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February 24, 2025Creative Writing major Theresa Thompson promotes literary excellence to children A San Francisco State University student wh… -
February 20, 2025SFSU Fine Arts Gallery showcases findings from grant-funded Office for the Study of the Ordinary In these extraordinary tim… -
February 05, 2025Works by Marcelo Potosí honor the Indigenous peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula Two years ago while attending San Franc… -
January 13, 2025Caro De Robertis spent election night 2024 in their Oakland home, huddled around the TV with their children, ages 12 and 15.… -
October 15, 2024We are thrilled to announce the arrival of three tenure-track faculty members who will be joining our esteemed academic comm…
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October 03, 2024Johnson visited campus to share insights from his “strategic and surprising” career with Journalism and Broadcast and Electr… -
August 01, 2024Funded by a California State University grant, the 12-unit pilot program is designed to diversify the field of art handling … -
July 30, 2024Photojournalist’s images and video part of award-winning coverage of destructive Santa Cruz storms On May 6, Kevin Painchaud… -
July 25, 2024Professor Caro De Robertis of Creative Writing is releasing a new novel. Please read their message below for all the details… -
May 17, 2024The campus-wide events highlight students’ contribution to SF State’s research community With the end of the semester and Co… -
May 07, 2024The student hood recipients will represent their academic colleges at the University’s 123rd graduation ceremony May 24. A d… -
April 30, 2024Dawn-Elissa Fischer creates awards in honor of scholar Marcyliena Morgan, civil rights attorney Walter P. Riley Extending a… -
April 08, 2024Caryn R. McClelland was appointed to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Brunei Darussalam in 2021 Caryn R. McClelland spent mor… -
March 15, 2024The Tony Award winner discussed the challenges he had to overcome as a queer Asian American actor Award-winning actor and al… -
March 12, 2024Olivia Clarke and Mayuu Kashimura are the 2024 National Moot Court Champions in the Respondent’s Brief category Two San Fran… -
March 11, 2024Multi-instrumentalist Nate Mercereau has collaborated with pop stars like Lizzo, Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd When hip-hop lege… -
March 06, 2024In residency made possible by the San Francisco Foundation, Liz Hernández will create fictional research office on campus S… -
February 19, 2024Fine Arts Gallery presents new artwork reflecting on Ruth Asawa’s Garden of Remembrance on campus Eighty-two years ago, Jap… -
February 12, 2024The Montford Point Marines were the first 20,000 African Americans trained to be service… -
February 01, 2024Alie Ward was unhappy with her career until her love for the sometimes grubby natural world opened new doors Science communi… -
January 25, 2024Congratulations to Professor Foster from the Department of Creative Writing! The C.D. Wright Award for Poetry is an endowed… -
January 10, 2024Cecilia Mellieon and her daughter sit outdoors at Fortaleza Indian Ruins, homeland of their ancestors, near the Tohono O’odh… -
January 09, 2024Chalermpol “Pol” Jittagasem created a typeface to help English language learners with pronunciation Chalermpol “Pol” Jittaga… -
December 07, 2023Humanities class helps fill in equity gaps among STEM professionals from underrepresented groups Wikipedia is among the mos… -
December 04, 2023The Ethical AI certificate provides a foundation in the computer science, philosophy and business of ethical AI U.S. Preside… -
November 17, 2023SF State hosts showcase featuring research projects funded by 2018 gift, largest in University history In 2018, San Francisc… -
November 15, 2023Long time Creative Writing lecturer, Matthew Clark Davison, has had the first chapter of his memoir-in-progress Hott Lipps p… -
November 14, 2023Bob Glück — who taught within the Department of Creative Writing as a tenured professor and lecturer for at least two decade… -
October 26, 2023As co-curator, Felicia Angeja Viator emphasizes women’s contributions to hip-hop When a San Francisco State University prof… -
October 17, 2023Since drawing art in yearbooks in his youth, LeRoid David has wanted to make a positive impact through art Long before his… -
September 28, 2023Authors Julián Delgado Lopera, Assistant Professor Leticia Hernández-Linares, Norman Velaya, Professor Carolina (Caro) De Ro… -
September 14, 2023Juan Gonzales was honored at El Tecolote’s Golden Legacy Gala on Aug. 26 in San Francisco, which celebrated five decades of… -
