech innovators.
01-23-2013
Founded on Sept. 18, 1912 in downtown San Francisco, on the corner of Market and Seventh streets, the school has grown from 39 students to more than 700 today. U.S. News and World Report ranks it 10th in the nation for ethnic diversity.
11-28-2012
Not long ago,
small business owners who wished to offer credit and debit card sales were
forced to buy or rent swipe machines, sign contracts with credit card companies, and pay monthly as well as per-use fees. Then, along
came USF’s Cameron Walters MS ’08, one of a small group of entrepreneurs who
founded Square Inc., maker of the Square Reader.
09-27-2012
Distinguished
civil rights leader and scholar Clarence B. Jones is the University of San Francisco’s inaugural Diversity Scholar Visiting
Professor. Jones was a friend, counsel, adviser, and speechwriter to slain
civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
08-31-2012
The
University of San Francisco is one of five universities in the nation to be
honored as a 2012 Higher Education Civic Engagement Award recipient, recognizing
the university’s outstanding contributions to community, leadership,
professional achievement, and enrichment of student learning.
07-24-2012
Filipinos living in San Francisco’s South
of Market (SOMA) district know the West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center for what it
offers area residents: Myriad services to students, adults, seniors and
veterans. Many of the same residents also know the University of San Francisco’s
Yuchengco Philippines Studies Program (YPSP), which has been an active partner
with West Bay for more than a decade.
07-19-2012
As USF readies for its downtown return, so, too, is the city of San Francisco embarking on a new chapter with the election of its first Asian American mayor, the largest surge in technology jobs since the dot-com boom of the late ’90s, and crushing budget woes. Corey Cook, USF associate professor of politics and director of the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good, is an expert on urban politics and public policy. He sat down with USF Magazine to discuss the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead for San Francisco. The following is adapted from that discussion.
07-10-2012
David Vann’s life has not gone the way he planned it. Raised in Ketchikan, Alaska, and educated at Stanford and Cornell universities, Vann had a story in the Atlantic Monthly by the time he was 25. It was a promising start for a young writer, and it gave him confidence that he would soon find a publisher for the novella and short story collection he had been working on, “Legend of a Suicide.” But its unconventional style and dark title made it anathema to publishers, and the manuscript sat untouched for years.
06-19-2012
For most aspiring filmmakers, the path to that first red
carpet, Hollywood debut comes, if ever, after years of running errands on set, lugging
equipment, and otherwise paying dues. But for a select group of University of
San Francisco students, that moment has come much earlier.
06-12-2012
The University of San Francisco’s campus in the East Bay is now
smarter, not only for its six new smart classrooms but also for its convenient
Pleasanton location within walking distance of BART — making it easy to access
and better for the environment.
06-04-2012
Four weeks into the reality golf show “Big Break Atlantis,” the University of San Francisco’s Christina Stockton ’10 is still alive, having survived an elimination challenge in week three.
05-17-2012
The
University of San Francisco was recently named to the President’s 2012 Higher
Education Community Service Honor Roll for the sixth consecutive year.
04-25-2012
New
software applications created by University of San Francisco computer science
students forgo the “gotcha” moment of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator,” but
are designed to help police capture child sex predators just the same.
03-14-2012
Sasha Petrenko, University of San Francisco’s art studio
manager, knows firsthand the impact of hazardous art compounds on the
environment and on human health. She lost an art instructor to cancer and knows
others who were debilitated by the disease, most likely from their heavy
exposure to volatile organic compounds found in oil paints and paint thinner.
02-29-2012
In a city of tweeting food trucks and Michelin-star-courting
restaurants, it was only a matter of time before San Francisco’s fusion-food
culture found a way into a chemistry classroom.
02-21-2012
Community college graduates and other transfer-ready
undergraduates can now transition seamlessly to the University of San Francisco
and complete a bachelor’s degree by enrolling in the university’s new 2+2
degree program.
02-09-2012
Two University of San Francisco architecture professors recently won national
and state awards for their design of a flood-proof house that was built to withstand hurricanes and tsunamis.
02-01-2012
The
University of San Francisco officially opens a new campus in the capital of
Silicon Valley Feb. 3, catering to working professionals who want to complete a
bachelor’s or master’s degree.
01-11-2012
In a new study examining
where partners at the largest U.S. law firms went to school, the University of
San Francisco School of Law is ranked fourth for the San Francisco region.
12-02-2011
Noah Borrero, assistant
professor of teacher education, and Dean Rader, associate professor of English,
each received the University of San Francisco’s annual faculty Distinguished
Research Award earlier this year. Borrero’s research focused on issues of equity in urban
education; Rader’s on Native American literature, art, and film.
10-27-2011
A University of San Francisco student, ex-convict, and
former inmate of San Quentin State Prison is working to reduce domestic violence and re-educate men currently in jail for
domestic violence and abuse.
