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Student-team Presents Innovation Scholars Recommendations to Mayo Clinic
University NewsA team of four University of St. Thomas students and a graduate student from St. Catherine University present recommendations March 7 concerning a medical innovation that they have been working on in collaboration with a Mayo Clinic physician.
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Two Students to Present Research at Scholars at the Capitol Feb. 19
University NewsSam Jensen and Julie Rech will represent St. Thomas at the event, which will be held in the state Capitol's rotunda. -
Testing the Waters: Undergraduates Leave the Lab and Plunge Into Research
University NewsMost weekdays last summer Grant Schmura and David Houserman left the biology lab around noon and drove to Lake Judy in Shoreview, Minn. Before each of those days was done they would spend five hours gathering and tracking painted turtles. -
Knowing Beyond Learning: STEM Learning Communities Help Students Apply Concepts
“THE MEANING OF ‘KNOWING’ HAS SHIFTED FROM BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER AND REPEAT INFORMATION TO BEING ABLE TO FIND AND USE IT.” -NOBEL LAUREATE HERBERT SIMON, 1996 I have spent much of the last 12 years teaching various topics in statistics, research methods and measurement to undergraduate and graduate students at St. Thomas and elsewhere. My… -
Green House Springs Back to Life
Sustainability & EnvironmentBuilt in 1947 and closed in 1997, the greenhouse on Summit Avenue has been renovated to accommodate soaring enrollments in the sciences. Here, greenhouse manager Steve Trost waters plants in the renovated structure. Andy Moy ’11 and his lab partner checked the growth of their experimental plants three times a week, making the greenhouse a… -
Q&A with Niels Sorensen
Niels Sorensen ’70, a surgeon who established a scholarship in 2006 for premedical students, is helping to create a mentorship program for students in the health professions. Why did you decide to attend St. Thomas? Bill Malevich [who later served as dean of students] was the admissions counselor who promoted St. Thomas at my high… -
Biology: It's in Their DNA
Biology is the study of life and here we peek into the lives of four alumni who majored in biology. We profile a corn pests entomologist, a genetic counselor, a laboratory equipment salesman and a regulatory affairs specialist. Aaron Gassmann ’97 – corn pests entomologist Each summer Midwesterners look forward to peeling back the green… -
Sam Friederichs: Love of the Outdoors Leads Down Conservation Biology Path
Sustainability & EnvironmentSam Friederichs is an avid duck hunter and has enjoyed the outdoors since he was a young boy, and he doesn't like what he sees happening to Minnesota's wetlands.