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St. Thomas Passes Halfway Point for STEAM Complex Fundraising
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationSt. Thomas has surpassed a fundraising milestone to bring a planned $100 million facility that will help prepare students for the future workforce a step closer to reality.
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Humans of St. Thomas: Patrick Roche
Humans of St. ThomasMeet Patrick Roche, an electrical engineering major with a magical side gig. -
Tommie Experts: COVID-19 Spotlights COBOL Coding Issues, Programmer Shortages
Tommie ExpertsAs states around the country continue responding to COVID-19, a new pressing need has emerged: People with knowledge of COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) coding, a decades-old programming language the majority of mainframe computers still run on. -
Professor AnnMarie Thomas Awarded 2020 LEGO Prize
University NewsAnnMarie Thomas, founder and director of the Playful Learning Lab, was awarded the 2020 LEGO Prize Monday during the LEGO Idea Conference. Thomas is being recognized for collaboration with educators and her advocacy for playful learning. -
Tommie Experts: Ethically Educating on Artificial Intelligence at St. Thomas
Tommie ExpertsThe Newsroom caught up with the School of Engineering's Manjeet Rege, director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, to ask about the center's launch in response to a growing need to educate ethically around AI. -
Planning Our Future Together: St. Thomas 2025
President's OfficePresident Julie Sullivan today announced a new strategic planning process that will engage our community in developing our university priorities for the next five years. Community conversations around “St. Thomas 2025” will begin in January, and your voice is needed to help create the road map for our shared goals. -
![Playful Learning Lab student Kristina Harmann, right, talks with OK GO Sandbox Art in Space winner Alexandra Slabakis in the create [space] in the Anderson Student Center in St. Paul.](https://news.stthomas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Art-in-Space-1.jpg)
OK Go Sandbox Art in Space Winners Visit, Develop Project St. Thomas
STEAMOne of the winning student teams of the OK Go Sandbox Art in Space contest came to St. Thomas on Sept. 12-13 for two full days of project development work, exposure to what it looks like to be a college engineering, and work with Playful Learning Lab projects and students. -
St. Thomas' Playful Learning Lab Teams with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin for Latest Project
STEAMSt. Thomas’ Playful Learning Lab and its director, School of Engineering and Schulze School of Entrepreneurship professor AnnMarie Thomas, have formed a new partnership with Jeff Bezos’ space exploration company, Blue Origin. -
The Magic Behind the Playful Learning Lab
University NewsAt its heart, the Playful Learning Lab is a research group focused on creating fun, unique and engaging hands-on experiences for PK-12 students and educators. -
Engineering Students Turn Industry Problems to Solutions at Senior Design Show
STEAMHundreds of students, their family and friends, and faculty and staff descended on the Anderson Student Center on Friday for the 2018 School of Engineering Senior Design Show.