17 Reasons to Love the New Hilltop

Changing the World From Here: Campaign for the University of San Francisco raised $312 million in six years. Alumni and friends invested in scholarships and financial aid, academic programs and new spaces on campus. Here are 17 ways the campaign shaped USF. 

USF students on campus

It Takes a Team

In the final stage of the women’s triathlon national championships in Tempe, Arizona, last fall, Kira Gupta-Baltazar ’24 was leading — but she was also hurting.

Triathletes on bicycles

Where There Was Darkness, Light

When Pope Francis made his “penitential pilgrimage” to Alberta last July and begged forgiveness from Indigenous Canadians for the Catholic Church’s involvement in child abuse at boarding schools, he wasn’t only speaking about Canada.

Maka Black Elk