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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 63 Number 2, Fall 2022 [Print Issue 62:2], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - AFTER THE CANNONBALL What does it mean to wrestle with your own human limitations and vulnerability as you follow the footsteps of a saint? Hung Pham, S.J.

18 - GROWING When I was little, there seemed to be this nondescript era of life, a foggy “someday,” when becoming an adult just happened. Nikhita Panjnani ’24.

20 - HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT'S GOING For decades, the internet has shaped the way we communicate, but two years of being extremely online hit fast forward on its real-world impact. Matt Morgan.

26 - NURTURING NATURE A story in two stories: …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 63 Number 1, Summer 2022, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - SHARED DREAMS Meet incoming University President Julie Sullivan, the first layperson and woman selected to lead SCU. Leslie Griffy

20 - BD KNOWS BEST Discovering who you really are, being grateful, and dinosaurs with BD Wong. Lauren Loftus.

22 - SWEPT AWAY Being homeless in Silicon Valley is particularly deadly. One professor explores why so many die in a land of such excess. Leslie Griffy .

28 - ON THE OUTSIDE A first-person account of being wrongly convicted, as told by Arturo Jimenez.

30 - BOOKED AND BUSY The secret behind the Hollywood success of so many Bronco …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 62 Number 2, Fall 2021, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS The pandemic stole an entire year of games from them. But this team still won it all. Written by Harold Gutmann. Illustrated by Liam Eisenberg.

26 - INFORMED BY STRUGGLE. How hardship forged a sense of gratitude in SCU finance professor Meir Statman and his wife, Navah. Written by Deborah Lohse.

30 - TWEETING GOOD There’s a Bronco who finds hope, God, and cat pictures online. We talk with @padreSJ. Interviewed by Leslie Griffy. Illustrated by Kyle Hilton.

34 - SIGNALS FROM A CHANGING PLANET. The imprints of humans on the environment spell a …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 62 Number 1, Spring 2021 [Print Issue V.61:1], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - VALUE PROPOSITION With more people going to college than ever before, how do we calculate the worth of a college degree? Lauren Loftus.

22 - HUMANITY IN THE HUMOR Santa Clara Magazine sat down with Assistance Professor Danielle Morgan to explore how laughter can be lifesaving—and life affirming. Leslie Griffy.

26 - TOMORROWLAND So really, what happens next? We chat with experts about how the pandemic could change our world as we know it. Leslie Griffy and Tracy Seipel.

32 - A BREAK Explore what you see when you step away from it all—and discover some flighty friends …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 3, Fall 2020 [Print Issue V.61:2], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - THE GIFT Is sacrifice, given willingly and with love, what makes us human? Leslie Griffy.

20 - NOT A MOMENT, BUT A MOVEMENT From protests in Benson in 1969 to a multi-decade movement called Unity, students of color have consistently pushed SCU to progress. Matt Morgan.

28 - ON BEING BETTER Discover the ways we can better support each other, particularly as white people seek to become allies to people of color. Lauren Loftus.

32 - THE SACRIFICIAL TWEET Social media missteps are costly, perhaps now more than ever. Just what are we willing to give up to …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 2, Spring 2020 [Print Issue V.61:1], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - THE UPSTART How Michael Mondavi ’66 helped get Napa on the wine map. By Ron Hansen.

18 - OF WOMEN AND MEN Emeritus professors dish on their research into wine and women. By Tracy Seipel.

22 - A SIGN OF LIGHT A Jesuit priest finds meaning on death row. By George Williams, S.J.

26 - FIRE AND WINE As the climate changes, what’s next for wine remains murky. By Tracy Seipel.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 3, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 4, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 2, Spring 2019 [Print Issue V. 60:1], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

28 - TECHNOLOGY, WONDER & US We’re at the epicenter of the biggest ecosystem of information exchange in history. How do we ensure tech fosters human flourishing? By Dorian Llywelyn, S.J. Illustrations by Derek Brahney.

