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SDSU recognized for academic excellence and student success in 2025 Carnegie Classifications
SDSU lands in top 3% nationally for academic profile and earns recognition for supporting local student success
Recent News
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- Women’s Water Polo: Five Aztecs earn postseason conference honors
- Researchers inspire local youth to pursue careers in STEM
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- Aztecs down UNLV 4-3 to clinch outright conference championship
Sustainability at SDSU

Research shows state’s strategy for river cleanup may be all washed up
Data from a five-year study indicates the unwanted debris is closely connected with another major societal problem.

SDSU researchers spent 12 days at sea identifying potential hazards to coastal communities
The crew explored waters off the San Diego coast to protect local cities and infrastructure from underwater threats

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.
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At the ‘Top of the World’
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SDSU Impact

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.

Underwater graveyard exposes toxic DDT threat near Catalina Island in the new documentary ‘Out of Plain Sight’
SDSU professor Eunha Hoh is featured in the film’s premiere at the San Diego Asian Film Festival

SDSU’s 3rd Annual Sustainability Summit
The April 16 event showcase’s sustainability efforts for students, faculty, staff and the greater community.
Solutions

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.

From Class to Career: A new career fair links SDSU students to County Health & Human Services for potential jobs
SDSU alumni account for 52% of SD County’s HHSA leadership.

Faculty and undergraduates team up to research drones, comics, AI and more
Members of CAL MUSE cohorts share details of their research projects
SDSU Alumni
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.
Alumni Spotlight: Delveen Tahir
Empowered by SDSU’s rehab counseling program, Tahir has spent over nine years helping others thrive through adversity.
Aztec Voices

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.