Report Explores Costs of U.S. Political Violence
Academic Excellence - Spring 2021KROC IPJ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANDREW BLUM URGES SYSTEMIC SOCIETAL SOLUTIONS
WASHINGTON — The health of American democracy requires strategic investment in community-led solutions that combat political violence and mitigate its cost to society according to a new report released … Read More
Terms of Endearment
Student Success - Spring 2021ALESSIO FAMILY’S TIES TO USD SPAN THREE GENERATIONS
Kim Alessio ’87 (BA) looks back fondly on Greek Life, the Alcalá Club and other great memories of her collegiate experience at USD.
But … Read More
Cyberspace Protection
Academic Excellence - Spring 2021WOMEN PEACEMAKERS RECEIVE TRAINING AND TOOLS
More than 1,000 women are working with the Kroc School’s Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ) to end cycles of violence around the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic has … Read More
Bridging the Gap
Student Success - Spring 2021USD RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT TO BOOST THE FUTURE OF STEM
In 2010, as a senior at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, Nick Day ’15 (BA) was interested in biology and participated in what was then … Read More
An Effective Perspective
Alumni - Spring 2021JOSHUA WILLIAMS IS DETERMINED TO LEAD
Joshua Williams can’t and won’t be still. He’s never been good at just letting the world pass by without his input accounted for.
Bearing Witness
Alumni - Spring 2021DOCUMENTARY GARNERS AWARENESS FOR REFUGEES
With a love for travel, languages, history and politics, Kim Polo ’98 (BA) used her time as a student at the University of San Diego to dive even deeper into those personal … Read More
In Perfect Harmony
Academic Excellence, Student Success - Spring 2021FIRST-YEAR STUDENT CLAIMS TOP PRIZE IN BUSINESS CHALLENGE
When anxiety, happiness, and a sense of accomplishment happen simultaneously, what does that feel like? Well, when the winner of the second Fowler Business Concept Challenge (FBCC) was revealed in … Read More
In the Big Leagues
Alumni - Spring 2021DJing THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PRO SPORTS TEAMS
A former Torero baseball player, Erik Jorgensen ’00 (BA) has made it to the big leagues. But he’s not hitting home runs or striking out batters. Instead, he’s … Read More
Spring 2021 Class Notes
Alumni - Spring 2021Learn what your fellow University of San Diego alumni are sharing. Submit your own class note by emailing classnotes@sandiego.edu.
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LOUIS R. CAPPELLO (BBA) is a retired mortgage … Read More
All in a Day’s Work
Student Success - Spring 2021STUDENT OPTS TO FIGHT FIRES DURING PANDEMIC
In what has become one of the most eventful years in … well … ever, Claire Graziano ’21 (BS) may have had one of the most eventful summer breaks in … well … ever.Read More
Running Down a Dream
Student Success - Spring 2021ELIOTT WATSON BALANCES ENGINEERING, RACE CAR DRIVING
The University of San Diego was definitely on Eliott Watson’s radar as a potential college choice as he made a visit to campus, but a picture he received … Read More
To Meet the Moon
Academic Excellence, Alumni - Spring 2021STELLAR TORERO DUO SELECTED FOR HISTORIC NASA MISSION
It’s been nearly half a century since humankind last visited the moon, when the three-person crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission touched down near the edge of … Read More
Championship Mentality
Athletics - Spring 2021MJ KNIGHTEN NAMED HEAD SOFTBALL COACH
In just a few short years, MJ Knighten has experienced a lifetime of memories on the softball field. Only three seasons removed from her days as a slugging third baseman … Read More
Working it Out
Academic Excellence - Spring 2021UNSOLVED MATH PROBLEMS SUBJECT OF PROFESSOR’S BOOK
Nobody is good at math, even math professors. That’s something that Satyan Devadoss, PhD, Fletcher Jones Chair and professor of mathematics at USD wants you to embrace.Read More
Cooking Up a Sustainable Planet
Alumni - Spring 2021EDIBLE CUTLERY AND TABLEWARE ARE ONLY PART OF JESSICA TISHUE’S PLANS
Jessica Tishue ’11 (BA) wants to change the world — one meal at a time.
An ambitious goal, no? But the world … Read More
