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VIDEO: Inaugural Principled Leadership Awardees Named
Business & LawSt. Thomas' Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership has announced the first recipients of an award recognizing the Twin Cities' best. The inaugural Melrose Twin Cities Principled Leadership Award recipients' issues of focus – public health, veteran support and racial justice – are all as timely as they are timeless. The awardees…
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Maurer, Vallario of Women's Hockey Named to Team Switzerland
University NewsTwo St. Thomas women's hockey players, Saski Mauer and Nicole Vallario have been selected to the Swiss women's national team. Maurer, a freshman goaltender, and Vallario a freshman defender have been key contributors to St. Thomas' first DI season. As members of the Swiss women's national team they will compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter… -
A Message from President Julie Sullivan for MLK Day
University NewsPresident Julie Sullivan shared the following in an email to the St. Thomas community. Ninety-three years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Fifty-eight years ago, he proclaimed, “I have a dream,” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And less than two years ago, the murder of George Floyd in… -
Acting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call
Anti-racism effortsReverend Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “There are some things in our society, some things in our world, to which we should never be adjusted.” In that 1967 address, King elaborated that those things are poverty, racial inequality, denial of equal rights to people of color, to LGBTQIA+ communities, religious bigotry, Islamophobia and others. … -
Yohuru Williams Named to Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment
Anti-racism effortsDr. Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) at the University of St. Thomas, is one of 15 leaders from across Minnesota recently named to the Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment. This bipartisan effort, convened by Gov. Tim Walz, is aimed at reducing recidivism (chance for re-offenses) of people on probation and supervised… -
New Research: Earth Is Hotter Than Ever Recorded
University NewsEarth broke yet another heat record last year. For the sixth straight year, joint research by University of St. Thomas Professor of Engineering John Abraham and 23 scientists from around the world revealed that, per their measurements, the world’s oceans are hotter than ever recorded. “The Earth is warming and humans are the culprit,” Abraham… -
Engineering Senior Design Clinic Previews Projects
University NewsSt. Thomas School of Engineering students had an opportunity during what was basically a “show and tell” to reveal the midyear progress of their Senior Design Clinic projects to family, friends, peers and faculty. During the December showcase and banquet held in the Facilities and Design Center, students on approximately a half dozen multi-disciplinary teams… -
The Orchard: School of Engineering Machine Design Challenge Fall 2021
University NewsAmid the cheers from the audience and their fellow classmates, students from the Machine Design class steer their robotic machines, trying to harvest as many apples from an orchard tree as possible. This is the annual School of Engineering Machine Design Challenge. Student teams are given broad customer requirements they must translate into measurable engineering… -
Meet the 28 New Tommie Football Recruits Incoming From 11 States
AthleticsSt. Thomas Football introduced its latest Division I signing class on Dec. 15, National Signing Day. The high school graduating Class of 2022 has 28 players from 11 states making their formal commitment to the Twin Cities-based university and to coach Glenn Caruso's program. "We're tremendously proud to welcome new Tommies into our football family,"… -
In the News: Watch St. Thomas Coach Caruso Review the 2022 Recruiting Class
AthleticsUniversity of St. Thomas football coach Glenn Caruso met with reporters on Wednesday afternoon to review the Tommies' 2022 recruiting class. KSTP-TV aired a portion of that news conference.