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

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.