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.

A Reflection

On Monday, April 21, 2025, after news of Pope Francis’s death arrived at Santa Clara University, Dennis C. Smolarski, S.J. stood in the Mission Church and gave a homily for Mass. His words reflected on the miracle of Easter, hope, and the example Francis gave others to follow.

Back to Basics

Bridging classrooms and living rooms, the BBILY Project helps parents help kids with math.

The Accent Artist

Turn those hard American As into proper British “ahs” with the help of dialect coach Kristin Hill ’25

Moral Dilemmas on Wheels

Anthropologist Melissa Cefkin steers us through the ethical predicaments of self-driving cars.