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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 65 Number 1, Spring 2024

  Santa Clara University

  14 - A CAMPUS ON THE RISE Six new buildings on campus aren’t the only changes brought by a successful $1 billion fundraising campaign. Lauren Loftus & Leslie Griffy

  20 - HUMAN AT HEART How Santa Clara University is distinguishing itself as a leader in human-focused health care innovation. Lauren Loftus

  26 - SHEPHERDING INNOVATION How wonder, and God, can make us better scientists. Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J.

  30 - THE CO-OP Santa Clara University has long been a bastion of interdisciplinary learning. A new fund is taking cross-collaboration to new heights. SCM Staff

  34 - MAKE AI THE BEST OF US What we get from AI depends on the humanity we put into it. Leslie Griffy

  38 - FLOURISHING HAPPENS HERE Meet a handful of the Santa Clara University students who have scholarships —and hear their reasons for thanks. Nic Coury

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 64 Number 1 Spring 2023 [Print Issue 62:2]

  Santa Clara University

  16 - A BRIDGE TO TOMORROW How one university can change the world when it widens the path to opportunity. SCU Staff

  22 - THE INTERNET'S LAST TRUE BELIEVER For more than two decades, Law Professor Eric Goldman has been one of the most influential legal voices fighting for the ’net. Chris O’Brien

  26 - OPPORTUNITY ON SET Meet five Broncos who scored the opportunity of a lifetime—production assistants on an indie film crew—via Professor Nico Opper. Nicole Calande

  28 - SPIRITUAL SOUP With a little bit of this, a dash of that, and a sprinkling of something else, humans are customizing their spiritual traditions. Lauren Loftus

  34 - STEWARDS OF HISTORY As U.S. women religious groups scramble to ensure their legacies, Santa Clara becomes a beacon. Tracy Seipel

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

  Santa Clara University

  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: How do children change given their circumstances, and how can we affect the direction of that change? Leslie Griffy.

  28 - SURRENDERING & SAYING GOODBYE A journey to the moment when goodbye helps you move forward. Laura L. Ellingson.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 63 Number 1, Summer 2022

  Santa Clara University

  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 women. Lucy Nino ’22.

  34 - TRACING THE WOLF A tattoo as an act of reclamation reminds not only of one’s ability to survive but also of vulnerability. Maggie Levantovskaya.

  40 - HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? A lack of diversity among therapists creates an unhealthy cycle where people can’t find the help they need. Lauren Loftus and Tatiana Sanchez ’10 .

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 62 Number 2, Fall 2021

  Santa Clara University

  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 foreboding future. Could the way we respond change everything? Written by Sarah Young ’24.

  38 - HOPE IN THE ASHES After a year of tragedy, a community grieves and finds renewed communion with God. Written by Tracy Seipel. Illustrated by Nick Matej.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 62 Number 1, Spring 2021 [Print issue v.61:1]

  Santa Clara University

  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 along the way. John Farnsworth.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 3, Fall 2020 [Print issue v.61:2]

  Santa Clara University

  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 keep posting? Lauren Loftus.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 2, Spring 2020 [Print issue v.61:1]

  Santa Clara University

  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.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 1, Winter 2019

  Santa Clara University

  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.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 4, Summer 2019

  Santa Clara University

  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 you are, and Mickey Mouse. By Matt Morgan.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 3, Summer 2019

  Santa Clara University

  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 you are, and Mickey Mouse. By Matt Morgan.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 2, Spring 2019 [Print issue v. 60:1]

  Santa Clara University

  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.

  44 - EACH STORY I HEAR Personal tales and hard truths: conversations with writer Khaled Hosseini ’88. By Steven Boyd Saum and Riley O’Connell ’19. Illustrations by Dan Williams.

  50 - HEADWINDS The adult world underappreciates delight. It goes hand-in-hand with discovery—and gratitude. Field notes from the Sea of Cortez. By John Seibert Farnsworth.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 1, Fall 2018

  Santa Clara University

  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 how experience can illuminate the Gospels. By Ron Hansen M.A. ’95.

  38 - MAPS AND LEGENDS Five missions, a would-be Eagle Scout, a maverick priest, and reconciling past and present. Here’s how the maps of the future were changed—and how a cocky young writer got some stern advice. By Michael S. Malone ’75, MBA ’77.

