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The College Announces Class of 2020 Valedictorian: Nikta Shahbaz
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce Nikta Shahbaz as the valedictorian for the 2019-2020 academic year. Shahbaz earned a 4.0 GPA and a Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary humanities. She was founder and president of the Law,…
USD Faculty Race to Deliver Medical Equipment to Communities
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Though there may be no professional sports to root for at the moment, an incredible group of USD faculty is giving us more than enough reason to cheer. Professor Diane Hoffoss from the Department of Mathematics and Professor Farrah Karapetian from t…
JET Fellow Aims to Create Cultural Understanding
Monday, May 18, 2020
USD history major Bethany Harris '20 is hoping that COVID-19 won’t impact her plans to teach in Japan this fall. Harris is the recipient of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program fellowship and will begin working as an assistant language…
Department of Theatre's Scott Ripley Discovers a "Silver Lining" in Virtual Rehearsal
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Scott Ripley, chair and associate professor in the Department of Theatre, approached his first remote session with understandable reservations about how a virtual theatre rehearsal would work. How do you move from the multi-dimensional realm of body …
USD Alumna Looks Ahead to Medical School
Monday, May 11, 2020
"Oh the places you will go!" While Dr. Seuss may have imagined a whole book of fantastical imaginary places, one recent USD alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences knows exactly where she will be next fall. After applying to a whopping 30-pl…
Summer Research Colloquium Maintains Quality Student Experience
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 post has photos
Life in Summer 2020 has mostly been a continuation the mid-March arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom meetings from home, social distancing, hand wa…
Lisa Nunn, PhD, wins 2020 Scholarly Contribution to Teaching and Learning Award from the American Sociological Association
Monday, August 10, 2020
Combining student perspectives with the latest research on bridging the academic achievement gap, she shows how professors can make a difference by sp…
USD Professor Uses Knitting to Show Students Hidden Mathematics
Friday, July 24, 2020
Imagine finding mathematics in your knitting. That is just the discovery student Jordan Matuszewski made in a pop-up class titled Mathematics and Knit…
Eric Pierson, PhD to Moderate Ebertfest Livestream Panel
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Ebertfest want you to watch our online streaming of "A Most Beautiful Thing" and to submit questions to filmmakers and Champaign-Urbana community memb…
Humanities Center Invites the Community to Learn During Pandemic Times
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 post has video
The Humanities Center invites the USD community to engage with Pandemic Times: Human Experiences and Responses, an interdisciplinary seminar cours…
Virtual Cropper Series Announced for 2020-2021
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The Lindsay J. Cropper Center for Creative Writing at the University of San Diego is pleased to announce its lineup of readers for the Cropper Memoria…
Rower Clare Adams is a 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award Nominee
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
University of San Diego student-athlete Clare Adams, a member of the women’s rowing team and a 2020 graduate, has been nominated for the 2020 NC…
USD Student's Class Project Evolves Into Online Charity Concert
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
What started off as USD student Jessica Nakamoto's class project in our "Career Designs in Music" course has evolved into an online music festival w…
Homecoming Hire: Sou Fang '15 Returns to Direct USD Upward Bound's Next Generation
Friday, July 10, 2020 post has photos
Upward Bound, one of three University of San Diego TRIO programs under the direction of the Institute of College Initiatives (ICI), is aptly named. It…
Career Development Center Helps Unpaid Interns Get Cash
Thursday, July 9, 2020 post has video
Laura Bolt’s plans for a summer abroad in Austria came to a screeching halt because of the coronavirus.…
Torero Tidbits: CAS Conversations; Engineering's Ignite Entrepreneur Series; STEAM Conference
Thursday, July 9, 2020
July's CAS Conversations: Movements in Black Lives, Define ‘Defunding the Police’ One way in which the University of San Diego’s Co…
Statement from USD Mathematics Department
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
The Department of Mathematics at the University of San Diego stands alongside the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office at USD, the Mathema…
Christopher Adler takes part in July Online Performances
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Professor Christopher Adler is taking place in three online performances this month (all event times in Pacific Time). This Sunday, July 12 fro…
Popular Mathematics Lecture Series Presents Dr. Diane Hoffoss at Babu Banarasi Das University in India
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Diane Hoffoss, PhD, has been invited to speak on an online lecture series showcasing the art, beauty, aesthetics and importance of applications of mat…
Emilie Amrein Helps Launch "The Choral Commons", Community Focused on Equity in Choral Practices
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
In June, Emilie Amrein (USD's Director of Choral Activities) helped to launch The Choral Commons, a community where choral music practitioners and org…
In-Person Summer Research Happening in USD's Shiley Center for Science and Technology
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 post has photos
Since she's been at the University of San Diego, Trina Nguyentu's summer hangout in San Diego has not been at the beach. Her time, instead, has been s…
English Department Virtual Commencement
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
On Sunday, May 24, 2020, the originally scheduled day for commencement, the English Department held its own virtual graduation celebration for our Eng…
Keck Fellowships Awarded to Emma Heflin and Samuel Hixon
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Emma Heflin '21, double major in English and philosophy, has been selected to be a Keck Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellow in the Humanities Cen…
Part II: Class of 2020 Graduates Share Their Amazing Stories
Monday, June 22, 2020 post has video
Three exceptional USD graduates were recently profiled by Univision, and shared powerful, personal stories of what their education means to them. Andr…
The Moveable Feast — How USD’s Writing Center Stayed Open During the COVID-19 Crisis
Friday, June 19, 2020
In his memoir, The Moveable Feast, American author Ernest Hemingway retraces his path to becoming a writer, chronicling how he came to understand that…
College Highlights from the Spring 2020 Semester
Thursday, June 18, 2020 post has video
From hosting virtual office hours to assembling critical medical equipment for the community, the College worked swiftly and innovatively to respond t…
English Senior Spotlights
Thursday, June 18, 2020
We invited all of our graduating English major seniors to share with us their post-graduation plans and a favorite memory from the English Department.…
English Awards at 2020 Honors Convocation
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Each May, at the University of San Diego’s Undergraduate Honors Convocation, we congratulate our award recipients, who are recognized for their …
Sarah Hankins Wins 1st place in the Library UG Research Awards
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Sarah Hankins '20 (English major) won first place in USD’s Copley Library's First Annual Undergraduate Research Awards with her English Senior P…
USD Connections: Expanding Beyond the Classroom
Monday, June 15, 2020 post has video
There’s a silver lining in every challenging situation, even in the midst of a crisis. For Ethnic Studies Professor Alberto Pulido, PhD, and fir…
Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge: BIOMILQ's Transformational Idea Tops a Strong Field
Sunday, June 14, 2020 post has photos
BIOMILQ, a Duke University student-led company seeks to develop “cultured breast milk outside of a woman's body ... a product that has the nutri…
Five San Diego Teams Among 16 Finalists for Saturday's Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge
Friday, June 12, 2020
Center for Peace and Commerce Director Silvia Mah's excitement was loud and clear during a video chat during a break this week from seeing more than 5…
Class of 2020 Graduates Share Their Amazing Stories
Thursday, June 11, 2020 post has video
Four exceptional USD graduates were recently profiled by Univision, and shared powerful, personal stories of what their education means to them. Blanc…
Congratulations Class of 2020!
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 post has photos post has video
Join us in honoring our graduates on a virtual celebration: When: June 3, 2020 Time: 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Zoom Meeting ID: 967 1266 6097 Program:&nb…
Seed & Nourish: Digital Humanities (DH) at USD - Call for Proposals
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Digital Humanities (DH) is a collaborative method that employs technology for performing scholarship and disseminating knowledge in humanities discipl…