From lobs to labs, Katie Le ’14 has had the magic touch. In four years at Santa Clara, the tennis star racked up 101 singles victories, the most in school history for men or women, and earned a spot in the NCAA national tournament three times—and she did it without taking her eye off the academic ball. She earned a 3.8 GPA as a computer engineering student and graduated magna cum laude. “If she were not this really amazing tennis player, then we would consider her this really amazing computer engineer,” says Godfrey Mungal, dean of the School of Engineering.

First-Time Grads

Overcoming all odds due to the pandemic, the Class of ’24 finally get to experience the graduation that they have long been waiting for.

Brain Games

The therapeutic potential of AI-powered brain implants is no doubt exciting. But questions abound about the inevitable ethical ramifications of putting new, largely unregulated tech into human beings.

Sociology, Gen Ed, and Breaking the Rules

Fewer students are majoring in social sciences but they’re still one of the most popular areas of study. Santa Clara sociologists explain why.