President Peñalver expresses excitement at joining the Seattle U community and kicking off an academic year unlike any other while emphasizing the university’s commitment to providing an excellent education and prioritizing the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff.
Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.
Stephen Sundborg, S.J., retired in June 2021 after 24 years as Seattle U’s president. SU’s longest serving president, Father Steve—as he is fondly known—led the university through many of its most pivotal and defining moments of transformation and innovation.
His first published paper was about Cuban revolutionary land law—the law which had disenfranchised his parents and grandparents.
February 3, 2022
John McWhorter's latest book relies on hollow caricatures of antiracist thinking, argues Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver.
December 30, 2021
Story includes comments by Eduardo Peñalver, President of Seattle U and a property law scholar.
June 23, 2021
Read More about Supreme Court Rules Against Union Organizers’ Access to California Farms
Beginning this summer, three outstanding professors will join the faculty of the Seattle University School of Law, including President Eduardo Peñalver, his spouse, Sital Kalantry, and Carwina Weng.
June 22, 2021
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Seattle U President Eduardo Peñalver penned an op-ed published in The Atlantic that argues overturning a 1975 California agricultural law could dramatically reduce what the federal government can do.
March 25, 2021
Eduardo Peñalver, who will take Seattle U helm next year, says virtual classrooms won’t replace the residential educational experience.
December 15, 2020
Read More about Incoming Seattle U President Eduardo Peñalver Rethinks the Future of Learning
"This is uncharted territory, but we are all doing the best we can," said Peñalver, who will be president of Seattle University.
October 27, 2020