At the University of St. Thomas, our faculty and our students engage in research that explores important questions, addresses big challenges, and advances the common good, both locally and globally. Our commitment to research and scholarship means that faculty are supported in their work, and students – at the undergraduate and graduate levels – have countless opportunities to engage in faculty-mentored and independent research.
Faculty are part of a vibrant community of scholar-teachers at St. Thomas, focusing on important questions, working across disciplines, and advancing knowledge for the common good. With internal and external resources available, faculty members can advance their field through research.
Explore Your Own Questions - get started with research as early as your first year with faculty who are conducting cutting-edge research across many disciplines. Go on an archeology dig, advance jet engine technology, study the impact of stress on your body, or ensure street art is remembered as part of a community's response to tragedy.
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Graduate students at the University of St. Thomas can enhance their careers as well as the knowledge base in their fields through graduate research opportunities. In every discipline, graduate students work closely with faculty mentors to explore their professions’ greatest challenges and pursue innovative, collaborative, and industry-leading solutions.
Dr. Chelda Smith Kondo chaired and facilitated five talks at the American Educational Research Association annual conference in Philadelphia in April. There, the associate professor of education at the University of St. Thomas also held the first book signing for her book Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms. The book was released… The post Education Professor Gives Talks; Signs Books at AERA Conference appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
It was one of the most important commodities ahead of the American Revolution: gunpowder. Brought to North America by white settlers, the earliest known chemical explosive also had a profound effect on Native communities across the continent. Dr. Jennifer Monroe McCutchen, an assistant professor of history at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, is… The post Bringing Native Contributions to the Forefront of U.S. History appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
A traditional college professor is a “sage on the stage,” which is a wise scholar who imparts the necessary knowledge – usually via a “chalk and talk” lecture – for their students to transform into competent professionals and well-rounded human beings. At the University of St. Thomas, faculty lean toward being a “guide on the… The post When Students Become the Teachers, Everyone Learns appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
Ryan Kappes (Civil Engineering ’25) With Dr. Ali Ling Characterizing How PFAS Move Through Aquatic Food Webs in the Mississippi River RESEARCH ROLE: my role is to analyze data from research done on PFAS concentrations and find links between the compound size and accumulation in the food web to better characterize how much PFAS impacts… The post School of Engineering Student-Faculty Research appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
Imagine a group of chemicals so useful they’re in everything from your phone to your clothes, but they never break down and could be harming your health for generations. These chemicals do exist and there is not enough money in the world to remove them from the environment as fast as they are being added. Per-… The post The Future of Persistent ‘Forever’ Chemicals appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.