Award Show

Five SCU students and alumni have won prestigious Fulbright and Goldwater awards.

Five SCU students and alumni have won prestigious Fulbright and Goldwater awards, enabling them to pursue research in fields such as urban environmental mitigation, disability rights, agricultural innovation, or neuroscience. Erin Ronald ’19, Griffin Garner ’20Mariana Perera ’20, and Bridget Woody ’20 won Fulbright Scholarships to study in Sweden, Uganda, Brazil, and Jamaica, respectively.

Alternates Ali Deambrosio ’20 and Graeme Hugo ’20 will study if other awardees are unable to participate.

Neuroscience and biology double major Max Bjorni ’21 won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship for outstanding science, engineering or math students.

[Read full press release: Broncos Win Fulbrights and Goldwater Scholarship Awards]

post-image A look at where some SCU Fulbrights have worked and studied.
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.