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The university board of trustees is leading a national search for the 29th president of the University of San Francisco to succeed Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J., who is stepping down Dec. 31 after 10 years of service.

After almost three decades on the Hilltop, Eileen Chia-Ching Fung was named provost in March.

Former host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah fosters togetherness at the sold-out Silk Speaker Series crowd at USF during the first week of the school year.

On July 1, Johanna Kalb began her tenure as USF School of Law’s 20th dean and its second female dean since the school’s founding in 1912. She arrived in San Francisco with her family from Idaho, where she was the first woman to serve as dean of University of Idaho College of Law.

These members of the Class of 2024 have jobs waiting for them. What will they be doing? How did they land those jobs? What’s their advice to students?

Civil rights activist Clarence B. Jones was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, May 3 by President Joe Biden, who recognized Jones’ lifelong commitment to social justice and his work with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Andrew Saah ’25 and Owen Sordillo ’24 met as sophomores, randomly assigned suitemates in Lone Mountain East. Today, they are working with NASA — and a $100,000 grant from the space agency — on a startup that will use satellite and lidar data to predict wildfires.

Rev. John Sebastian examines his role as chancellor at the University of San Francisco in this Q&A, where he discusses how he serves as chief mission officer and principal ambassador, elaborating on the Catholic faith in the Jesuit tradition while navigating the intersection of differing values and religious principles.

On a foggy morning in April, when a group of young women from Oakland paddled out to take a surfing lesson at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, they broke a barrier that had stood for more than 15 years.

Levi Kottut ’25 is two years away from graduation but he’s already kicked off his career.