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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…
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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… -
A Beacon of Sustainability: The Stewardship Garden
Sustainability & EnvironmentTucked away in a sheltered corner of campus, far from the busy happenings of the lower and upper quads or the bright lights of O’Shaughnessy Stadium, you’ll find a unicorn of sorts – a scientific unicorn, bursting with sun-ripened vegetables, curious dogs on their morning walk, and rusty-patched bumblebees looking for their next meal. Joining… -
Globally Minded: St. Thomas Alumna Earns Congress-Bundestag Scholarship
People & CultureUniversity of St. Thomas German and environmental sciences double major Payton Johnson ’22 wasn’t interested in choosing between her two passions after graduation. Instead, she figured out how to pursue both. This summer, Johnson makes a trip across the globe as a fellow in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program for Young Professionals. Sponsored by the… -
The Art of Collaboration: Why So Many Physics Students Are Double Majors
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationLight is a beautiful thing, and for St. Thomas senior Lexi Serreyn, she’s making it her future. A physics and electrical engineering double major, Serreyn is poised to graduate this spring, ready to turn her love and knowledge of light into something much more. “With my research in the Physics Department I got access to… -
St. Thomas Senior Is a Twin Cities River Rat
Arts & HumanitiesBeing a neuroscience major with two minors in biology and personal health and wellness would be enough for students, but not for Morgan Williams ’22. During her first two years at St. Thomas, she competed for the university’s swim and dive team, and now fills the role of team manager, along with finding time for… -
A Changemaker From St. Thomas to South Africa
AlumniAs Jake Hodge ’21, a biology major at the University of St. Thomas, approached graduation, he packed up his belongings and prepared for an experience that would make him stand out from his fellow graduates in more ways than one. He wasn’t going back to his home of Brainerd, Minnesota, or anywhere within an 8,000-mile… -
Serving Survivors Left in a Virus’s Wake
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Thomas biology students took a semester-long deep dive into a different virus.