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Rocky Harris' first big break in pro sports came from relentless outreach and one very human habit: showing up early. He chose the University of San Francisco's Master’s in Sport Management for grad school because he could work full-time and wanted to be “in a vibrant sports market.”

As General Manager of the Salinas Regional Sports Authority (SRSA) and recipient of the Salinas Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Young Professional of the Year Award, Jonathan De Anda ’21 shows how graduate education can prepare leaders to create meaningful impact at the local level.

NBA All-Star Stephen Curry has co-produced a documentary about Clarence B. Jones, speechwriter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and co-founder of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice.

USF will honor six new members of the USF Athletics Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Professor Bill Ong Hing, founding director of USF's Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic, said the administration's statements in May 2025 coincided with a noticeable escalation in immigration enforcement in Northern California. The clinic and its law students work directly with undocumented immigrants in three Bay Area counties.

Sport Management Professor Nola Agha spoke about the loss of Modesto's single-A minor league team, noting that, “Diamond Baseball Holdings has been hired by Major League Baseball to sell title sponsorships. In some ways, this organization is benefiting all the minor league teams by developing national sponsors and maybe finding a national title sponsor for all of minor league baseball."

USF Fromm Institute Astronomy Professor Andrew Fraknoi told KTVU Fox 2 News about the winter solstice that the annual astronomical event occurs because of the way Earth moves through space. As the planet orbits the sun, its axis is tilted, causing seasonal changes in daylight.

A USF professor and research team are using two NASA grants and the Hubble Space Telescope to test the mathematical model of the Big Bang Theory and use AI to explore 30 years’ worth of Hubble images and data.

Sophomore forward Brayden Beason was selected by Real Salt Lake with the 73rd overall pick in the third round of the 2026 MLS SuperDraft.

The Kerfuffle Foundation’s decade-long partnership with the University of San Francisco School of Education reached a milestone this year with a new one million dollar commitment, reinforcing the school’s profile as the largest graduate School of Education in Northern California.