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Growing Clubs Offer Opportunities, Community for Students of Color in STEM
University NewsTwo growing student clubs, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers, are offering opportunities and community for St. Thomas students of color in STEM fields.
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Coronavirus Update: St. Thomas Closes Rome Programs
COVID-19 ResponseAfter careful deliberation, and out of an abundance of caution, the university has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the Saint John Vianney/Catholic Studies Rome Semester and to close our Bernardi Campus. -
Tommie Experts: Yohuru Williams on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Diversity, Equity and InclusionCollege of Arts and Sciences Dean Yohuru Williams discusses the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which authorized the federal government to oversee elections in Southern states, helping overcome legal barriers aimed at preventing African Americans from voting. -
Faculty Tenure and Promotions Announced
University NewsThe Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce faculty who have been granted tenure and simultaneously promoted to associate professor, effective Sept. 1, 2020. -
Celebrating Past, Looking to Future Themes of 2020 State of the University Address
Diversity, Equity and InclusionNews of a $20 million scholarship gift, and the announcement that St. Thomas will adopt a test-optional policy both drew applause at the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium Thursday as President Julie Sullivan delivered the 2020 State of the University address. -
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Yohuru Williams to Leave in June
University NewsDr. Yohuru Williams, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), was recently named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and affiliated faculty in the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights at St. John’s University New York. Williams will step down from St. Thomas at the end of the academic year and will begin his new post on July 1, 2020. -
Life at St. Thomas: A Semester in Rome
People & CultureSt. Thomas photographer Liam Doyle accompanied students and faculty taking part in the 2019 fall semester of College of Arts and Sciences' SOLV Global in Rome. -
Keanu Daley Named 2020 Tommie Award Winner
University NewsKeanu Daley, senior triple major in actuarial science, statistics and theology, was voted by students, staff and faculty as the winner of the 2020 Tommie Award. -
St. Thomas Community Members Receive 2020 Campus Compact Awards
Social JusticeThe University of St. Thomas and President Julie Sullivan are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Campus Compact Presidents’ Awards and Newman Civic Fellowship. -
Tommie Experts: Yohuru Williams on Landmark Ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson
Tommie ExpertsCollege of Arts and Sciences Dean Yohuru Williams discusses the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established the doctrine of "separate but equal," allowing states to enforce the separation of races.