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Newest Class of Fulbrights Announced

Santa Clara is adding four more students to its list of Fulbright Scholarship recipients. Announced last month, three seniors and one alumna were offered grants to study and teach abroad during the upcoming academic year. Santa Clara is among the top producers of U.S. Fulbright scholars and students, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Runner Mobile App Takes Over Campus

For the last year, students have used the beloved “Runner: Tasks on Campus” Facebook page to request food deliveries, phones, furniture, concert tickets and transportation. Now, with a recently developed app, Broncos will able to request these goods from the convenience of their mobile phones.

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School of Theology Appoints New Dean

A new leader will take the helm of Santa Clara’s prestigious Jesuit School of Theology at the beginning of next academic year. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. the current vice president for mission and ministry at Georgetown University, will take over as dean of JST starting August 1, 2016.

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Cruising in Style

Don’t be confused if you see your partied-out peers being carted around campus in a rickshaw after a long Tuesday night at the Hut or a sweaty Saturday night dancing like a lunatic in a frathouse basement. Soon, this amusing sight may be commonplace.

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Politics and Prestige

A Santa Clara alumnus will be taking the halls of China’s best university by storm this August, and it won’t cost him a dime.

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Law School Frees Man after 15 Years

A wrongfully convicted man who served nearly 15 years of his life in a cold, concrete California prison cell is now walking the streets a free man — all because of work done by Santa Clara’s own lawyers and law students.

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Pocket Points Motivates Students to Study

A new app called Pocket Points, which rewards students for not using their phones in class, is taking Santa Clara by storm. The concept is straightforward. One simply downloads the free app and creates a login, then the student locks the phone and begins to accumulate “points.”

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Students Develop Local Marketplace App

Santa Clara students have created a Craigslist-like platform solely for university students. Spree, the iOS app, allows Broncos to buy and sell items with just a few swipes of the finger, free of charge.

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Sick Days Policy Changed

Santa Clara is beginning preparations to implement a new California law: the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplace Act. It will take effect July 1, 2015.

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