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Athletics: Jack Gurevitch Drafted in Third Round by St. Louis Cardinals
Junior first baseman Jack Gurevitch was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the 2025 MLB Draft (89th overall pick) on Sunday evening, marking the 36th consecutive year in which at least one Torero was drafted by a big league club.
Hearing From Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
When dozens of young San Diego Unified School District students came to USD for a summer camp this week, they found a classroom that ditched the white…
Video: USD in the News Highlights for June 2025
Watch a 3-minute highlight video of USD's appearances in the media for the month of June 2025.…
USD Alumnus Mike Brown '93 Named New York Knicks Head Coach
University of San Diego alumnus Mike Brown ’93 was named the head coach of one of the NBA’s most storied franchises, the New York Knicks, …
At the Edge of It All Podcast: Managing Data Privacy in an Online World
This week, “At the Edge of It All” was joined by Sophia Baik, assistant professor of communication at USD.…
Oliver Tarvet’s Wimbledon Run Inspires Torero Nation
The two-time defending Wimbledon champion and perhaps the best player in the world – Carlos Alcaraz – had just won the match, but all eyes…
Preserving Heritage, Embracing Diversity
Ileana Ovalle ’06 (MA) experienced the true power of cultural representation as a child. …
At the Edge of It All Podcast: Integrated Engineering - Bringing a New Perspective to the Field
This week, “At the Edge of It All” was joined by chair and professor of integrated engineering, Susan Lord.…
Hahn School of Nursing Dean Jane M. Georges Named Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
Jane M. Georges, PhD, RN, dean of the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), the hig…
USD Releases Campus Parking Schedule for 2025-2026 School Year
Parking permits for the 2025-2026 academic year will be available for purchase on July 24. After four years at the same level, a permit fee increase o…
Bob O’Connell ’82 Turns Passion for Art into Support for Student Creatives at USD
At age 13, Bob O’Connell ’82 bought a watercolor by Native American painter Pete Peterson. That first step, in a lifetime of collecting ar…
College Corps Conference at USD Highlights Student Service and Statewide Collaboration
The University of San Diego welcomed campuses from across California this week for a two-day #CaliforniansForAll College Corps conference, designed to…
Two Decades, One Bond: USD and Duncans, Jamaica Celebrate 20 Years of Partnership
On Saturday, June 21, The Global Center, housed in the University of San Diego’s (USD’s) School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLE…
Covering Crisis, Capturing Truth
On July 17, 2014, Scott Heidler ’90 (BA) arrived at a horrific scene in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, headed from Amsterdam to…
The Athletics Edge: The House v. NCAA Settlement and the Future of College Athletics
In this episode of "The Athletics Edge," a special series of "At the Edge of It All," we speak with Kimya Massey, Associate Vice President and Executi…
The Gift of Guidance
In Walk to Emmaus, a popular post-resurrection account within the Gospel of Luke, Jesus appears before two disciples as an unknown traveler and patien…
The Athletics Edge: From Playing the Game to Coaching - A Conversation with USD's Men's Tennis Coach
In this episode of "The Athletics Edge," a special series of "At the Edge of It All," we sat down with Ryan Keckley, the men's head tennis coach at th…
Body, Mind and Spirit
In a quiet moment before a men’s basketball game, University of San Diego Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Athletics Kimya Mas…
At the Edge of It All Podcast: Learning How Air Pollution Affects Us
This week, we talked with David De Haan, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at USD.…
Growing a Legacy of STEM at USD
On her computer screen is a Post-it note with a simple phrase: “What would Donald do?” For Darlene Marcos Shiley, this daily reminder of h…
Confronting COVID
The vision statement for the University of San Diego is both ambitious and straightforward: Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we co…
Shared Space
THIRTY-FOUR MINUTES. That’s all the time it takes to travel more than 9,000 miles when you’re flying in a space capsule specifically desi…
At the Edge of It All Podcast: Bilingual Education, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching
"At the Edge of It All" was joined by Dr. Viviana Alexandrowicz, associate professor in USD's Department of Learning and Teaching, to discuss her jour…
Housing Rights Legal Clinic Launches Program to Help Families Negotiate Their Eviction Cases for Free
The Housing Rights Legal Clinic at USD's School of Law held a ribbon cutting at the San Diego Law Library this week to officially launch its Eviction …
From Toreros to Trailblazers: USD Celebrates the Class of 2025
Commencement 2025 at the University of San Diego (USD) featured five distinct events across two weekends to celebrate more than 3,100 deserving gradua…
Video: USD in the News Highlights for May 2025
Watch a 3-minute highlight video of USD's appearances in the media for the month of May 2025.…
USD Naval ROTC Graduates Commission as Officers Aboard Historic USS Midway
Twenty-two University of San Diego (USD) graduates took their oaths as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps during a ceremony aboar…
Students Lead Project to Reduce Waste During Move-Out Week
When student Tristan Mischke-Reeds saw the amount of seemingly reusable items being thrown in a dumpster during move-out weekend, he knew he had to fi…
USD Engineering Students Power Up with Solar Energy Course
When Claire Gallagher and Jake Coleman first heard they'd be designing solar installations for the University of San Diego (USD), they had no idea the…
Wall Street Journal Ranks USD Board Chair Emeritus Donald Knauss Among Top Corporate Board Directors
In the Wall Street Journal’s May 2025 ranking of America’s top 250 corporate board directors, Donald Knauss, chair emeritus of USD’s…