Spring to Action

The SCU campus community stepped up early and often to help aid essential work during the COVID-19 crisis.

Before anyone knew that shelter-in-place would stretch from a few weeks into the total cancellation of in-person Spring and Summer Quarters, Santa Clarans began looking for ways to help.

Forge Garden has been donating all produce grown on-site to local food-insecure communities, including Bronco Pantry that serves SCU students in need.

A fleet of University Athletics vans was used by Catholic Charities to deliver meals to seniors.

And the School of Engineering’s Maker Lab used their 3D printers to produce face shields for medical professionals.

Front Lines

A Gift of Safety

These Two Alums Are In It Together, While Staying Apart

Medicine Of Tomorrow, Here Today

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.