School of Education News

Ember Young ’26 talks about broadcasting, baseball, and how to find a position in a field you love.

Breaking into professional sports is one of the most competitive career paths in the world. For Kai Rogers ’26, it started not with a job posting, but with the right community, the right mentor, and a program that made both possible.

The University of San Francisco hosted 32 higher-education leaders from the nation’s Jesuit universities for a three-day immersion into the rapidly evolving AI landscape in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

President Salvador D. Aceves ’83, EdD ’95 met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on June 25, as part of a visit by presidents of Jesuit universities and colleges in North America and Central America.

Magdalena Macias kept telling herself one thing while she was applying to medical schools: all it takes is one yes.

Students from the first cohort of the Horizon Collective wrapped up their inaugural year last month by presenting their final research projects.

Sahar Naseri ’29 met with members of Congress in April, advocating for Afghan girls’ access to education. She was blocked from attending school in 2021, when the Taliban instituted an indefinite ban on girls’ secondary and higher education in Afghanistan.

Kevin F. Burke, S.J., will join the University of San Francisco as the university’s first vice president for mission and Ignatian imagination, effective Aug. 1.

Several USF sport management alumni are helping shape the future of golf from inside one of the sport’s most influential organizations, the United States Golf Association (USGA).

Across the country, USF alumni are helping to bring the FIFA World Cup to fans in 16 cities, with matches beginning June 11.