10-21-2011
With alumni and faculty winning awards at home and abroad, the University of San Francisco's MFA in writing program has emerged as a top destination for the country's best new poets and writers.
10-18-2011
Juliana Wu, a high school senior, programmed an Android app and learned computer animation this summer, during a computer science enrichment program offered by the University of San Francisco.
09-27-2011
It’s been a wild ride for members of the class of 2011. They entered the University of San Francisco in the fall of 2007 when the economy was booming. They saw a near collapse of the world’s economy, a modest recovery, the election of the country’s first African-American president, political upheaval marked by regime change, and a still shaky job market. In this series USF Magazine polled graduating seniors to ask them what it all means as they head out into the world.
09-23-2011
A team of University of San Francisco art + architecture
students recently won second place at the de Young Museum’s New Generations Student Showcase for their design
of an orphanage to house homeless children in Haiti.
09-20-2011
Helping emergency responders to save lives when every second
counts? Yes, there’s an app for that, and it was created by Joseph Ekman, a
University of San Francisco junior majoring in information systems.
09-09-2011
As the University of San Francisco kicks off the 2011-12 school year, graduates of the class of 2011 sound off about their hopes and dreams for the future in the wake of a near collapse of the world’s economy, the election of the country’s first African-American president, and a still shaky job market.
08-31-2011
As the University of San Francisco kicks off the 2011-12 school year, graduates of the class of 2011 sound off about their hopes and dreams for the future in the wake of a near collapse of the world’s economy, the election of the country’s first African-American president, and a still shaky job market.
08-23-2011
The School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco is set to launch a Master of
Public Health degree beginning in fall 2011.
08-15-2011
As the University of San Francisco prepares to kick off the 2011-12
school year, graduates of the class of 2011 sound off about their hopes and
dreams for the future in the wake of a near collapse of the world’s economy, the election of the country’s first African-American president, and a still shaky job market.
08-11-2011
Patrick Camangian,
assistant professor of teacher education, has received the University of San
Francisco’s Distinguished Teaching Award for his ongoing efforts to recruit and
train a more diverse teacher workforce.
07-25-2011
The School of Nursing’s popular RN-to-MSN program is expanding, this time to the University of San Francisco’s Sacramento regional campus.
07-20-2011
Practically any time a USF sports team is competing, there’s a good
chance that fans might notice one common name in the lineup. That’s
because three members from the same family—each at USF on athletic
scholarships—are competing for the Dons.
07-18-2011
The University of San
Francisco’s Susan Steinberg, an associate professor of English, is the 2012 Pushcart Prize-winner.
06-14-2011
The University of San Francisco’s Ann Kariuki, a third-year
law student, has received the National Black Law Students Association’s (NBLSA)
Outstanding Student Award.
05-12-2011
The University of San Francisco School of Law has been named
one of the most diverse law schools by The National Jurist magazine.
04-13-2011
Three University of San
Francisco
faculty have been named John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship
winners for 2011.
03-31-2011
The University of San
Francisco’s
School of Education is at the forefront of President Barack Obama’s higher
education reform initiative to have universities and local schools work more
closely to better prepare, recruit, and retrain teachers.
02-22-2011
Sixteen months after its launch in the College of Arts and
Sciences, the University of San
Francisco’s
EdgeOnCollege alumni-mentoring program is set to expand to students from all
five colleges on campus.
02-18-2011
The University of San
Francisco
has created a new Center for Teaching Excellence to
support faculty, with the ultimate goal to improve students’ classroom
experience.
02-03-2011
For the second year running, a University of San Francisco School of Education alumnus
has been named California Teacher of the Year.
01-21-2011
One helped manage a commercial kitchen overhaul; one
researched city finances so that elected officials could forecast future
budgets in the wake of the Great Recession; two more surveyed Fillmore district
business owners and met with community residents about what San Francisco could
do to improve the area.
01-04-2011
For a growing number of University of San Francisco students, navigating the
digital landscape is about more than just reconnecting with friends or sharing photos
of the weekend’s exploits. It’s about a payday.
12-07-2010
Angelina
Yee, new executive director of the Center
for the Pacific Rim since August, has big plans for the center. Chief among
them is her goal to expand the study of Asia.
11-24-2010
David Vann, University
of San Francisco
associate professor of creative writing, has been named the winner of the 2010 Prix
Medicis for foreign writers, often compared to the Pulitzer Prize in
literature.
11-10-2010
In an age when the day’s political debates are dissected via
Facebook posts and poetry is tweeted across cyberspace in 140 characters or
less, it’s refreshing to know that interest in the Great Books is thriving at
the University of San
Francisco.
10-26-2010
Students looking for a model for how to reduce their
university’s environmental impact need look no further than the University of San Francisco’s MBA Net Impact chapter.
