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The spring musical Legally Blonde showcased the talents of SI's actors, singers and dancers. See more photos here.
Bishop Robert Christian ’66 brings his Dominican perspective to his work at SF's newest auxiliary bishop. Read more here.
Russ Martin ’62 returns to Cambodia to help and heal. Read more here.
YLAB gives students a first-hand exposure to Bay Area businesses. Read more here.
Jump Squad takes SI track & field to new heights and lengths. Read more here.
Red & Blue campus crawl celebrates restaurateurs, brewers and three greats. Read more here.
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People of a certain age had to undergo a poetic rite of passage in studying Keats’ famous poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and its powerful line: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” Despite critical disagreement regarding the meaning of this line, I am intrigued by the interplay and connection of these two concepts.
Just look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Its beauty seems to come from a perfect proportion of its parts, as if each tower were a finely honed tuning fork that would ring true if given a godly flick of a finger. That bridge mixes truth and beauty to the naked eye. However, explore below the surface and you’ll discover a tangle of rebar and cables and concrete — a truth that is not so beautiful but somehow essential to the creative process.
The stories in this section explore the interplay of these two forces, starting with Bob David ’62, who has photographed the Golden Gate Bridge since the 1970s. His images have become immortalized in famous posters, yet he has also documented the bridge’s underbelly, showcasing work to repair or strengthen this San Francisco icon…. Read more here.
- Truth & Beauty
- Bob David ’62 photographs the world’s most beautiful bridge, from gritty underbelly to towering vistas
- Ken Ryan ’78: Giving props to the San Francisco Ballet
- A rose is a rose is a Rose Bowl celebration for Ed Corey ’79
- Melissa Bailey ’08 preserves the memory of a shameful chapter in U.S. history
- Why the wall won't work
- Theresa Martin ’11 stands with those at Standing Rock to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline
- Steve Aveson ’72 returns to SF knowing that all news is local
- Looking for truth among all the fake news
- SI becomes setting in Sci-Fi book, The Rising
- SI students receive a host of honors at the May Awards Assembly
- Elizabeth Leong ’17 delivers valedictory, challenges her classmates to be ruined for life
- Nathan Dejan ’17 receives SI’s highest honor at graduation: The Ignatian Award
- Loyalty Award recipient Lauren Cueto ’17 dedicated to bettering lives of immigrants
- Fr. Sauer General Excellence Recipient Ayushi Tandel ’17 to pursue bioethics at Stanford
- Aziz Wong ’17 honored with Fr. Sauer General Excellence Award at graduation
- Renaissance woman Tessca Almeida ’18 explores passion for arts and sciences
- Jackson Mar ’20 profits from fidgety students
- Leya Elias ’17, a child of refugees, heads to Stanford after legacy of service
- Jazara Metcalf ’18 a talented actress, science researcher and app developer
- Six students, including four women, to study next fall in three service academies
- Justin Yamamura ’18 teaching the next generation to be politically savvy
- Matt Balano leaving SI after working for diversity, equity and inclusion
- Bill ‘Bo’ Isham retires after 47 years helping students become masters of precise prose
- State Latin convention at SI showcases student leadership and passion for a living language
- Technovation team app helps manage stress with exercise
- Teaching World Religions helps Helena Miller-Fleig and her students be better Catholics
- Tasia Davis joins Bill Gotch as dean of students
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At the end-of-the-year faculty dinner in May, my wife looked around, saw a room filled with youthful teachers and wondered what had happened to the veteran faculty who had become her friends over the years. While we still have icons such as Fr. Fran Stiegeler ’62, Charlie Dullea ’65, Jim Bjorkquist ’65, Peter Devine ’66, Katie Wolf and Mike Shaughnessy ’67 serving our students better than ever before, they are joined by some talented younger educators. In fact, it’s this diversity of age and experience that is crucial to our success.… Click here to read more.
- Students enrolled for pioneer class of the Fr. Sauer Academy
- Sangiacomo family gift of $3 million to support the Father Sauer Academy
- Nicolas family repayment of tuition assistance a tribute to their devotion to SI
- USF renames Phelan Hall to honor former SI regent and football legend Burl Toler, Sr.
- Father Don Sharp, S.J., ministers to three girls’ teams as sports chaplain
- Boys’ tennis repeats last year’s success with league, CCS and NorCal championships
- Top 10 reasons for success of boys’ lacrosse program, ranked fifth in the U.S.
- Dave Longacre retires as SI’s pole vault coach
- Athletes recruited by colleges
- Sports Wrap
- New book by Anne Stricherz offers advice for coaches to bring prayer to their practice
