by Julia Halprin Jackson | Jan 13, 2026 | Community Engagement, Featured
Invisible Skies Immersive Art Installation Features SJSU Creativity on January 31 Spartans are volunteering to participate in Invisible Skies, a flash art installation organized by Elizabeth Turk, a week before the Super Bowl. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Turk. On...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Jan 12, 2026 | Awards and Achievements, Featured
Marine Biology Pioneer David Ebert Receives Prestigious Ed Ricketts Award Photo courtesy of David Ebert. David Ebert, ’84 MS Marine Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award for his exemplary work in marine science over the last several decades. ...
by Adriana Avila | Dec 22, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Featured
Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Ranked in Top 40 Online MBA Programs, No. 1 Among California Public Universities For the third year in a row, the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San José State University has earned national recognition...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Dec 18, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Fall 25 Commencement, Featured
More Than 5,700 Spartans Earn Their Degrees at SJSU This Fall Thousands of Spartans graduated from SJSU this fall. Photo: Jim Gensheimer. This December, approximately 5,700 Spartans donned caps and gowns to participate in fall commencement at San José State,...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Dec 16, 2025 | Campus Life, Top
2025: Year in Review Caption goes here. With more than 30 examples of experiential learning for undergraduate and graduate students, this new edition of Washington Square: The Magazine highlights the impact hands-on opportunities have in preparing Spartans to succeed...
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 Adriana Avila | Dec 11, 2025 | Academics, Featured
Spartans Celebrate the Launch of the Harold Dean Valceschini and Joan Robel Valceschini Real Estate Certificate As real estate continues to shape communities and economies worldwide, San José State University is ensuring Spartans lead the way. On September 30, 2025,...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Dec 9, 2025 | Fall 25 Commencement, Featured, Spartan Spotlight
Countdown to Commencement: Vincent Peña Embraces a Challenge This winter, Vincent Peña will don a cap and gown and participate in San José State’s commencement ceremony in recognition of his successful completion of the Successful Postsecondary Access & Related...
by Rhoda Shapiro | Dec 8, 2025 | Campus Life, Featured
Deep Dive in Five: The New, Upgraded Sammy App is Here Students participating in Commuter Week Appreciation activities in March 2025. The new and improved Sammy App has just launched at San José State. As a go-to hub for events, community and connection, the app is...
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 Sean Woodland | Dec 4, 2025 | SJSU in the News
by Michelle Smith McDonald | Dec 2, 2025 | Campus Life, Featured
SJSU Completes Purchase of Spartan Village on the Paseo In fall 2025, the Spartan Village on the Paseo welcomed its second cohort of Spartan residents. Photo by Robert C. Bain. San José State has completed the purchase of the Spartan Village on the Paseo (SVP) student...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Dec 2, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Fall 25 Commencement, Featured
Countdown to Commencement Fall 2025: Katherine Tran on Embracing Inclusivity Katherine Tran graduates this December with plans to become an occupational therapist. Photo courtesy of Katherine Tran. Katherine Tran, ’25 Kinesiology, first learned about the Successful...
by Sean Woodland | Dec 1, 2025 | Featured, Research and Innovation
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Scientists Confirm Metal Fallout in Elkhorn Slough From World’s Largest Battery Storage Fire Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is home to marine research scientists whose research contributed to a published study about the impact of a...
by sjsueditor | Dec 1, 2025 | Community Engagement, Featured
Engineering Students Bring Holiday Magic to Life at San Jose’s Christmas in the Park Top row (left to right): Bradley Karr, Zachary McGee, Keith Peffer, Vimal Viswanathan, Mark Bennett, Cesar Romero Callejas. Bottom row (left to right): Derek Do, Daniel Jimenez...
by Lesley Seacrist | Nov 24, 2025 | Community Engagement, Featured
Downtown San José as an Imaginative Landscape Pao Houa Her’s artwork has been featured in the San Jose Museum of Art (pictured here) as well as at SJSU’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Photo: Frederick Liang, San Jose Museum of Art. Downtown San José...
by SJSU Editor | Nov 21, 2025 | Community Engagement, Featured
SJSU Aviation Students Step Up as Government Shutdown Strains Local Air Traffic Controllers By Derrick Meyer, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering When the recent government shutdown threatened to leave air traffic controllers without pay, a class of aviation...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Nov 21, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Featured
Sherri Harvey Earns Fulbright Award to Teach in Indonesia Sherri Harvey (third from left) with Sefrury Duril, Shabrina Martyzha and Nur Grace, graduate students in Indonesia, where she spent a month thanks to a Fulbright Specialist Award. Photo: Sherri Harvey. Sherri...
by Lesley Seacrist | Nov 20, 2025 | Community Engagement, Featured
“It’s Right to Rebel!” Student Exhibit Celebrates Resistance and Solidarity L-R: SJSU graduate students Karl Grunwald, Alena Karkanias and Elise Mills have curated “But Often It Rhymes: Suppression, Resistance, and Solidarity in San José” — a powerful new exhibit...
by SJSU Editor | Nov 18, 2025 | Awards and Achievements, Featured
SJSU is the #1 CSU for Overall Economic Impact in the Bay Area with $2 Billion in Statewide Impact Per 2025 CSU Economic Impact Report San José State’s presence and activity spurs billions of dollars in annual, private sector industry activity and job creation...
