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Victorian Periodicals Research Sends Tommies to France
Arts & HumanitiesCecilia Becicka ’23 didn’t expect to finish her senior year at the University of St. Thomas eating canapes in a small castle in Caen, France. The data analytics major had just wrapped up a presentation at the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) conference. Usually knee-deep in numbers and spreadsheets, it was now time for…
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English Professors Pane, Bouwman, Chowdhury Release Books
Professional NotesUniversity of St. Thomas Department of English professors Salvatore Pane, Heather Bouwman and Kanishka Chowdhury released new books this spring. Pane’s short story collection, The Neorealist in Winter, was the winner of the 2022 Autumn House Fiction Prize. The collection explores “what it means to be human in an age of media oversaturization.” Bouwman released… -
English Department Faculty Member Contributes to Book on Irish Poetry
Professional NotesDr. Thomas D. Redshaw of the English Department wrote an essay on the Irish poet Tom McCarthy in The Poets and Poetry of Munster (2023), edited by Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Stephanie Schwerter of the Sorbonne. This anthology of critical essays will be launched in June at the Montague Memorial Conference in the Centre Culturel… -
Irish Poet Jessica Traynor Receives 27th O’Shaughnessy Award
University NewsThe Center for Irish Studies and College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas announced Jessica Traynor as the recipient of the 27th Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. The only prize of its type in the world, the O’Shaughnessy Award is granted to a poet resident in Ireland who makes significant contributions… -
Three St. Thomas Students Named Fulbright Semifinalists
University NewsThree University of St. Thomas students are semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year: senior Laura Hankins (neuroscience), Alli Preece ’21 (Spanish and political science), and Adalí Flores-Mendoza (communications studies, Spanish, and English with emphasis on professional writing). Flores-Mendoza and Preece applied to teach English in South Korea and Colombia, respectively. Hankins applied… -
Urban Art Mapping Receives NEA Grant for BLM Murals Research
Action Plan to Combat RacismThe Urban Art Mapping research team within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a research grant. The $80,000 arts grant will support an interdisciplinary, comparative study of eight Black Lives Matter street murals produced throughout… -
In the News: Gordon Grice on the Origin of Interest in Vampires
In the NewsSt. Thomas English Professor Gordon Grice recently spoke with the Star Tribune about the origins of - and growing interest in - vampires. From the story: "Interest is up, up, up, up," said Gordon Grice, who teaches classes on classic horror at the University of St. Thomas. "Vampires are becoming more and more popular." Grice… -
Digital Media Arts Alumna Wins Prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award
Arts & HumanitiesA recent University of St. Thomas graduate is kicking off her professional journalism career with a significant accolade, the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. One of just eight student honorees from across the country, Kayla Mayer ’22 earned the award for Excellence in Audio Hard News. Mayer spend her summer before graduation interning at KWIT-KOJI,… -
Louis Porter II: Telling the Stories You Don't Usually Hear
People & CultureLouis Porter II, a University of St. Thomas English professor in Dougherty Family College, wants to help tell the stories you don’t otherwise hear. It’s a passion that started earlier in his career at the St. Paul Pioneer Press reporting on the working poor. “These are people who were working every day but still had… -
Sophomore Wins SEJ Press Freedom Award
Humans of St. ThomasInspiration can be found in interesting places. For Macy Berendsen ’24, inspiration came to her while studying abroad in Rome, where she became aware of the trash epidemic facing the city. As a journalism major with an interest in sustainability, this story was waiting for her to tell. After returning to Minnesota, her professor, Dr.…