Career Services Center News

USF’s graduate programs remain among the best in the nation, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

USF Energy Systems Management alum Valeria Bernal Malek shares how the program shaped her career — from San Francisco to leading national energy policy in Panama.

USF Sport Management alumna Tara August’s (‘04) journey from network television to preserving and amplifying the legacy of basketball legend and civil rights icon Bill Russell is a testament to the power of advocacy, education, and the pursuit of justice.

As a young paralegal just out of college, Jessie Peterson JD ’21 never would have predicted she’d take center stage the day San Francisco welcomed its first new mayor since 2018.

The University of San Francisco is proud to announce a memorial initiative including events, honors, and philanthropic efforts in the name of Bill Russell — a leader, humanitarian, among the best collegiate basketball players of all time, and one of the most accomplished professional athletes of all time. 
 

On March 27, USF celebrated Day of the Dons, an annual 24-hour fundraising event where the community comes together to support the university. This year’s theme, “Seeds of Impact: Growing a Legacy,” encouraged excitement and generosity to sprout across campus.
 

Nikaella Mariano, a BSN junior student, presented her poster at the ACNL Conference. The topic was “Revitalizing Rural Nursing Education,” which she has been researching since attending the AACN Student Policy Summit in 2024 with Dean Fry-Bowers.

USF’s men’s basketball team beat Utah Valley last night, 79-70, in a thrilling home game at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center, and the team advanced to the second round of postseason playoffs.

College or Arts and Sciences Adjunct Professor Henriette Cornet spoke with KTVU Fox 2 News about an SFMTA proposal to use some San Francisco parking lot rooftops as pickleball courts, noting that the idea "is new and refreshing", but more needs to be done to understand declining ridership.

According to his study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Asst. Professor Simon Scarpetta noted that iguanas traveled from North America to Fiji on rafts of vegetation over more than 5,000 miles. "You could imagine some kind of cyclone knocking over trees where there were a bunch of iguanas and maybe their eggs, and then they caught the ocean currents and rafted over."