Innovations
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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?
Winter 2013
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We, robots
Adventures with the Robotics Systems Laboratory by land, sea, and sky. And in orbit.
Fall 2012
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Sarah Kate Wilson vs. Godzilla
An engineering professor tackles big problems—like attracting more women to her field and transferring mountains of data through the air.
Fall 2012
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Deluge and drought
Lessons in how to wedge data into smaller spaces. And build a smarter energy grid.
Fall 2012
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Building biomedical tests
Where engineering meets biology, the work ranges from diagnosing voice disorders to tracking toxicity in the brain.
Fall 2012
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The long view
Build it safer and stronger—sustainably.
Fall 2012
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Can you stand the heat?
It took months of space flight for the Curiosity rover to reach Mars. And, to survive the heat of entry, it took a shield that a team led by Robin Beck ’77 designed.
Fall 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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Here comes the sun ... and our solar decathletes
The 2013 Solar Decathlon is on! Santa Clara is competing for the third time, after third place wins in 2007 and 2009.
Spring 2012
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Six months to a better startup
A company, a game, and a score of Broncos
Spring 2012
Spring/Summer 2013
Table of contents
Features
Walk Across California
An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.
Miller's Tale
To tell the story of Bob Miller ’67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it’s the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.
Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.
Nina Acosta '82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD’s SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?
Mission Matters
When justice is kidnapped
The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Double trouble
Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’13. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.
Keep the door open
For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.
