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Top University Faculty Awards for 2021-22 Announced
Nine faculty members at the University of San Diego have been named to receive top university awards for 2021-22, Vice President and Provost Gail F. Baker, PhD, recently announced.

USD Athletics Roundup
Catch up on some of the athletics news from this week. For more USD Athletics updates, please visit usdtoreros.com.…

Facing the Noise and Shaping Positive Peace
During my second year of studying at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, I met Mossarat Qadeem, a Women PeaceMak…

USD Interns Help Local Businesses and Gain Hands-On Experience During the Pandemic
Now more than ever, local businesses are in dire need of assistance. Whether it be the mom-and-pop bakery down the road or the bookstore on the corner…

Economics Student Among 100 Best and Brightest Business Majors of 2021
Each year, Poets&Quants selects students from the top business schools in the nation to be included among its "100 Best & Brightest …

A Commitment to Learning
Animated and passionate about teaching, Del Dickson, PhD, JD, is a campus legend. A professor of political science and international relations at the …

International Business Student Featured in 100 Best and Brightest Business Students in the Nation
Each year, Poets&Quants selects students from the top business schools in the nation to be included among its list of "100 Best & Br…

MEPN Nursing Students Volunteer to Vaccinate the Community
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) students are helping to inoculate San Diegans throughout the …

Wear it for Mickey
Whether you’re a fan of marinara, alfredo, or pesto sauce, there’s no denying Mickey's celebrity status on the University of San Diego cam…

It Starts with an Idea
The University of San Diego's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering is creating an entrepreneurial mindset that is pervasive in its students, faculty, i…

Research is USD: Virtual Research Week 2021
Each year, the University of San Diego comes together to celebrate student and faculty research. Although virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandem…

Watch: USD News Minute for April 5
USD News Minute: What you need to know this week at USD…

An Easter Sunday Reflection with Jessica Brophy ’14, MA
Jesus is Risen! Easter has come! Easter always brings a reason to hope, but this year it feels especially needed. It almost feels that rather than 40 …

A Holy Saturday Reflection with Julia Campagna ’07, MA, MBA
Last year, only about a month into the pandemic, I was convinced that staying in Holy Saturday was our imperative. That if we moved forward too quickl…

A Good Friday Reflection with Alec Hartman ’16, MDiv
Loss. Grief. Hopelessness. Despair. These are all feelings that can be evoked from the Good Friday readings and its celebration and are feelings that …

USD Athletics Roundup
Catch up on some of the athletics news from this week. For more USD Athletics updates, please visit usdtoreros.com.…

A Celebration of our Common Home
With spring comes the campus bloom, a beautiful reminder of our commitment to our shared environment - our common home. April will bring with it Earth…

A Holy Thursday Reflection with Aly Monteleone, MA
“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” — John 13:15…

USD Nursing Student Shares Lessons Learned During Time of COVID-19
Ann Lawani, a PhD student at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, is a practicing nurse at Sharp Coronado Hospital where she has seen the pa…

San Diego Athletics to Allow Limited Spectators
San Diego Athletics is excited to announce the Toreros will allow limited spectators at home contests starting April 1 in accordance with the State of…

Tightroping and One USD School of Business Professor’s Goal to End It
Tightroping (v.) the act of continuously modulating behavior in order to change, hide, or tamper down parts of yourself to fit in at work and beyond.…

USD Professor & Research Team Find Tuberculosis in Wild-Captured Lemur, Most Likely Contracted by Human Contact
University of San Diego (USD) Assistant Professor Marni LaFleur, PhD, alongside a team of researchers, diagnosed a human variant of tuberculosis in an…

Wearing Her Heart on Her Sleeve: Woman of Impact Gabriella Rangrej
In honor of Women’s History Month, the USD News Center will highlight the Women of Impact recipients in a month-long series that shares their st…

Girl Scout Cookie Surprise Shows Commitment to Supporting Women in Business
During Women's History Month, the University of San Diego School of Business celebrates the accomplishments of generations of women including our very…

Wear it for Yerandi
Hospitality services take on an even deeper meaning when applied to Yerandi Merlo, who uses her daily interactions with the University of San Diego fa…

A Life’s Work: Woman of Influence Odesma Dalrymple, PhD
Odesma Dalrymple, PhD, sees engineering as a catalyst for change. Dalrymple — associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the U…

Watch: USD News Minute for March 29
USD News Minute: What you need to know this week at USD…

A Reflection on LIFE Week
LIFE Week has been a tradition at the University of San Diego for over twenty years. Hosted by Students for Life, this annual Spring event usually fea…

Professor Johanna Hunsaker Empowers Students in the “Dead Poets Society” of USD
A Tribe of Strangers (aka MGMT 360: Women in Management) is coined as “the Dead Poets Society of the 21st century." A Tribe of Strang…

USD Athletics Roundup
Catch up on some of the athletics news from this week. For more USD Athletics updates, please visit usdtoreros.com.…