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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.

Brent Blaylock will join the University of San Francisco as athletic director, effective June 9. USF has sought an athletic director since October, when Larry Williams, who held the position from 2022–25, passed away while working out on campus.

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.

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

Clarence B. Jones, a friend, lawyer, and speechwriter to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed away May 22. He was 95.

These members of the Class of 2026 have full-time jobs or full-time graduate school lined up.