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The University of San Francisco School of Law (USF Law) is proud to announce that Dean and Professor Johanna Kalb, along with Michele Benedetto Neitz, Professor and Founding Director of the USF Law Center for Law, Tech, and Social Good, and Alexandria Serra, Associate Professor, have been named to the ‘Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia’ list, published by The National Law Review and Wickard.

The Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco (USF) opens its 2026-27 season with Market/Value, an exhibit featuring six interdisciplinary artists that turns the gallery into a marketplace with a series of storefronts exploring identity and nostalgia, empire and desire, ecology and place to reveal the ways that consumerism shapes our daily lives.

The University of San Francisco (USF) has announced Brent Blaylock as its new Athletic Director. Blaylock most recently served as Executive Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer at Oregon State University. Before Oregon State, Blaylock worked at the University of Arizona from 2017 to 2024, where he served in a variety of roles, including the Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Administration and Institutional Control. An experienced sports industry leader, Blaylock has spent more than 20 years with both professional and collegiate sport organizations. Brent Blaylock will begin his new role immediately.

The University of San Francisco (USF) will hold its 167th commencement ceremonies Thursday, May 21 through Saturday, May 23 at St. Ignatius Church on the USF campus.

Dean Eileen Fry-Bowers has been invited and graciously accepted to be part of the inaugural class of the Bedford Falls Foundation Academic Nursing Innovation Fellows ("ANI Fellows").

The Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at the University of San Francisco (USF) is celebrating 25 years of preparing students for lives of ethical public service.

Dr. Eileen K. Fry-Bowers, Dean of School of Nursing and Health Professions, is Re-Elected to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for a 2-year term and the California Association of Colleges of Nursing Boards of Directors for a 2-year term.

SAN FRANCISCO (March 2, 2026) – The Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco (USF) presents Wayfinders: the Art + Architecture Faculty Triennial.

The University of San Francisco (USF), along with 15 partner Catholic colleges and universities, announced the launch of the Catholic Education Network to Enact and Resource Synodality (CENTERS), a collaboration to strengthen active listening, dialogue, and shared decision-making in the Catholic Church in the United States.