Change the World from Here

The here — this community, campus, city, and culture — is spectacular. But here is not only giving students a personal advantage. It’s an opportunity for growth and transformation, teaching students to acknowledge their own privileges and to use them as tools to strengthen their neighborhoods and empower the least included.

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How USFers are Fighting Climate Change

Scientists, researchers, and activists worldwide are working to halt climate change, and a growing number at the center of those efforts are USFers: a biologist who measures the effects of warming oceans on marine life, a CEO whose company is an international leader in recycling and composting, and a lawyer who wants California to pursue stricter restrictions on toxic pollutants, to name a few.

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Look Who's Changing the World

Learn about the USF students, faculty, and alumni who are setting the world on fire.

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San Francisco Advantage

The University of San Francisco is a reflection of the progressive, passionate, innovative city that surrounds it. Ours is a 49-square mile classroom that takes full advantage of every personal and professional opportunity a world-class city provides.

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