Spring 2018
Trust: how it’s earned, how it’s betrayed—from journalism to the aftermath of disaster. Plus immigrants in detention, a cowboy ballad, Finn Hall rises, and our driverless future.
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ATHLETICS
Profiles of Santa Clara athletes and coaches, tales of teams from yesterday and today. Go Broncos!
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ACADEMICS & RESEARCH
Explore teaching and scholarship at SCU, including research done by students: from controlling a NASA satellite to studying the effects of climate change or looking at grotesque advertising.
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BOOKS & ARTS
Books, music, and art from Santa Clara faculty, students and alumni. Featuring slideshows and podcasts.
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THE UNIVERSITY TODAY
Wondering what that new building is? Curious about the strategic plan? Get the latest news from around the Mission Campus.
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HISTORY & TRADITIONS
Snapshots and stories from the past that have shaped the Santa Clara of today.
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INNOVATIONS
From high-tech to entrepreneurial endeavors, here are projects and ideas with roots in the Mission Campus.
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CURRENT EVENTS
Stories that connect to the big conversations we're having as a society, or should be having.
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SERVICE & SPIRITUALITY
Matters of faith, social justice, and the stuff at the heart of a Jesuit education.
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Steve Nash ’96, Welcome to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Mark Purdy, 29 Mar 2018
Twice NBA MVP, and now the first Santa Clara grad to join the highest ranks of basketball nobility
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Education Makes You Fearless
Steven Boyd Saum, 7 Mar 2018
Some meditations on the people and ideas that give us hope.
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Turning Loss into a Gain
Tina Vossugh, 2 Mar 2018
Too small, misshapen, overripe. Tons of edible produce are wasted each year because they don’t look the part. Students from FAI want to change that.
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Taking the Long Way Home
Matt Morgan, 27 Feb 2018
An injury gave Henry Caruso M.S. ’18 a second-chance at his final season of college basketball. He chose to do it at home.
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American Values and National Character
Kirk O. Hanson, 10 Jan 2018
There are ways in which our character was strengthened in 2017—but many more in which it was weakened.
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Grace on Ice
Tina Vossugh, 26 Dec 2017
We’re rooting for Polina Edmunds ’20 in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Alumni News
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Class Note!
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Alex Choulos ’17
Alex Choulos ’17 co-authored a journal paper with researchers at Yahoo Research and Drexel University titled “Product review summarization through question retrieval and diversification.”
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Yaya Morales ’11, M.A. ’15
Yaya Morales ’11, M.A. ’15 is a Spanish and dance teacher at Cristo Rey High School in San Jose.
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Christina Guzmán ’01
Christina Guzmán ’01 is back at SCU serving as the Office for Multicultural Learning director.
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Brian Linnane, S.J., MDV ’86, STL ’88
Brian Linnane, S.J., MDV ’86, STL ’88 has been named chair of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Board of Directors.
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Mark Ghan J.D. ’85
Mark Ghan J.D. ’85 is serving as acting president of Western Nevada College.
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Rinaldo Brutoco ’68
Rinaldo Brutoco ’68 was awarded the inaugural Santa Barbara Peace Prize, which honors locals advancing world peace and international human rights.