In the context of AI, Pope Leo has called for the safeguarding of "the inviolable dignity of each human person."

The Spring 2026 Strategic Plan Highlights report shares recent progress on Impact 2030, including global engagement milestones, expanded student access, the launch of a new applied AI center, historic Bronco Athletics achievements, and continued progress toward becoming a climate-positive campus.

Funded in part by a $175 million gift from Mark and Mary Stevens, it will be the first new medical school in the San Francisco Bay Area in more than a century.

Santa Clara University’s alumni network is one of the most valuable resources students have. From coffee chats to career fairs, alumni are often eager to offer advice, share opportunities, and help students navigate recruiting. Rishi Dhawan’s biggest advice to underclassmen: reach out early, come prepared, and don’t be afraid to ask.

Double major Christian Barnard ’26 explored political systems and cultural expression, finding meaning in both.

Learn to design and deploy autonomous AI systems in this new MS elective at the Leavey School of Business. Covering LangGraph, multi-agent orchestration, and real-world LLM applications–built for both developers and managers.

Three generations of the Scott family left Santa Clara with more than law degrees—they walked away with a tradition of service, mentorship, and community.

The SCU Accounting Association (SCUAA) is proud to present the 2026 Accounting Professor of the Year Award to Professor Danny Wallace

John Ebner, earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Leavey School of Business in 1989. John received the 2026 Accounting Alumnus of the Year Award.

Tori Hack, graduated from Santa Clara in 2012 with a major in Accounting, received the 2026 Rising Alumni Impact Award.

Saving someone’s life could be as simple as pushing a button in the event of an opioid overdose, yet this is information not many know about and even fewer act on. Carrying naloxone is not just a public health initiative, but a moral responsibility all of us carry under the ethical framework of the common good.

Since 2015, there have been 20,000 children who have been sent to wilderness programs in Utah for mental health and behavioral issues. The Troubled Teen Industry and these types of programs are marketed as “rehabilitation” when they are often masking coercion, abuse, and neglect. When adolescent autonomy is neglected and parental consent creates a loophole of harm, is this really treatment or a systemic ethical failure? 

Bishop of San Jose Oscar Cantú, Director of Religious and Catholic Ethics David E. DeCosse, and Director of Immigration Ethics William "Bill" O'Neill, S.J., published by National Catholic Reporter.

"It is time for the consciences of Catholics and all citizens to examine policies of detention and deportation in light of the demands of love, truth, dignity and justice — and to act."

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, director, bioethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Forbes councils member, published by Forbes.

The questions reporters ask high-level politicians in planned settings are actual decisions. That does not mean ethical pre-review ought not to go into the question framing.

Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, quoted by Penn Live.

Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, quoted by Penn Live.

Don Heider, Ethics Center executive director, quoted by The Daily Beast, NewsChannel 5 Nashville, and other outlets.

The fields are different. The mindset is the same: build something that matters to people beyond the lab.

Public health and psychology double major Nadia Lobo ’26 found purpose in accompaniment and a future in trauma-informed care.

In a new report, Hersh Shefrin, a faculty scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and professor of finance at the Leavey School of Business, points out that prediction markets and sports wagering have to ties to “the concept of fairness as a claim to entitlements.”

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Prediction markets make it easy for people to bet on all kinds of events pertaining to finance, politics, pop culture, and sports. Young people, especially young men, are the most impacted by their surge.