Academics & Research
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How’s the water?
Justin Gerdes, 15 Jun 2014
A lab on a chip helps provide the answer—which is a matter of life and death when the question is whether drinking water contains arsenic.
Summer 2014
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Happy after all
Tanya Basu, 24 May 2014
New research by ASU public affairs professor Chris Herbst and SCU economist John Ifcher overturns the decades-old belief that having children is a downer.
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Decide who we are
John Deever and Steven Boyd Saum, 15 Apr 2014
After half a century as a pariah state, Myanmar is opening to the world. People have stories to tell. And they want to shape for themselves what comes next.
Spring 2014
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Farther afield
Dona LeyVa, 15 Apr 2014
Building safer houses in Ecuador. Research on capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica. Helping empower girls in The Gambia. And this is just the beginning for the Johnson Scholars Program.
Spring 2014
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Degnan's rules
Chris Bruno '84, 3 Mar 2014
James Degnan taught, ripped, cajoled, and inspired generations of Santa Clara writing students—all in his own discomforting style.
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(Not) taking leave
Justin P. Boren, 11 Sep 2013
Fearing resentment from colleagues, employees are less likely to take advantage of work/family policies, says communication professor Justin Boren.
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A radiant send-off
Clay Hamilton, 14 Aug 2013
As October’s Solar Decathlon competition draws closer, SCU’s Radiant House is nearly ready for its day in the sun.
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Walk Across California
Jesse Hamlin, 1 May 2013
An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.
Spring/Summer 2013
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A new Jesuit university—in Hong Kong
Steven Boyd Saum, 1 May 2013
Leveraging a global network to build a liberal arts college—a novel concept in the region. But for Jesuits, it’s tradition—with an eye toward solving modern problems.
Spring/Summer 2013
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Theory and practice
Marisa Solis, 1 May 2013
For teachers, a new program combines a master’s plus credential.
Spring/Summer 2013