August 11, 2023While essential workers were acknowledged in the COVID-19 pandemic, a new student-curated exhibition at San Francisco State… -
August 10, 2023This year’s line-up includes a pinning ceremony and class photo, a comedy night, a dance and much more Every year, San Franc… -
July 31, 2023Certification recognizes buildings designed and constructed to high standards of sustainability San Francisco State Universi… -
July 13, 2023Learning to design furniture at San Francisco State University can lead to more careers than one may expect. For Nelson Mitc… -
June 22, 2023‘Better Call Saul’ executive story editor Marion Dayre is an SF State lecturer, and she brought two of her former students t… -
May 18, 2023As the academic year comes to a close, SF State’s colleges are celebrating the scholarship, research and creative activities… -
May 18, 2023This year, the College of Liberal & Creative Arts’ Marcus Early Career Research Award will help five faculty members c… -
May 10, 2023A dozen outstanding graduates will be honored during San Francisco State University’s 122st Commencement ceremony, to be hel… -
May 05, 2023‘Teacher-servant-leader-scholar’ most recently served as vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion at Sarah Lawrence C… -
May 03, 2023What started as a class assignment has turned into a national award for a San Francisco State University student who has sin… -
May 01, 2023Students gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art studios in new Marcus Hall. Read the article. -
April 28, 2023Three College of Liberal & Creative Arts faculty members are this year's recipients of the Marcus Transformative Resea… -
April 28, 2023It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Joe Hawley of Cloverdale, California, who passed away died peacefully on Apr… -
April 26, 2023Political Science major’s speech garners standing ovation from judges and peers moved to tears A member of the San Francisc… -
April 17, 2023San Francisco State University will welcome thousands of newly admitted students and their families for a day of introductio… -
April 17, 2023San Francisco State University held a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for the West Campus Green (WCG) projec… -
April 10, 2023The cutting-edge media facilities in SF State’s George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Liberal & Creative Arts were highlig… -
April 10, 2023Make graduation happen faster at SF State’s summer session! The College of Liberal & Creative Arts is offering over 100… -
April 05, 2023The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State University is dedicated to helping people learn and grow… -
April 03, 2023Professor of Cinema Daniel Bernardi was profiled in an article about the 2023 GI Film Festival in San Diego. Read the articl… -
March 29, 2023San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora now has a "cultural critic" to curate events and programs that "explore film,… -
March 27, 2023Annual concert, March 30 – April 2, pairs student dancers with renowned choreographers to perform rigorous, expressive works… -
March 20, 2023The researchers say their study documents the very civil rights events that politicians seek to ban from school curricula to… -
March 02, 2023San Francisco State University students, faculty and alumni are coming together for several events this month supporting wom… -
March 01, 2023With the help of student researchers, Professor of History Marc Stein published a new study that documents over 600 early LG… -
February 24, 2023‘Stranger at the Gate’ is screening in San Rafael Feb. 28 San Francisco State University alumnus Conall Jones (B.A., ’05) wa… -
February 22, 2023Students can license historical footage for their own work for free, while most filmmakers must pay to do so When filmmaker… -
February 19, 2023San Francisco, CA, February, 2023 ‐‐‐ One of San Francisco’s treasures, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San… -
February 17, 2023Professor Sachi Cunningham, a fearless big-wave photographer, was profiled by The New York Times. Read the article.… -
February 14, 2023In 1966, SF State English professors led a public event on campus to read from a banned book of erotic poetry. Read the arti…
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February 13, 2023Sarah Allen (B.A., ’99) focuses her journalism work on social justice in sports Two decades before Colin Kaepernick kneeled… -
February 09, 2023Professor Dee Spencer, who founded the Jazz Studies program at SF State and the San Francisco Jazz Organization, was profile… -
February 02, 2023LCA kicks off spring semester with jazz and tacos, honors late professor. Read the article. -
February 01, 2023Gaines (B.A., ’57) is most known for his novels ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’ and ‘A Lesson Before Dying’ A San F… -
