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NSF Discovery Scholars Build Community and Advance Research
STEAMIn fall 2022, St. Thomas was awarded a six-year, $1.5 million NSF S-STEM grant to provide financial support for students interested in key STEM fields. S-STEM grants are specifically intended to increase the country’s research science workforce by funding scholarships and academic support for talented undergraduate students with unmet financial need. With the grant, the…
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Italian Vineyard Serves as Tommie Science Lab
Sustainability & EnvironmentWhen most people imagine a cutting-edge scientific laboratory, donkeys, wine and vines rarely make an appearance. But for University of St. Thomas student and biochemistry major Clara Lucero ’24, that was exactly the kind of laboratory she embraced this summer. Instead of a long parade of beakers and microscopes, this laboratory featured plenty of fresh… -
CAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Science-Focused Scholarship Program
St. Thomas 2025 - Close Financial Gaps For StudentsThe $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will be used to provide financial support for low-income students interested in science fields. The College of Arts and Sciences will establish the NSF Discovery Scholars program, designed to help disadvantaged students thrive at St. Thomas. The program will award scholarships to 23 students interested in… -
NSF Awards $500K for St. Thomas Chemistry Research
Professional NotesCodrina Popescu, PhD, chemistry professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a co-recipient of a prestigious $500,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation to study iron trafficking and regulation in bacteria. The grant supports continued opportunities for undergraduate students to contribute to research at the University of St. Thomas. Popescu, who received… -
Student Research: Tacit Knowledge in College Success, Gene Expression, Medicaid Crowd-out
University NewsWhile the student traffic across Summit Avenue is much lighter, things are far from quiet on the St. Thomas campus over the summer months. Dozens of Tommies - 44, to be exact - are spending their summer working full-time on research thanks to funding from St. Thomas grants, including Young Scholars, Community-based Research and Sustainability Scholars. -
Food Reclamation Among Student Changemaking Projects Accepted Into Clinton Global Initiative
University NewsFive St. Thomas student groups have been accepted into the Clinton Global Initiative University, including a pair of graduate students looking to cut food waste on campus. -
Professional Notes for Sept. 2, 2014
University NewsThis week's notes feature faculty Corinne Carvalho, Massimo Faggioli, Anne Klejment, Mark McInroy, Manjeet Rege, Angela Senander, Gary Voegele and Christian Washburn; and School of Social Work students Shanea Turner Smith and Elisabeth Wells, and a host of award-winning students from the 2014 Chemistry and Biochemistry Banquet. -
Cleaning Up a 'Sad, Urban Lot' With Wildflowers, Science
Sustainability & EnvironmentThis month, St. Thomas senior Elizabeth Chambers, junior Hunter Gaitan, sophomore Ryan Burke and biochemistry professor Dr. Adam Kay will help plant 96 plots of wildflowers on a vacant gravel pit in downtown St. Paul for their research study, The Helpful Flowers Project. The team will study biodiversity and how wildflowers remove toxic heavy metals from soil. -
Professional Notes for May 1, 2014
University NewsThis week's notes feature faculty Anne Klejment, Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt, Lisa Prevette, Manjeet Rege, Christian Washburn, John Wendt and Reid Zimmerman; staff Carol Peterfeso and James Rogers; and students Katie Boyd, Emily Cabel, Jackie Heitzman, Caitlin Kielblock, Lauren McGovern, Kirsten Muller, Megan Tappe and undergraduate students from the Geography Department. -
Three Juniors Honored by Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program
University NewsRyan Augustin, a junior majoring in biochemistry, was awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, an award that honors outstanding students who plan to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Juniors Elizabeth Annoni and Mark Painter were named honorable mentions.