School of Nursing & Health Professions News

Dwayne Pittman III ’27, recipient of the 2026 Golden State Warriors Scholarship, interned with the Golden State Warriors this summer, representing both a homecoming and another step forward in his career.

In the U.S. News & World Report 2027 undergraduate rankings released today, the University of San Francisco places in the top 3 percent for nursing and in the top 30 percent overall.

Across San Francisco, members of the USF alumni community have built businesses, explored new ideas, and contributed to the neighborhoods they call home.

When Mary Jane Theis '74 retired as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in January 2026, she closed out nearly 43 years on the bench. Her career began the same summer Illinois' judiciary was rocked by the Greylord bribery scandal, and ended with her having helped rebuild public trust in that same system.

For more than three decades, Mark Molumphy ‘93 has built a career around complex, high-stakes litigation. This year, he stepped into the national spotlight as lead trial counsel in a rare securities fraud class action against Elon Musk.

Hello, my name is Rosalind de Lisser, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, and I am honored to join the University of San Francisco as a professor in the School of Nursing and Health Professions.

Student Bar Association (SBA) President Irene Falade arrived at USF Law from  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, having never visited California or toured the campus.   

Associate Professor Megan Wachspress’ path to higher ed has taken her from labor litigation and appellate clerkships to environmental advocacy work challenging utilities and coal plants across the Midwest.

Long before she began building AI tools for law students, Associate Professor Alexandria Serra was figuring out how technology could help her better serve clients in her own criminal defense practice.

I’m excited to join the USF community full-time this Fall after having taught this past summer as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Nursing and Health Professions’ Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program.