Safety app modernizes alert tech for seniors Lauren Loftus, 03 Nov 2025 < 1 min read Safety app modernizes alert tech for seniors Snug is a mobile check-in application that lets users’ contacts know there may be an issue.
On bringing cool air to hot deserts Lauren Loftus, 03 Nov 2025 < 1 min read On bringing cool air to hot deserts Paul Mahacek ’05, M.S. ’10, Eng. ’11 launched a large-scale cooling system that aims to reduce temperatures in the world’s hottest desert environments
How We Journey Together: One Practitioner on Accompaniment Leslie Griffy, 30 Oct 2025 6 min read How We Journey Together: One Practitioner on Accompaniment Today, the rector at SCU-JST, Tom Smolich, S.J., walks with students. Before, he walked with refugees. Here are his lessons on how listening and accompaniment can improve our world.
The Thunder’s Jalen Williams ’23 on the importance of reflecting after loss and winning big Lauren Loftus, 27 Oct 2025 2 min read The Thunder’s Jalen Williams ’23 on the importance of reflecting after loss and winning big Fresh off his best season ever—capped by an NBA championship win—Williams signed a major extension with Oklahoma City.
Mayer Theatre Turns 50 Leslie Griffy, 23 Oct 2025 2 min read Mayer Theatre Turns 50 Did you know Santa Clara University’s home to the performing arts is named for the second “M” in MGM?
Soccer alum integral in bringing professional women’s team to Denver Lauren Loftus, 20 Oct 2025 < 1 min read Soccer alum integral in bringing professional women’s team to Denver The National Women’s Soccer League welcomes its next team, Denver Summit FC, thanks to the work of grassroots group and Jordan Angeli ’08.
What about the boys? A study finds stigma around mental health influences how parents seek support for sons vs. daughters Lauren Loftus, 15 Oct 2025 4 min read What about the boys? A study finds stigma around mental health influences how parents seek support for sons vs. daughters There’s an established difference between how and if adult men and women seek help for their mental health. A Santa Clara public health professor wants to know if those differences are imposed by parents.
My Own Business Institute helps small family businesses scale up Leslie Griffy, 06 Oct 2025 < 1 min read My Own Business Institute helps small family businesses scale up Silicon Valley-based nonprofit worked with MOBI to give families what they need to disrupt generational poverty
Record number of Broncos flood Santa Clara for record-setting new school year Leslie Griffy, 29 Sep 2025 2 min read Record number of Broncos flood Santa Clara for record-setting new school year Just as news hit that SCU has risen in national college rankings, the Mission campus welcomed back students from summer break.
Santa Clara storytellers reflect on how the act of telling a story expands connection and themselves Miky Ching ’25, 09 Sep 2025 3 min read Santa Clara storytellers reflect on how the act of telling a story expands connection and themselves “The act of storytelling is an act of connection—a way of saying ‘I see you’ and hoping you see me back.”
How this Santa Clara professor is using AI to predict disaster before it happens Lauren Loftus, 03 Sep 2025 3 min read How this Santa Clara professor is using AI to predict disaster before it happens “Our goal is to develop AI that can predict a potential accident with enough lead time to prevent it from ever occurring.”
These miniature intestines are the size of a Nerd candy, but could have a big impact on drug testing Lauren Loftus, 07 Aug 2025 3 min read These miniature intestines are the size of a Nerd candy, but could have a big impact on drug testing Madeline Eiken ’19 cofounded a biotech startup that’s winning lots of awards for its flagship product—a human organoid.