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Gaels Earn Seven Seed in NCAA Tournament, Headed to Cleveland to Take on Vanderbilt

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This makes four years in a row Saint Mary’s heads to the Big Dance. Watch the game on Friday, March 21. Meanwhile, national recognition continues to roll in for individual Gaels. Here’s the latest.

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Kroner’s Corner: Saint Mary’s Bouncing Back

March Madness is here. The Gaels are a No. 7 seed and headed to Cleveland to face 10th-seeded Vanderbilt on March 21. And they know what…

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Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo Selected as SMC’s Professor of the Year for 2024–25

This history educator experienced many of life’s ups and downs before landing at Saint Mary’s. Her learned wisdom and appreciation for the…

Men's Basketball Player Augustas Marciulionis shoots against Pepperdine in 2025 WCC Semifinals

Gaels Shred the Waves 74–59, Move onto Their Fourth Straight West Coast Conference Title Game

Paulius Murauskas and Augustas Marciulionis lead the way with 15 points each. Saint Mary’s dominates in rebounding—showing why they’re No. 1…

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Meeting the Moment: Saint Mary’s to Launch a New Master’s of Computer Science Program in Fall 2025

Entirely online, the new graduate program can be completed in one year. Benefit from a curriculum centered on AI, algorithms, cybersecurity…

Five Men's Basketball Players and the text "WCC All Conference Honors"

Gaels Rake in the Hardware for West Coast Conference Season Awards

Saint Mary’s wins five of the six individual awards: Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Sixth Man of…

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Original Saint Mary’s Dance Piece Earns a Place at Nationals

Erica Hardy's “Falling in Syncytium” earns praise at regional conference, chosen to represent the Northwest Region at the National College…

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Sociologist At Work: Nicole Brown Celebrates Female Activists in Her New Book, ‘We Are Each Other’s Business’

As we enter Women’s History Month, Brown sees lessons to be learned from the women behind the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, particularly…

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In Their Own Words: Alexis Hackett is Encompassing Complexity—at Deloitte, at Saint Mary's, and in Her Own Identity

A Cultural Event Coordinator at the Intercultural Center, she’s helping the SMC community “celebrate the multiple shades of us.” And as an…

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Saint Mary’s Is Launching a New Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program in Fall 2025

Providing an education that transcends the classroom, empowering nurses ready to make a lasting impact in their communities—and the world.…

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Saint Mary’s men land No. 7 seed, will face Vanderbilt in NCAA Tournament

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Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction. Visiting Writer Lauren Markham and Director of the MFA in Writing Program Chris Feliciano Arnold on the Urgency of Writing Truth to Power

LitHub

Former Gaels Player and Assistant Coach Adam Caporn Named Basketball Australia Head Coach

National Basketball Association

Holly Joshi MA '16, EdD '22, City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention Chief, Recognized as Woman of the Year by Assemblymember Mia Bonta and Senator Jesse Arreguin

City of Oakland

2025 Joyce Carol Oates Finalists Announced

New Literary Project

Gaels End Waves Run, Into Title Game

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No. 19 Saint Mary’s back in WCC Tournament final after defeating Pepperdine 74-59

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Short Conversations with Poets: Matthew Zapruder

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Canzano: March is Saint Mary's time to shine... for Pac-12?

Bald Faced Truth by John Canzano

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