by Rhoda Shapiro | Dec 15, 2025 | Fall 25 Commencement, Featured, Leadership
Commencement Profile: Bryan McCray on Building Community and Creating Local Change Photo courtesy of Bryan McCray. Bryan McCray, ’25 Political Science, became interested in politics at the age of four. Barack Obama had just been elected as the first Black president...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Dec 5, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Featured, Leadership
SJSU’s Rome Drori and Team Win First Place at Sushi Hackathon Rome Drori, ’26 Computer Science, at the second annual Sushi Hackathon. On October 3, the second annual Sushi Hackathon took place at Stanford University. Rome Drori, ’26 Computer Science, was...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Nov 4, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Featured, Leadership
SJSU Students Accepted into Highly-Selective Y Combinator Program Mizan Rupan-Tompkins (left) and Hunter Nguyen (right) at the Y Combinator office in San Francisco. Mizan Rupan-Tompkins, ’28 Computer Science and Linguistics, and Hunter Nguyen, ’28 Computer Science,...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Oct 14, 2025 | Alumni, Featured, Leadership
From SJSU Student to Startup Visionary: Zain Zaidi’s Journey to Co-Founding TransCrypts TransCrypts Co-Founders Ali Zaheer (left) and Zain Zaidi, ’21 Electrical Engineering. Photo courtesy of TransCrypts. When Zain Zaidi, ’21 Electrical Engineering, co-founded his...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Aug 27, 2025 | Featured, Leadership
Meet Katelyn Gambarin, the New President of Associated Students Left to right: Sammy Spartan, SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson and Associated Students President Katelyn Gambarin at the SJSU Flag Raising at San José City Hall on August 25, 2025. Photo by Robert...
by SJSU Editor | Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, Leadership
Announcing the New Vice President for Administration and Finance Kathryn Kaoudis will join San José State University as the next vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer, beginning September 1, 2025. Kaoudis joins San José State...
