College of Arts and Sciences News

On Sunday, June 30, San Francisco buzzed with excitement as nearly 100 students, alumni, faculty, and staff from the University of San Francisco gathered to celebrate Pride Month.

She talks about research, climate change, artificial intelligence, and letters of recommendation.

On July 1, Johanna Kalb began her tenure as USF School of Law’s 20th dean and its second female dean since the school’s founding in 1912. She arrived in San Francisco with her family from Idaho, where she was the first woman to serve as dean of University of Idaho College of Law.

Jonathan Mogbo was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 31st overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft.

Twenty years ago, I found myself in the enviable position of sitting in former Dean Jeff Brand’s office being interviewed for a USF Law faculty position. As our conversation was ending, Jeff leaned forward and shared his most profound insight about law school teaching. “The best law professors are like jazz conductors,” Jeff confided. “A great law school class is jazz music at its finest.

In 1998, Rhonda Magee left corporate law practice in Chicago to teach at USF School of Law. As she reflects on her legacy at USF, Magee expects “that the School of Law will continue to support cutting-edge teaching and learning about the legacies of our shared multicultural histories and how they impact law and policy today.”

A group of Sport Management students and alumni, in partnership with RDK Sports International, ventured on a nine-day immersion course to Australia’s Gold Coast to gain insights into how sports have defined and continue to shape the nation.