Archive Posts
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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…
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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. -
Tales from the Archives: STOP and Earth Day 1970
People & CultureEarth Day 2021 takes place this week. Reflecting on the first 50 years of this movement, take a look back at how the first Earth Day was observed on the St. Thomas campus. -
Tales from the Archives: First Female Professor at St. Thomas
Diversity, Equity and InclusionMarch is Women’s History Month and it is a perfect time to highlight a significant figure in the history of women at the University of St. Thomas. -
Bearing the Burden: How Privilege Plays Out in Pandemics
Diversity, Equity and InclusionWhile it may be global or everywhere, the COVID-19 pandemic is not impacting everyone the same, biology professor Jill Manske said. -
CAS Teach-in Tuesdays Focuses on 'Disrupting Pandemics'
Biology professor Jill Manske will kick off the spring 2021 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Teach-in Tuesdays series at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 23, with "Disrupting Pandemics: Infectious Disease, Inequity and Social Justice."