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Congratulations, Class of 2025!

SDSU graduates Shaye Phung, Frank Harris with Shareka White, and Vianey Sevilla Crespo.

EOPOS creates community and empowers SDSU graduates

Empowered by EOPOS, SDSU grads reflect on how connection and community shaped their path to success.

An SDSU graduate waves to their family during commencement ceremonies.

Everything you need to know about SDSU Commencement 2025

From honorary degrees and ceremony times to ticketing and parking, here’s everything graduates and families need to know about commencement.

Ethan Pellegrinii on the second floor of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union after his presentation at the SDSU Student Symposium in May. (Leslie L.J. Reilly/SDSU)

Student leader and role model plans to focus on environmental justice after graduation

Active in student organizations, Ethan Pellegrini’s four-year journey in CAL was one of resilience, discovery, and growth

SDSU Impact

Photo courtesy of the Cyber Center of Excellence.

SDSU graduate students help small business fine-tune network security

Two SDSU cybersecurity students are gaining early-career-level experience while completing their graduate degree.

Mrinali (Milli) Kumar and Jenni Matheson (right) are the founders of EatKinda

I scream, you scream, we all scream for…cauliflower?

Students from SDSU’s Fowler College of Business are helping a Kiwi company introduce an offbeat ice cream product to the U.S. market.

Cristal Zuniga poses with students from Tracy Beach’s Fletcher Hills Elementary class as they visit her SDSU biology lab to learn about microalgae research and STEM opportunities in college.

Researchers inspire local youth to pursue careers in STEM

Professors like Cristal Zuniga are bringing SDSU science into the community through tailored programs and hands-on lab experiences.

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Solutions

The SDSU campus lit in a red light wash at night.

Q&A: What powers SDSU, and how do we maintain a sustainable, efficient campus?

Facilities Services executive director Daryn Ockey gives us a peek into how SDSU generates its power, and the work that goes into making sure the campus is running efficiently.

Viraj Urkudey and Olivia Devito pose with office compost program food waste caddies (left). The office composting program’s official collection vehicle, Sparky (right) (Photo courtesy of the SDSU Office of Energy and Sustainability).

Meet the Office of Energy and Sustainability student assistants who want to collect your food scraps

Olivia Devito and Viraj Urkudey, leaders of the Office of Energy and Sustainability’s composting program, are on a mission to divert 1,300 pounds of organic waste from local landfills.

SDSU Imperial Valley assistant professor Tingting Tang (left) mentored four students (from left, David Aguilar, Caleb Molina, Daniel Lara and Xitlali Ortega) who presented at S3 in February.

SDSU Imperial Valley students create health care database to expand medical support

The group of math undergraduate students presented at the annual Student Symposium in February.

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SDSU Alumni

SDSU Imperial Valley alumnus finds new meaning in real estate career

Emmanuel Gonzalez, SDSU Imperial Valley alumnus, has been a real estate agent for more than five years, sharing his love for business with the community.

SDSU celebrates former faculty member donor's half-century of support

An annual dinner pays tribute to donors who have provided support through the decades.

Beloved SDSU theatre professors inspire scholarship to support students studying abroad

Former student honors Michael and Anne-Charlotte Harvey with a donation to their scholarship, continuing their legacy of mentorship and global theatre education.

From Tijuana to Tallahassee: SDSU’s Ana Ceballos chased headlines from The Daily Aztec to the Miami Herald’s statehouse beat

SDSU journalism alumna Ana Ceballos turned her passion into a powerhouse reporting career that now has her covering Florida politics.

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Aztec Voices

Two SDSU researches are inside a lab observing a petri dish.
This recognition enhances our ability to attract excellent faculty, supercharges our students’ career readiness, and grows the value and prestige of an SDSU degree everywhere, benefiting our 500,000 living Aztec alumni.

— SDSU President Adela de la Torre, from SDSU earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S.