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2025 Tommie Award Spotlights Student-Athletes in Final Round
Humans of St. ThomasEach academic year, University of St. Thomas students, faculty and staff choose a senior student they think best represents the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas. These ideals include scholarship, leadership and campus involvement. St. Thomas seniors Aidan McGill, Brecken Thomas and Jack Zupfer have been nominated as Tommie Award finalists out of 40 semifinalists for…
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Sky’s the Limit: New Game Design Minor Teaches Accessibility
STEAMA set of headphones rested on Dr. Sky LaRell Anderson’s head as he waited for guests at the Jon Henner Memorial Accessibility in Games Speaker Series to settle in their seats. The University of St. Thomas faculty member appeared remotely, from his Minnesota office adorned with framed college degrees and the glow of purple and… -
St. Thomas Addresses Grief Literacy With New Interdisciplinary Initiative
Tommie ExpertsEverybody grieves. It is part of the human experience. Yet, it is often misunderstood. To address this emotional process, the University of St. Thomas has launched Good Grief, St. Thomas, a new interdisciplinary initiative on grief literacy. The partnership through the Family Studies program and the School of Social Work is part of a global… -
Theology Professor Coedits Recently Published Handbook of Deification
Professional NotesDr. Paul Gavrilyuk, professor in the Department of Theology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, is the coeditor of the recently published Oxford Handbook of Deification. Consisting of 44 chapters, this volume is the first treatment of deification that is encyclopedic in scope. It features 46 leading experts in the… -
St. Thomas Students Decorate Campus Sidewalks With Chalk Art to Illustrate Research
ResearchMechanical engineering student Hapaki Lorenzo ’26 spent the morning of Oct. 2 drawing about polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollutants with colored chalk on the sidewalk behind the John Ireland statue at the University of St. Thomas. He is one of six students who participated in the 2024 Sidewalk Symposium, illustrating their original research through chalk art on…