College of Arts and Sciences News

Wearing waders and creeping through waist-high pond water is just part of the job for Allison Bogisich MS ’19.

In the first commencement ceremony held on campus since 2019, 950 new alumni collected their diplomas in St. Ignatius Church. Here, eight of them thank their supporters, reflect on their time at USF, and say what’s next.

When Ryan Lopez ’25 first saw the Hilltop eight years ago, he resolved to go to college — at USF.

When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is launched into space on Dec. 18, 59 days in the future, Aaron Yung ’14 will get to see 13 billon years into the past.

The new mural in the lobby of the McCarthy Center depicts the past, present, and future of San Francisco. It also reflects the ideas of Nico Bremond ’14.

In the U.S. News & World Report 2022 rankings released today, USF places No. 1 in the nation for ethnic diversity, No. 23 in undergraduate nursing, and No. 103 overall. In the new Princeton Review college survey, USF rates as a top university in the United States.

The assistant professor and faculty adviser for the Women in Tech club talks about her virtual reality research, the importance of mental and physical health, and how to view the Milky Way on an app.

The assistant professor in the art history and museum studies program talks about driving a forklift, art as a vehicle for cultural values, and how a complex curry is like a good painting.