36 - QUERY RESULTS What questions should we be asking about ethics and AI? Here are six. By Irina Raicu J.D. ’09. Illustrations by Paul Blow.

40 - A CURIOUS CASE If you want to innovate for the world, you need the room to do it. Sanjiv Das and a tale of machine learning, mortgages, and mistaken identity. By Deborah Lohse. Illustrations by Ellen Weinstein. …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 1, Winter 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - IN THE BEGINNING An interview with Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien, S.J. on what's next and noticing what we swim in. Matt Morgan

22 - ADAM, EVE, AND THE APPLE If making—and appreciating—art makes us human, what happens when we get help making a masterpiece from something unhuman? Lauren Loftus.

28 - BEDROCK When faced with tough decisions, Santa Clara values stand as good guides, says Leon Panetta ’60, J.D. ’63. Leslie Griffy.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 1, Fall 2018, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

24 - FOUND IN TRANSLATION The Pulitzer for editorial cartooning recognizes the tale of two Syrian refugee families. Here’s who translated their story. By Tracy Seipel and Tina Vossugh.

26 - LEGENDS OF THE COURT A pair of Bronco hoops legends: Steve Nash ’96, welcome to the Basketball Hall of Fame! Kurt Rambis ’80, on big-time break-ins—and a fan club like no other. Words by Mark Purdy and Sam Farmer. Illustrations by Victor Juhasz.

34 - A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOLY LAND Israel, from a hazy gray sea to the House of Bread to the Hill of the Skull. Learning …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 59 Number 2, 3, 4, August 2018 [Print Issues V. 58:2, 3, 4], Santa Clara University

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3 - GOOOAL! By Giannina Ong ’18

4 - LOVE, ARMAND Letters from a freshman to his widowed mother from a century ago

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 59 Number 1, Spring 2018, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

22 - TRUST ME After decades of declining trust in journalism, here’s some good news. Introducing the Trust Project. By Steven Boyd Saum and Deborah Lohse. Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk.

28 - NOBEL BEGINNINGS Santa Clara Professor Hersh Shefrin, fellow economist Richard Thaler, and the beginning of the fight to have behavioral economics taken seriously. There was yelling involved. By Deborah Lohse. Illustrations by Paul Blow.

32 - AFTERMATH OF DISASTER When fire or flood, wind or tremor strikes, what do you make of what’s been lost? How do you help others put their lives back together? Stories from the …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 4, Fall 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - TIME FOR A BIG SHIFT We work and save for decades. And then what? A behavioral finance expert writes about the tough transition many face. By Meir Statman. Illustrations by Hanna Barczyk.

22 - WHAT WE OWE At the very least: stories that capture the contour of a life. A Pulitzer Prize– winning reporter on tales of human strife and resilience. By Tatiana Sanchez ’10.

28 - THE MOST IMPORTANT Lawsuit on the Planet It was first filed against the Obama administration and draws on decades of government records. It seeks no monetary damages. But advocates and critics …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 3, August 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

3 - PAINT BY NUMBERS By Harold Gutmann and Matt Morgan

4 - SUPERMAN By Sam Farmer

7 - A WILD GENEROSITY By Brian Doyle

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - LISTENING IS HER SUPERPOWER The groundbreaking stage work of Anna Deavere Smith. By Jesse Hamlin.

22 - CASTS A SHADOW Travel bans: Four international graduate students respond. By Matt Morgan.

24 - A BIGGER STAGE Priest, social worker, CEO, and teller of stories: Jim Purcell on what drew him to Santa Clara—and what Jesuit education can be. By Steven Boyd Saum.

28 - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE KID Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 talks truth and fiction and Billy the Kid—and when you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys.

38 - DISCOVER. INNOVATE. A …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 1, Spring 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

24 - BIG WIN FOR A TINY HOUSE Turning heads and changing the housing game. By Matt Morgan.

