Faculty
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Drago's gold
From an Olympic water polo medal to designing systems for the rocket that put men on the Moon: the life and work of engineering professor Dragoslav Siljak.
Fall 2012
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A rivalry like no other
It's only a game, right? Not if we're talking soccer and USA vs. Mexico.
Fall 2012
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'Silent Spring' echo still eloquent
Historian Nancy Unger takes a new look at the book that launched the modern environmental movement.
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Writers in the studio: Ron Hansen and Bo Caldwell read Tuesday
Writers Bo Caldwell and Ron Hansen M.A. '95 give a reading Oct. 23 at 4:00 in SCU's Fess Parker Studio.
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West African Friday nights
SCU photography professor David Pace received Daylight's 2011 Work-in-Process prize for his work on Friday night dance parties in the West African village of Bereba.
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Bella vita
After 66 years, Professor Victor Vari is retiring. He’s imparted to generations of Santa Clara students understanding of Italian language and culture—and how to live a beautiful life.
Summer 2012
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Innovation and Collaboration
A Fulbright to Colombia builds on years of Sara Garcia’s work here and in Mexico.
Summer 2012
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Truth, justice, and coping with atrocities
Legal scholar Beth Van Schaack is tapped for a State Department post tackling war crimes—from Cambodia to the former Yugoslavia.
Summer 2012
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Expose the darkness
With a new short film, Jonathan Fung turns his lens on human trafficking.
Summer 2012
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Why women professors?
Marking 50 years of coeducation at Santa Clara—and recognizing that it’s not just the composition of students that has changed profoundly.
Spring 2012
Winter 2013
Table of contents
Features
To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities
A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.
The play’s the thing
Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.
Mission Matters
Heart of the matter
A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.
All work and all play
They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.
Got MOOC?
There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.
