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Ingrid Rojas Contreras, an assistant professor in the MFA in Writing program at USF, is a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her book, The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir.

These five members of the Class of 2023 are launching their careers right after graduation. Here’s what they’ll be doing.

I’m writing from my residence hall at the University of San Francisco, and it’s a beautiful day! From my window I can see the bay and the Oakland hills beyond. I know leaving home for a new city can be daunting, so I wanted to give you some tips from what I learned in my first year at USF.

USF will hold spring commencement ceremonies May 18–20 in St. Ignatius Church for 932 undergraduates, 1,047 graduate students, and 147 doctoral students from the university’s college and four schools.

Brian Komei Dempster, professor of rhetoric and language and director of administration for the Asia Pacific Studies program, has been recognized as a 2023 Guggenheim fellow for his poetry.

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

Thirty-one USF professors and librarians have been recognized for academic advancement, including 15 who received tenure.

Five USF students traveled to Washington, D.C., last month with Dean Eileen Fry-Bowers of the School of Nursing and Health Professions to visit with federal policymakers and attend the American Association of Colleges of Nursing annual meeting. Here is what they learned.

Vanessa Murillo MA ’24, a sport management student at USF’s Orange County campus, worked at four Liga MX soccer games in the U.S. last month, part of her PRIMETIME Sports & Entertainment scholarship in Los Angeles. Here, she talks about the experience.

She is a fourth-generation military officer and the first female officer in her family, which has a military history that stretches back to the most decorated infantry unit in U.S. military annals, the all-Japanese 442nd Infantry Regiment in World War II.