Home - Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University

The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley

Santa Clara Magazine

Maps and Legends

Can We?

From a hazy gray sea to the House of Bread: illuminating place, history, and faith with a journey through the Holy Land.

Ron Hansen M.A. ’95
Professor, English

Should We?

Maps are more than lines on paper. They can detail our personal geography, linking past to present.

Mike Malone ’75, MBA ’77
Writer and Producer

Will We?

You’re the cartographer of your own legacy. What mark will you leave? A Silicon Valley novel is one answer.

Anna Yen ’91
Author

Fall 2018: What we choose to map—and how—can change the way we see the world: the borders of neighborhoods and nations, where property lines might be drawn, how planets wheel about the center of the solar system, how humans spread across the world.

Top Stories

Dama Reprograma
Mariel Reyes ’02 is working to close the gender gap in Brazil's fast-growing tech sector by teaching unemployed women to code.
Returning to a Corner Near SCU: The Hut
For decades The Hut played a special role in campus life—for better or for worse. Now it’s reopening—with a facelift.
Back for More
Former Frank Sinatra chairs Anna Deavere Smith and W. Kamau Bell return to SCU for a one-day reunion Jan. 22, hosted by The Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Jesuits West Province Announcement from the President
George H.W. Bush: What We’ve Lost with the 41st President’s Passing
George H.W. Bush was not a made-for-TV president, but his decency helped build friendships across political divides. Former AP reporter Rita Beamish ’74 shares personal memories from her time covering the President.

Events