January 31, 2023Hanah Lee Cook (B.A., ’15) is a writer for ‘Muppet Babies’ and other Disney shows Hanah Lee Cook (B.A., ’15) is a little you… -
January 27, 2023CSU approves building affordable student housing at SF State. Read the article. -
January 27, 2023The committee will hold open forums at three CSU campuses to gather feedback for the national search for a new CSU chancello… -
January 25, 2023The College of Liberal & Creative Arts is happy to announce 15 LCA scholarships open for application beginning Wednesday… -
January 03, 2023The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability is proud to announce Emerge, a three-year initiative that will be made possible… -
December 09, 2022An amalgamation of glass, concrete, and steel coalesce to form the George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Liberal and Creative… -
December 05, 2022Alumni share their stories in Fall/Winter SF State Magazine Read the magazine -
November 14, 2022SF State undergraduate advising is set to change in Fall 2023 Read the article
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November 08, 2022SF State among CSU campuses topping social mobility index Read the article -
October 25, 2022Robert Bechtle’s lithograph “’61 Impala” shows a lonely Chevy parked inside the SF State parking garage. -
October 21, 2022If you feel like smashing your laptop like SF State student Kenna Tanaka, you might want to take a pause and instead check h… -
October 11, 2022The University earns this recognition for the second year in a row San Francisco State University is proud to be named a Ful… -
October 03, 2022Emmanuel Padilla says his goal is to ‘authentically establish visibility for Latinx-identifying students’ On Sept. 14, one d… -
September 29, 2022Climate Justice Leaders Initiative takes interdisciplinary approach to tackle multifaceted climate crisis San Francisco Stat… -
September 22, 2022The College of Liberal & Creative Arts welcomes six new tenure-track faculty members to its ranks this year. These accom… -
September 19, 2022Foundation integrates racial equity in investment strategies, commits to net-zero by 2040 and fossil fuel divestment by 2025… -
September 19, 2022San Francisco State University Professor and Director of Veteran Documentary Corps, Daniel Bernardi, has received a grant fr… -
September 07, 2022The College of Liberal & Creative Arts (LCA) provides opportunities for specialized focus, collaboration, interdisciplin… -
August 18, 2022Top row, from left: Hamid Khani, Tara Lockhart, Ayana Aïrakan-Mance. Bottom row, from left: John Holland, Richard Ortiz and… -
August 17, 2022San Francisco State University Assistant Professor Fernando Carvalho has been named one of fifty-one educators to receive fu… -
August 16, 2022SF State helped Michael J. Payton develop his love for hip-hop into a career When San Francisco State University graduate Mi… -
August 15, 2022GatorFest! officially kicked off Saturday, Aug. 13, when the largest number of students returned to campus since 2020. New… -
August 11, 2022The acclaimed poet joined SF State’s Creative Writing faculty last fall Tonya M. Foster uses all types of words in her poetr… -
August 09, 2022Emma Wakefield completed the mural, commissioned by the Lake County Arts Council, days before graduating A new muralism clas… -
August 05, 2022Immigration rights advocate brings his perspective to CSU leadership -
August 05, 2022Sophie Clavier will be the interim dean for the College of Liberal & Creative Arts. Her one-year appointment will begi… -
June 29, 2022Alumna Irene Poon became a leading art historian during her career, focused on building recognition for Asian American artis… -
June 17, 2022The new issue spotlights School of Art Director Victor De La Rosa, innovative University programs and a slew of amazing alum… -
June 09, 2022Incoming Provost Amy Sueyoshi helped launch the conference, first held at SF State in 2019 June is Pride Month, which means… -
June 06, 2022UC Press publishes ‘Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism’ by Marc Stein, the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professo… -
June 02, 2022Benjamin Sabey composes solo work for the haegeum, a two-string fiddle A composition by San Francisco State University Assoc… -
May 09, 2022You don’t have to put on airs around Toni Mirosevich, whose new book explores the people of a seaside pier Jobs in truck d… -
April 27, 2022The exhibit is one of three in the museum, which has reopened for preview hours through May 11 We all remember show and tell… -
April 26, 2022Check out our many offerings both in-person and online for all four summer sessions. -
