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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
- Research shows state’s strategy for river cleanup may be all washed up
- SDSU researchers spent 12 days at sea identifying potential hazards to coastal communities
- Underwater graveyard exposes toxic DDT threat near Catalina Island in the new documentary ‘Out of Plain Sight’
- SDSU Social Venture Challenge 2025 awards $35,000 to food security innovators
- New study finds keys to brain cancer growth, may help improve treatments
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.
SDSU Impact

SDSU Mission Valley partners with MAKE Projects to launch MAKE Farm, allowing for community supported agriculture
An urban farm at SDSU Mission Valley, next to the remodeled trolley plaza, cultivates a partnership between SDSU and MAKE Projects, which offers job readiness training for refugee and immigrant women.

SDSU lab dives into big data to localize UN Sustainable Development Goals
At Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, researchers build awareness of climate change and give a voice to vulnerable populations along the U.S.-Mexico border and globally.

SDSU Imperial Valley faculty launch the Regional Resilience (R2) Center
With the new center, SDSU Imperial Valley faculty are partnering with area organizations to create evidence-based research to support local issues.
Solutions

Faculty and undergraduates team up to research drones, comics, AI and more
Members of CAL MUSE cohorts share details of their research projects

New projects by SDSU researchers aim to improve patient care, outcomes
The three new projects focus on diabetes related research, adverse pregnancy outcomes and social screenings as part of their work with the Imperial County Clinical Research Network.

Monsters inside cells could help explain treatment failure and improve drug development
SDSU scientists use parasites to explore a scarcely studied phenomenon that may render drugs useless against infections
SDSU Alumni
SDSU alumnus launches innovative course to guide STEM students beyond traditional careers
A lawyer, businessman, venture capitalist, psychology grad and now teacher, Court Turner shows students the wide world of opportunity STEM degrees offer
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.