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Students Innovate for a Sustainable Future
Sustainability & EnvironmentFace it. People can be wasteful in ways that can have a global impact. Issues like pollution, deforestation and climate change challenge the future of this Earth that billions call home. Yet, grounded in faith and moral obligation instilled by a University of St. Thomas education, some Tommie entrepreneurs strive to reverse or slow that…
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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… -
Leading in STEAM Education: Forward-Facing Schoenecker Center Opens its Doors
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationWhen the School of Engineering’s Dr. Rita Lederle makes concrete alongside her civil engineering students at the University of St. Thomas, the process will no longer take place out of sight. Instead, her lesson on how to manipulate the properties of concrete will be held right in the middle of the action inside the Schoenecker… -
Biology Professor Named Finalist in Agar Art Competition
Professional NotesUniversity of St. Thomas Biology Department Professor Joanna Klein’s passion for “Star Trek” recently landed her submission in the American Society for Microbiology Agar Art competition a finalist slot. The contest encourages scientists, artists and the general public to use live microbes as their palette and petri plates as their canvas. Contestants create agar art… -
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… -
Digging for Answers: Microbiology Research Tackles Antibiotic Resistance
ResearchAt the start of Dr. Joanna Klein’s Microbiology and Health course this February, St. Thomas students were assigned the ultimate biology treasure hunt. Instead of rubies or gold bars, their search was for something much more valuable: dirt. Topsoil is far from flashy, and yet, with just the right amount of luck, it could yield… -
In Our Prayers: Steven Trost
In Our PrayersSteve Trost, a retired greenhouse manager and horticulturist at the University of St. Thomas, died on Jan. 22, 2023. Trost was the greenhouse manager from 1980 until his retirement in September 2012. Trost, who retired after 32 years of working within the St. Thomas community, earned his horticulture degree from Century College in 1947 and… -
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… -
Biology and Computer Science Team Up in 'Avian Soap Opera'
Arts & HumanitiesWith the use of six wall-mounted monitors, biology and neuroscience students kept a close watch on songbirds this summer. This "avian soap opera" is a research project taking place in the lab of Dr. Sarah Heimovics, associate professor of biology and neuroscience, aiming to understand how hormones and neurotransmitters work in the brain to regulate… -
Undergraduate Summer Research Highlights
Arts & HumanitiesFor more than 50 St. Thomas undergraduate students, this summer was spent conducting research on a wide range of topics through St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The program’s grant funding means that students get paid for their work and research. Forty-two Young Scholars, 10 Ignite Research Scholars and one Community-Based Researcher participated this…