April 20, 2022A handmade car shaped like a prawn races down a road inside John McLaren Park in San Francisco during the SFMOMA Soapbox Der… -
April 12, 2022Race and gender are major factors why taxi and ride-hail drivers are ‘Spent Behind the Wheel,’ write Women and Gender Studie… -
April 10, 2022The Annual Faculty Showcase will be held in person this year at the Seven Hills Conference Center on April 29 from 3 to 6 p.… -
March 08, 2022Just 10 years after drawing editorial cartoons for SF State’s student paper, Sara Donchey leads a nightly newscast with fell… -
March 02, 2022‘Black Love Matters’ is the mantra for this professor, actor and filmmaker San Francisco State University Assistant Professo… -
February 28, 2022Julia Marshall, acclaimed and influential San Francisco State University Professor of Art Education, died at the age of 74 o… -
February 10, 2022Three College of Liberal & Creative Arts faculty members are this year's recipients of the Marcus Transformative Researc… -
February 04, 2022“Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo” (University of California Press), Thompson invented gonzo j… -
February 03, 2022Ryan Yamamoto takes over the time slot of veteran anchor and Gator Great Ken Bastida. -
January 31, 2022Dr. Resha Cardone and Dr. Gitanjali Shahani have been named associate deans serving the College of Liberal & Creative Ar… -
January 19, 2022When Victor De La Rosa was an Art major at San Francisco State University in the 1990s, he longed for a Latinx faculty mento… -
January 18, 2022Arthur S. Hough Jr., professor emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, died on January 1 in San Francisco.… -
January 14, 2022‘Every day can take you to a new story. That’s the beauty of San Francisco,’ filmmaker Pietro Pinto says. Film school in San… -
December 01, 2021San Francisco State University Professor Trevor Getz will again bring an overlooked piece of history to light through a no… -
June 21, 2021Artist and alumna Houyee Chow stands in front of the mural she painted in San Jose’s Qmunity District. -
May 20, 2021Talika Fletcher consoles a fellow protester during a vigil and march held in memory of Roger Allen and Daunte Wright in San… -
May 20, 2021Dear members of the LCA community, It is with mixed emotions that I share news that School of Cinema Director and Professor… -
May 14, 2021Theatre Arts student Jerikka Brittani Gamboa contributed the video “The Jeri Diaries” to “Imagining Home.” When the Bay Ar… -
May 10, 2021Ying Wencie Hoang (left) and Philip-Izac Evangelista Enguancho Twelve outstanding graduates will be honored during San Fra… -
May 05, 2021“Toward Amour-Propre” by Gwen Romer. 2020. Monoprint, ink on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Susan Belau/SF State. Stude… -
April 14, 2021“Glitches” cast and crew film a scene in a high school hallway. While COVID-19 has created parallels with dystopian societ… -
March 16, 2021James Aguilar (left) and Taylor Sims All San Francisco State University students are interested in education, of course. Tha… -
February 11, 2021The inevitable effects of COVID-19 have taken their toll on the world, let alone SF State students. View their stories, embo… -
January 13, 2021Daric Carvajal, BECA alumnus and former KSFS DJ, performs at the station’s Virtual Entertainment Festival. “Virtual hugs f… -
December 10, 2020The Mini-Martin Wong Gallery features student Gwyneth Keller’s solo exhibition “Surroundings.” Photo courtesy of Sharon E. B… -
November 10, 2020Producing a play for live Zoom performance is undoubtedly unconventional. When students, faculty and staff from The School o… -
October 27, 2020SF State’s Speech and Debate Team was successful in its season-opening tournament, Lewis and Clark College’s Steve Hunt Clas… -
October 08, 2020Yuri Madenokoji came to San Francisco State University intent on moving forward with her life. For her, that meant confronti… -
August 18, 2020San Francisco State University student Wayne Metho’s zeal for helping people crystallized while working in his native Kenya… -
June 24, 2020For her fellowship, History major Kayla Ratliff studied homosexuality in 19th-century Japan. A new donor-funded College of… -
June 04, 2020Saddened and frustrated by the tragedies and inequities of COVID-19, a group of Visual Communication Design students printed… -
April 29, 2020Alumni Rachel Garcia and Thu Tran, who perform as The Singer and The Songwriter, held concerts from their car when the COVID… -
March 27, 2020Dear colleagues, CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Director Emily Magruder and faculty development center directors ac… -
December 05, 2016The rising rent, increase in gentrification and propositions on this fall’s San Francisco ballot have boosted the volume on…