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Shine a light
Eight hundred years ago, Clare of Assisi traded a life of privilege for one of religious devotion. This year the University celebrates this woman and saint, whose name it bears.
Summer 2012
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Santa Clara Snapshot: 1962
The first woman graduated with a bachelor's degree from SCU, the University welcomed Eunice Kennedy Shriver as the commencement speaker, and Santa Clara mourned the loss of Fr. Bernard R. Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest."
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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In Celebration of Family
The last sculpture by artist A. Wasil now graces the plaza by the Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center, and Orradre Library.
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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A new dean for the Jesuit School of Theology
Thomas Massaro, S.J., has been welcomed as the new dean for JST.
Summer 2012
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In the zone
First Julie Johnston ’14 was freshman of the year. Then All-American. Now the Under-20 World Cup is calling.
Summer 2012
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People, prosperity, and the planet
A new fuel-cell design brings top honors to student engineers—who carry through to the finish a project they began with their mentor, Dan Strickland, who was tragically killed in a car accident last fall.
Summer 2012
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Introducing Early Decision
Santa Clara offers a new option for students who know right off that this is where they want to be.
Summer 2012
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Expose the darkness
With a new short film, Jonathan Fung turns his lens on human trafficking.
Summer 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.
