Creighton Magazine

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How to live well, lead well and stay open to what’s next

At Creighton, faculty influence extends far beyond graduation. In that spirit, three faculty members and a Jesuit offer reflections alumni can carry forward.

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Creighton students learn AI from the inside out

Creighton students are learning generative AI from the inside out, building real applications that solve problems in healthcare, education and beyond through a new NSF-supported project.

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The Bill: A new home for Creighton student-athletes

Creighton’s future athletic facility, The Bill, will honor the late Bill Scott and support 300-plus student-athletes with spaces for training, nutrition, academics, sports medicine and community.

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Julie and Lance Fritz

Fritz family gift expands student support

The Fritz Family Office of Cura Personalis Services—established with a $3 million gift from Lance, HON’23, and Julie Fritz—is a mission-driven initiative that will provide additional support, resources and programming for students.

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Actor Laurence Fishburne and Creighton artist Littleton Alston with the James Earl Jones Award

Creighton artist honors the voice of Darth Vader

Littleton Alston, MFA, created the inaugural James Earl Jones Prize, a bronze sculpture honoring the legendary actor’s voice, presence and enduring impact on global culture.

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Teryn Sedillo DDS provides dental care to special needs patients

Dignity, dentistry and a calling to serve

Teryn Sedillo, DDS '14, is expanding access to dental care through Dignity Dental, a mobile practice that serves patients with special needs where they are most comfortable.

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Creighton mascot Billy Bluejay at a men's basketball game

100+ years of Creighton’s fight song

Creighton’s fight song, The White and the Blue, has a history full of surprises, from its overnight banjo composition in 1924 to a centennial celebration that arrived two years late.

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Creighton graduate Zach Stewart with farmers in Madagascar

How a Creighton grad uses science to help small farmers worldwide

Zach Stewart, PhD, BS’11, grew up on an Iowa farm and is now a global scientist leading a team of researchers working to improve smallholder agriculture and reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition around the world.

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Creighton law school graduate Matthew Badell with Creighton president the Reverand Daniel S. Hendrickson of the society of jesus

A pilot’s path to the law

After 26 years in the U.S. Army, retired Lt. Col. Matthew Badell—a former Apache pilot, linguist and battalion commander—charted a new flight path to the Creighton School of Law.