28 - $100 MILLION GIFT TO BUILD John A. ’60 and Susan Sobrato make the largest gift in SCU history. Now see the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation that will take shape—and redefine the University. Illustration by Tavis Coburn.

36 - CUT & PASTE CONSERVATION We can alter wild species to save them. So should we? By Emma Marris. Illustrations by Jason Holley.

44 - INFO OFFICER IN CHIEF From his office overlooking the White House, Tony Scott J.D. ’92 set …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 4, Fall 2016, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

3 - MISSION MATTERS

4 - THE BEST RUGBY TEAM EVER. By Sam Scott '96.

6 - QUESTIONS

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 3, Summer 2016, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

26 - CAN’T THREAD A MOVING NEEDLE To tackle sexual assault on college campuses, a playwriting project comes to the screen. By Danae Stahlnecker ’15.

28 - MISSION CRITICAL When three students fell ill from meningitis-causing bacteria—which can be fatal—it meant the clock was ticking. And to get through this, it would take everybody’s help. By Harold Gutmann.

36 - “WHERE ARE THEY TAKING US?” A journal from the front lines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece. By Colleen Sinsky ’10.

40 - NO STRANGERS HERE Refugees, home, and work by Ameera Naguib ’16 from Jordan to Silicon Valley. …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 2, Spring 2016, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

20 - LET THERE BE LIGHT Frank Cepollina ’59—the NASA maverick who saved Hubble. By Robert Zimmerman.

28 - LIKE NO PLACE ON EARTH Talking with John A. Sobrato ’60 about building Silicon Valley—literally. By Michael S. Malone ’75, MBA ’77.

32 - DISRUPTION IN THE HOUSE Allison Kopf ’11 just won one of the premier startup competitions on the planet. She’s making the Google Analytics of greenhouses. By Ed Cohen.

34 - AN AMERICAN STORY A few words from the remarkable life of Francisco Jiménez ’66. By Steven Boyd Saum.

38 - DR. JEROME HE was a man of …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 1, Fall 2015, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

24 - ART HAPPENING HERE Inside the Edward M. Dowd Art & Art History Building. Illustration by Harry Campbell. Words by Steven Boyd Saum.

28 - CALL HER A WORLD CHAMPION And call them America’s Team. Julie Johnston ’14 and the Women’s World Cup. By Ann Killion.

34 - A WILD GENEROSITY The energy and genius of Steve Nash ’96 on the court. By Brian Doyle.

37 - BELIEVE IN US An oral history of a 1993 NCAA playoff game that became an upset for the ages. By Jeff Gire and Harold Gutmann.

40 - CHANGE THE GAME Pope Francis …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 3, Spring/Summer 2015, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - SILICON VALLEY STORY by Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77. The hidden history behind the heart of ingenuity.

22 - BARCELONA SIESTA by Maya Kroth '01. On a Fulbright to Spain, in pursuit of the meaning of sleep. In the 21st century, it's not what it used to be. By Maya Kroth '01.

26 - BUILD IT BEAUTIFUL. See how the campus has been transformed in the past two decades-thanks in no small part to Joe Sugg. Illustration by Rod Hunt.

28 - A GOOD BASEBALL MAN by Jeff Gire. Charlie Graham and a tale of the Red …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 2, Winter 2015, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - May the Rhodes rise to meet you - On the road with Aven Satre-Meloy ’13.

16 - Season tough, photos by Denis Concordel.

18 - Space Aces by Sam Scott '96. 20 - The fragility of faith by Michael C. McCarthy, S.J. '87. A professor of religious studies and executive director of SCU’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education confesses that it’s not merely an academic question when he asks: “How can a thinking person still believe in God?”

26 - Rebound by Mitch Finley '73. Lessons from the court and the chapel in dealing with addiction, mental illness, …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 4, Summer 2014, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

20 - A DAY WITH THE DALAI LAMA photos by Charles Barry, Noah Berger, and Michael Collopy . Close-ups and long views from the spiritual leader’s Feb. 24 visit.

