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Sights and Sounds: St. Thomas Softball Earns Summit League Championship Title
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In just its fourth year of Division I action, St. Thomas Softball has earned its first Summit League Championship title. The Tommies shut out the North Dakota State Bison in their final game of the season to secure the championship banner on May 3 at south athletics field in St. Paul.
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Meet TommieBot: A Generative AI Chatbot, Engineered for and by Tommies
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The University of Thomas is integrating TommieBot across its digital infrastructure, leveraging the innovative tech to enhance the Tommie experience. The new generative artificial intelligence chatbot was created entirely in-house by St. Thomas software and artificial intelligence experts.
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Carnegie Gives St. Thomas High Marks for Providing Access and Preparing Students for Success
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New national data places the University of St. Thomas top in Minnesota when it comes to representing the communities it serves and setting up its graduates for higher-paying careers. St. Thomas was designated an "Opportunity College and University" in the newly redesigned Carnegie Classifications of the nation's higher education institutions.
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New Product Tech Venture Program at St. Thomas Builds Innovative Leaders
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Evelyn Truong '23, '24 MS grew up in Vietnam, witnessing firsthand the stark health care disparities faced by marginalized communities due to inadequate resources and technology. Truong was a part of a New Product Tech Ventures team that created a nonintrusive posture correction device that uses a person's personal camera to help them maintain better posture while working.
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Tommies Build Community With Habitat for Humanity in Maplewood
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St. Thomas students recently volunteered with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity on a home build that is part of The Heights development in Maplewood. Organized through the Shelter Crew program and supported by the Center for the Common Good, this hands-on experience allowed students to help build a future home for a local family.
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Tommie Expert: Why Facial Recognition Deserves a Role in Criminal Investigations
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As the justice system navigates advancing technology, courts face a critical question: How should facial recognition technology be incorporated into legal proceedings? In this Tommie Experts piece, Dr. Manjeet Rege, the director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the School of Engineering, explores how Minnesota courts are currently contending with the admissibility of facial recognition as evidence.
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Congratulations to Dr. Adam Korak for Advising Award
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Congratulations to Dr. Adam Korak, the 2025 winner of the Excellence in Advising Award for Faculty. Korak is an associate professor in the Health and Exercise Science Department of the Morrison Family College of Health. Korak has been at St. Thomas since 2017, a period that includes the establishment of the MFCOH and large growth in student interest in its majors, such as exercise science.
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May 9: Explore Prototypes at Senior Design Show
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Check out the latest prototypes from the School of Engineering at the Senior Design Show. The event will showcase the work of 26 engineering teams who have partnered with local companies like 3M, Boston Scientific, Burns & McDonnell, Emerson and Medtronic. The show runs from 3-5 p.m. inside the Schoenecker Center on Friday, May 9.
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May 13: View New Toni Morrison Stained Glass Medallion
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The St. Thomas chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society) invites you to join them for an open house for a new Toni Morrison stained glass window. Come to see this work of art and to hear some of Morrison's works read by Sigma Tau Delta students. The event takes place on Tuesday, May 13, at noon in OSF Library Room 102.
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May 13: Learn About Norse Mythology at Interfaith Fellows Session
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The Jay Phillips Center invites the St. Thomas community to an academic session exploring Norse mythology and religion. The event on Tuesday, May 13, is open to all students and will feature a conversation led by Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried, a renowned scholar of Norse mythology. Organized through the student Interfaith Fellows program, this event is part of the university's educational commitment to the critical and respectful academic study of lived religion and worldview diversity in society.
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May 15: Enjoy Music on the Plaza With a Violinist
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Come on Thursday, May 15, during convo hour to hear Music on the Plaza with T-Ray, a New Orleans-based violinist who will perform his '90s, hip-hop, R&B and Jazz music. The live music event will take place on John P. Monahan Plaza. There will be ice cream.
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Trees along Summit Avenue on the St. Paul campus sport their spring look with fresh leaves. (Brandon Woller '17/University of St. Thomas) |
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Media Highlights:
Danielle Ailts Campeau, dean of Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, spoke with WCCO Radio regarding the innovations presented at e-Fest. Campeau was joined by a student from California State University, Sacramento who is part of a team of students developing an AI program for detecting guns.
In anticipation of the papal conclave, KARE 11 spoke with Father Jonathan Kelly, rector of Saint John Vianney College Seminary (SJV), and Dr. Michael Naughton, director of the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas, along with seminarians at SJV, who have constructed their own version of the Vatican's iconic chimney to signal the election of a new pope.
Dr. Christopher Michaelson, professor of business ethics at the Opus College of Business, spoke with MPR about the meaning of work.
Dr. Charles Reid, professor at the School of Law, recently talked to PBS News about the history and intricacies of the conclave that selects a new pope.
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Know of anything or anyone interesting around the university that would make for a good Newsroom feature story? Let us know at news@stthomas.edu.
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