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St. Thomas Energy Innovation Receives Multiyear Funding From Congress
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationUniversity of St. Thomas’ innovation in renewable energy is catching the eye of lawmakers in Washington, resulting in new federal partnerships that are garnering national attention. Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, more than $10 million is on its way to St. Thomas to advance microgrid research and establish a new center…
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STEAM Rises: The Building of Schoenecker Center
St. Thomas 2025As the University of St. Thomas crossed the halfway point to opening the 130,000-square-foot Schoenecker Center, its new home for science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics, the McGough Construction crew and naming donors marked the moment by signing the steel beam that was placed at the highest point on the building. This act, known in… -
In the News: St. Thomas Professor Co-Authors Global Study Showing New Record for Ocean Heat
In the NewsUniversity of St. Thomas School of Engineering Professor John Abraham recently spoke with multiple national and global media outlets to provide insight into the most recent study on ocean heat content, which paints a clear picture of the dangerous trajectory of global warming. Abraham - a renowned climate researcher - is part of a team… -
Earth Has a Fever
STEAMUniversity of St. Thomas scientist measures global temperature University of St. Thomas School of Engineering Professor John Abraham, along with 23 colleagues from 16 institutions around the world, published a climate change study Jan. 11 in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. They found that 2022 was a record year for our planet – Earth continues to… -
A World of Science: Ancient Art and History Under the St. Thomas Microscope
Arts & HumanitiesTucked away in a corner of the O’Shaughnessy Science Hall on the St. Paul campus, you’ll find the geology lab. Under the microscope today is a special sample that could hold important clues to the ancient Roman world. Lab manager Anik Regan is working with Sophia Ritacco, a sociology major and art history museum studies… -
Schoenecker Center Construction Site at St. Thomas Is a ‘Living Lab’
STEAMUniversity of St. Thomas engineering students are a window away from a real-life learning lab. “Our classroom has the west-side windows … it’s like a fishbowl, they’re tying in eight feet away from you,” engineering student Genevieve Tester ’23 said about the ironworkers securing their safety harnesses before setting to work on the steel building… -
Three New Members Join School of Engineering Board of Governors
STEAMThree new members with strong technology and business acumen have joined the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering Board of Governors. The new Board of Governors members are Eileen Youds, Wei Moline and Nnamdi Njoku. “Eileen, Wei and Nnamdi are the leaders in our community who will inspire us to get better at our… -
Fortune Ranks St. Thomas MS in Data Science a Top 5 Program
St. Thomas 2025The University of St. Thomas’ School of Engineering MS in Data Science program landed in the Top 5 of Fortune magazine's first-ever ranking of the nation’s top in-person master’s degree programs in data science. It sits alongside programs at the country’s most recognizable and distinguished colleges and universities, including Harvard and Michigan. Data science continues… -
In the News: John Abraham on the Exponential Rise of Ocean Temperatures
In the NewsJohn Abraham, a renowned defender of science in the global warming discussion and professor of thermal sciences at the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering, spoke with WCCO Radio about a recent report published in Nature Reviews that analyzed the exponential rise of ocean temperatures. From the story: "So this is a study that… -
In the News: AnnMarie Thomas on Bringing Diversity Into STEM
In the NewsAnnMarie Thomas, PhD, spoke with KSTP about the importance of promoting STEM-related subjects to young women and balancing what has been a male-dominated field for years. Thomas is a professor at the University of St. Thomas in both the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Department of Entrepreneurship in the…