24 - THE CATHOLIC WRITER TODAY by Dana Gioia. The poet, critic, and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts argues that Catholic writers must renovate and reoccupy their own tradition. At stake: the diversity and vitality of the American arts.

38 - OUR STORIES AND THE THEATRE OF AWE an interview with Marilynne Robinson. The Pulitzer Prize–winning writer speaks with Editor Steven Boyd Saum about grace, discernment, and …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 3, Spring 2014, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - RADIANT HOUSE by Steven Boyd Saum and Heidi Williams ’06. Building a house for the 2013 Solar Decathlon. That, and changing the world.

22 - AMÉRICAS CUISINE by Holly Beretto. Telling a delicious tale of food and family with chef David Cordúa ’04. 26 - Lessons from the field by Reinhard Cate ’07. Taut and tranquil moments in Afghanistan—an essay inwords and images.

30 - INSIDE UKRAINE’S REVOLUTION by Steven Boyd Saum. Along the road to crisis: hope, despair, and a Q&A with writer Andrey Kurkov.

34 - DECIDE WHO WE ARE by Steven Boyd Saum and John …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 1, Fall 2014, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - HEARING THE CRY OF THE POOR: The Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador by Ron Hansen M.A. ’95. Their murder in November 1989 marked a turning point in the country’s civil war. What do they have to say to us now?

25 - THE OPEN WINDOW by Lucía Cerna. A first-person account by the housekeeper in the Jesuit community at the University of Central America. She witnessed the killing of six Jesuits by government soldiers, and telling the truth about that night cost her dearly.

29 - WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? By Mary Jo (Hull) Ignoffo ’78. The …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 2, Winter 2014, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - RISE UP, MY LOVE by Brian Doyle. There are sanctuaries built for worship—and that carry beauty visible to everyone. Then there are the improvised places of faith, more subtle in how they speak to the wonder worked there.

18 - THE CHAPLAIN IS IN THE HOUSE by Jeremy Herb ’08 with Ppotos by Pat Semansky ’08. With the way things have gone recently in Congress, looking to the heavens for some help and guidance might seem like a very good idea. Enter Pat Conroy, S.J., M.Div. ’83.

24 - WELCOME TO CITIZENVILLE by Jim Cottrill. Who published the …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 4, Spring/Summer 2013, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

12 - KEEP THE DOOR OPEN By Jeff Zorn. For teaching and advising and a ministry that's blessed this place for 48 years-a colleague pays tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.

16 - IN THIS TOGETHER By Mitch FINLEY '73. For folks retired but not at rest, Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality offers a way to do and be more.

18 - WALK ACROSS CALIFORNIA By Jesse Hamlin-with images by Robert Boscacci '14, Frederic Larson, and Edward Rooks. An epic journey in which one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 3, Winter 2013, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - TO CATCH A THIEF by Vince Beiser. Mathematician George Mohler 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?

22 - HOW TO PREVENT A BONFIRE OF THE HUMANITIES by Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77. A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs-and wants-folks who know how to tell a story.

26 - A POEM, A PRAYER, AND A MARTINI FOR THE RHINO Two conversations with Chancellor William J. Rewak, S.J.-who's just published his first collection …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 1, Fall 2013, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

6 - ONE IN A MILLION By Michael E. Engh, S.J. A note of thanks from the president to SCU alumni. For the Leavey Challenge, you came through in record numbers to secure a $1 million challenge grant for the University.

20 - GOOD LIGHT: A PHOTO RETROSPECTIVE with Charles Barry. For a quarter century he has told Santa Clara's stories in photographs. Here are a few.

26 - YES, BUT IS IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO? By Sam Scott '96. From business to government to college campuses, it's not always a question that gets asked. But here's how …