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To Make a Difference in Climate Change, Get Closer
Sustainability & EnvironmentSenior Jenna Ness' research looks at climate change attitudes and behavior and asks if they are influenced by psychological distance and goals for taking action.
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2014 Summer Digest: Stories You May Have Missed
Sustainability & EnvironmentAs another academic year begins, the Newsroom brings you some of the stories you may have missed during the summer. -
How the Earth Works
Sustainability & EnvironmentGeologist Kevin Theissen explores the global change that affects ecology and civilizations both faraway and close to home. -
Training Young Scientists
Sustainability & EnvironmentBiology professor Dalma Martinović-Weigelt employs undergraduate researchers to study the effects of man-made stressors on aquatic systems. -
Easy Ways to Get Around Minneapolis Without a Car
Sustainability & EnvironmentMore and more options are popping up to get around the Twin Cities - making it easier than ever to get by without a car. -
Hey, Nice Ride!
Sustainability & EnvironmentTwo geography students find out what makes those distinctive lime green bikes so ubiquitous around the Twin Cities. -
Cleaning Up a 'Sad, Urban Lot' With Wildflowers, Science
Sustainability & EnvironmentThis month, St. Thomas senior Elizabeth Chambers, junior Hunter Gaitan, sophomore Ryan Burke and biochemistry professor Dr. Adam Kay will help plant 96 plots of wildflowers on a vacant gravel pit in downtown St. Paul for their research study, The Helpful Flowers Project. The team will study biodiversity and how wildflowers remove toxic heavy metals from soil. -
St. Thomas Wins EPA 'Green Power' Award for Third-Consecutive Year
Sustainability & EnvironmentThe university was honored for its purchase of wind-generated electric power. -
Eureka! Entrepreneur Innovations Honored
Sustainability & EnvironmentTwo St. Thomas-affiliated organizations are amongst the inaugural class of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Eureka! award winners. The awards recognize ground-breaking innovation at companies and nonprofits in the Twin Cities. -
Help Out at Mississippi River Cleanup Saturday
Sustainability & EnvironmentA Tommie Tradition: Join the UST Green Team and the Recycling Team and students, faculty, staff and neighbors in this annual event that concludes the 2014 Earth Week Celebration. The cleanup counts toward student club volunteer hours.