The common area on the first floor of Murray-Herrick Campus was recently renamed the Center for Student Achievement. The center includes updated technologies, as well as Information Technology support and academic resources for students.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in begins his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Russian aircraft was shot down by a Syrian defense missile over the Mediterranean and the U.S. cuts down on refugee acceptance for the second year straight. Web Manager Esme Verschoor has today’s News in :90.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop Thursday and authorized an investigation into allegations he sexually harassed adults.
President Trump visits Shanksville, Pennsylvania in memory of the 9/11 attacks, preparations are made for Hurricane Florence and Senator Jon Kyl says he’ll vote to repeal Obamacare. Story Editor Solveig Rennan has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas engineering professor Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman was awarded the 2018 Undergraduate Research Award for demonstrating impactful faculty-student collaboration in undergraduate research.
Good Threads Company, solely a social media-based business started by three St. Thomas seniors, has made over 30 sales in three states.
Tiffany Sports Lounge announced they will be taking over the Birthday Tuesday tradition from the now-closed Wild Onion Bar.
St. Paul police say a bicyclist died Wednesday after colliding with a school bus at the intersection of Snelling and Summit avenues.
Senior Valerie Brukhis was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, a prestigious international relations award, to study abroad Israel.
Four St. Thomas undergraduate students advanced in March to the final round of the Hult Prize competition, a social innovation and entrepreneurship contest in San Francisco, for their water purification business Solacqua.
Two St. Thomas seniors are working on plans for an apartment complex near campus to serve as student housing. The planned building would hold around 60 residents with rent starting around $900 per month.
St. Thomas tweeted Feb. 27 that it will not penalize students who were involved in protests about gun laws in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Three St. Thomas alumni were among 24 people chosen out of 751 applicants to receive the 2018 Bush Fellowship, which offers up to $100,000 to further develop leadership skills and learning experiences.
Beginning in the fall of 2018, St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business will add a new Masters in Health Care Innovation, a one-year program that will allow more people to enter the booming health care industry in Minnesota.
First-year student Enzo Vinholi developed a virtual reality system for the elderly and people with limited mobility that allows users to revisit old memories of places they’ve been.