  44 - UNDAUNTED Lizbeth Mateo J.D. ’16 crosses boundaries—both geopolitical lines and barriers society erects. A rare undocumented person holding statewide office, she helps underserved students enter college. By Katia Savchuk.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 59 Number 2, 3, 4, August 2018 [Print issues v. 58:2, 3, 4]

  Santa Clara University

  3 - GOOOAL! By Giannina Ong ’18

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

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 59 Number 1, Spring 2018

  Santa Clara University

  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 Wine Country Fires, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and earthquakes in Mexico. By Kerry Benefield, John Nova Lomax, and Matt Morgan.

  42 - GROUNDS FOR DETENTION Asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking, and veterans are among those Christina Fialho ’06, J.D. ’12 tries to help in her day-to-day work. All are detained immigrants. By Katia Savchuk. Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez.

  50 - THE BALLAD OF JESUS ORTIZ A new poem from a very old story that seemed too strange to be true. A cowboy ballad, courtesy of the California Poet Laureate. By Dana Gioia.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 4, Fall 2017

  Santa Clara University

  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 alike agree that its outcome could be epic. By Deborah Lohse.

  36 - COURAGE CENTRAL Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1957: Nine African-American kids wanted to go to school. The 101st Airborne was sent to help. One paratrooper tells the story. By Marty Sammon ’56, MBA ’63.

  42 - THE LESSON FOR TODAY Education, data, and a Silicon Valley solution to helping teachers better understand their students. A conversation with Dorian Llywelyn, S.J., and John Matthew Sobrato ’10. Illustration by Lincoln Agnew.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 3, August 2017

  Santa Clara University

  3 - PAINT BY NUMBERS By Harold Gutmann and Matt Morgan

  4 - SUPERMAN By Sam Farmer

  7 - A WILD GENEROSITY By Brian Doyle

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017

  Santa Clara University

  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 $30 million gift from the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation to help build a new home for science and engineering. Illustrations by Owen Smith.

  42 - AI AND PUBLIC TRUST A future with artificial intelligence is no longer a sci-fi fantasy. So how do we manage it with moral intelligence? By Shannon Vallor.

  46 - WELCOME TO WONDERLAND Observing elections near and far. Our tale: God Bless America, baseball, hell freezes over, and prayers for the dead. By Steven Boyd Saum.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 1, Spring 2017

  Santa Clara University

  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 out to bring the federal government into the digital age. By Steven Boyd Saum.

  48 - FOR THE RECORD Deepwater Horizon. Volkswagen. The Exxon Valdez. Blockbuster cases and the career of John C. Cruden J.D. ’74, civil servant and defender of the environment extraordinaire. By Justin Gerdes. Photography by Robert Clark.

  54 - WHERE THERE’S SMOKE … there might just be mirrors. On “fake news,” the Internet, and everyday ethics. By Irina Raicu. Illustrations by Lincoln Agnew.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 4, Fall 2016

  Santa Clara University

  3 - MISSION MATTERS

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

  6 - QUESTIONS

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 3, Summer 2016

  Santa Clara University

  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. By Grace Ogihara ’16 and Eryn Olson ’16.

  42 - THE ART OF GEORGE TOOKER What we are forced to suffer … and what we should be. By Dana Gioia.

  46 - LIKE THE DEW THAT BLESSES THE GRASS A Mass Elegy. By Brian Doyle.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 2, Spring 2016

  Santa Clara University

  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 action, and he was far better at being a doctor than a father. Some lessons here: in golf and love, doing and dying. By David E. DeCosse.

  44 - THEM’S THE RULES Through FOX and CBS, Mike Pereira ’72 and Mike Carey ’71 have changed the way Americans watch football. By Sam Farmer

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 57 Number 1, Fall 2015

  Santa Clara University

  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 speaks about our common home. Here is what a theologian, an engineer, and an environmentalist hear. By John S. Farnsworth.

  46 - SERRA’S SOJOURN Mallorca to Mexico to the missions of Alta California. And now to sainthood. So who was he really? By Robert Senkewicz and Rose Marie Beebe ’76.

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

  Santa Clara University

  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 Sox and the San Francisco Seals, big-time horse racing, and five generations of Broncos.

  36 - EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY by Sam Scott '96. Sure, we'll miss having men's pro soccer play at SCU. But the Quakes' new home is pretty spectacular.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 2, Winter 2015

  Santa Clara University

  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, and some of society’s most despised. A journey with Liz Bruno ’82, M.A. ’86.

  30 - Use these powers for good by Lee Daniel Kravetz, M.A. '13. There’s no magic pill you can take to bounce back from tragedy. But there are stories of people who’ve bounced forward to great things. Call them supersurvivors.