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Student-team Presents Innovation Scholars Recommendations to Mayo Clinic
18 Mar 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
A team of four University of St. Thomas students and a graduate student from St. Catherine University present recommendations March 7 concerning a medical innovation that they have been working on in collaboration with a Mayo Clinic physician.
A Conversation With Poet Sun Yung Chin ’05 M.A.
18 Mar 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Shin’s latest poetry collection, Rough, and Savage, was published by Coffee House Press late last year.
TommieMedia Reporter’s Pope-Election Reaction Photo Goes Global
15 Mar 2013 by Alyssa Adkins, TommieMedia / No Comments
A photo of seminarian Nathaniel Binversie taken Wednesday, March 13, on the lower quad was distributed globally by the Associated Press. The photo was taken by TommieMedia’s Caroline Rode.
Wulf Kaal’s Diverse Education Informs the Work He Does – In and Out of the Classroom
14 Mar 2013 by Wulf Kaal / No Comments
KaaI’s unique background enables him to seek socially optimal solutions to real-world problems independent of political or economic pressure.
Rome Has White Smoke, We Have Christopher Gernetzke
13 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
As head sexton at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, it was Gernetzke’s responsibility to announce the selection of Pope Francis by ringing the seminary bell.
Habemus Papam: St. Thomas Community Reacts to the Selection of Pope Francis
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Dr. Don Briel, Dr. Charles Reid Jr., Dr. Massimo Faggioli and Monsignor Aloysius Callaghan offer their initial thoughts on the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th Pope. St. Thomas students celebrate on campus.
Noted French Concert Organist to Perform in Sunday Recital Celebrating Kney Organ’s 25th Anniversary
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Michel Bouvard will perform Sunday afternoon in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. All are welcome to the free concert and reception.
St. Thomas Nominated as ‘Top Workplace’
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
St. Thomas again has been nominated to participate in the Star Tribune’s “Top Workplaces” survey, and 500 randomly selected St. Thomas employees will receive emails next week asking them to complete a short questionnaire.
U.S. News Ranks Graduate Programs
12 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
St. Thomas graduate and professional programs in business, education, law and social work are included in the Best Graduate Schools rankings published today (March 12) by U.S. News & World Report.
The Inspiration Behind the Faculty Award-Winning Collaboration of Stephen Brookfield and John Holst
12 Mar 2013 by Stephen Brookfield and John D. Holst / No Comments
In the field of adult education the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education is awarded annually to the English language book that exemplifies outstanding scholarship. Recently, Stephen Brookfield and John D. Holst from the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling learned that they won the 2011 World Award for their book Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for a Just World.
The Scroll: Change Confronts Us All – and Not Just a New President
11 Mar 2013 by Dave Nimmer / No Comments
Dave Nimmer wants to talk about change. The timing is good for the conversation, he writes today in The Scroll, because a new president will arrive soon with a load of challenges and will need our help.
Studying the Sleep Habits of College Students
08 Mar 2013 by Roxanne Prichard / No Comments
Roxanne Prichard studies how and when we sleep and the environmental, biological and psychological variables that impede sleep. Simply put, she studeies what is it that makes us go to sleep and wake up when we do and the factors that interfere with that process.
Media Tap UST, Seminary Professors for Help in Covering the Vatican
06 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
Four faculty members … Don Briel, Charles Reid, Father Andrew Cozzens and Massimo Faggioli … have been busy these days.
Conversations with President-elect Sullivan are April 4
06 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Dr. Julie Sullivan, who will become president of St. Thomas on July 1, will offer opportunities for discussion and engagement with St. Thomas faculty and staff in forums on Thursday, April 4.
The Scroll: Rats on a Wheel
06 Mar 2013 by Susan Alexander / No Comments
Susan Alexander has run across an interesting study about the effect of exercise on rat intelligence, and she suggests today in The Scroll that the results that be useful to us humans, too.
Witness to History: A Purple Papal Pilgrimage
05 Mar 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
St. Thomas Catholic Studies students and St. John Vianney seminarians studying at the Bernardi campus in Rome had aisle seats as Benedict XVI took one final drive through St. Peter’s Square in his Popemobile. Newsroom editor Kate Metzger recalls the morning she spent with them and 300,000 others in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
‘The Irish Family at Home and Abroad’ Symposium Here March 9
04 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
The daylong program features writers, scholars, therapists and a keynote address by Dr. Brigittine French on “Anthropologists Look at the Irish Family.”
A Short Conversation With Women’s History Month Speaker Sara Paretsky
01 Mar 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Paretsky will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in OEC auditorium. She is the New York Times best-selling author of 17 mystery books and a longtime social activist.
As a Master’s Student in Iowa, Dr. Heather Shirey Heard Brazil Beckoning and Followed
28 Feb 2013 by Heather Shirey, Ph.D. / No Comments
Preparing for my first semester of college at the University of Iowa, I made some decisions about my course schedule that ended up being rather fortuitous for my later scholarship. First, to fulfill my language requirement, I chose to study Brazilian Portuguese.
Depth of Field Icons: Harry Truman
26 Feb 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
St. Thomas President Father Vincent Flynn (left) greets U.S. President Harry Truman (center) and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey on Summit Avenue as Truman and Humphrey travel from Minneapolis to St. Paul’s Hotel Lowry on Nov. 3, 1949.
The Scroll: Google vs. UST
26 Feb 2013 by Susan Alexander / 5 Comments
Susan Alexander was intrigued when she read that Google had been named Fortune magazine’s best place to work in the world for the fourth consecutive year. Just what kind of amenities does Google offer? She checked them out and offers a report – and her analysis of how St. Thomas stacks up – today in The Scroll.
The Scroll: The Legend of the ‘Sciarpa della Vittoria’
22 Feb 2013 by Lisa Weier / 3 Comments
Junior Lisa Weier is studying in Rome this semester – studying and, of course, checking out the Italian culture and bargaining with street vendors for their wares. In The Scroll today, read about her adventure in buying a scarf.
G Lee Xiong: Ally for Social Justice
21 Feb 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Senior social work major Xiong was inspired by a childhood friend to research the challenges faced by the LGBTQ Hmong American community. She hopes her research will contribute to a better sense of unity in the Hmong community.
Mike Johnson ’90 Goes the Distance (314.4 miles) Running 12 Marathons in 12 Months
21 Feb 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / 4 Comments
Despite running an even dozen marathons in 2012 (and a wee bit of 2013), there’s one more 26.2-mile race on his agenda … the Boston Marathon in April.
Back to Her Rural Roots
21 Feb 2013 by Mary R. Fisher / No Comments
For Kristi Schlosser Carlson ’06, a degree from the University of St. Thomas School of Law combined her family background and her passions with a satisfying career as general counsel and director of government relations for the North Dakota Farmers Union, a grassroots organization driven by its members to advocate for family farmers.