How Green Ideas Take Root
So, a social psychologist, a cognitive psychologist and an industrial psychologist walk into the woods … and what emerges is a strong research collaboration that links psychology with one of the most...
View ArticleClimate-Change Expert Bill McKibben Coming to UST and Macalester Feb. 20-21...
Bill McKibben, one of the nation’s best-known environmental journalists and an expert on global warming, will visit the University of St. Thomas and Macalester College Feb. 20 and 21 for a series of...
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A Garden of Earthly Delights
Growing the Stewardship Garden Since its inception in 2010, the UST Stewardship Garden has donated more than 4,000 pounds of vegetables to local organizations, allowed for in-depth student research,...
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Professional Notes for Nov. 17, 2014
Dr. Thomas Bushlack Margaret Cahill Dr. Thomas J. Bushlack, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Mindfulness and the Discernment of the Passions: Insights from Thomas...
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Urban Flower Field Wins 2014 Great Places Award
Art and science came together to create an award-winning project. Urban Flower Field, a collaboration between Public Art St. Paul and the environmental science program at the University of St. Thomas,...
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Senior Stride
Graduation provides these eight seniors with time to reflect on past accomplishments and look forward to what the future may hold. Nick Ronnei, Chanhassen Even after interviewing for the position Nick...
View ArticleFaculty to Present at Sustainability Conference
Several St. Thomas faculty members will present at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s annual conference, held Oct. 25-28, at the Minneapolis Convention Center....
View ArticleEnvironmental Science Brown Bag Discussion Is Wednesday
In June 2015, the Geology department led a field experience course in Iceland, “Field methods and sustainability energy use in Iceland.” Drs. Tom Hickson and Kevin Theissen will discuss and reflect on...
View Article‘Sodoku and Environmental Science’ Topic of Nov. 19 Talk
The Environmental Science Program will host a talk by Dr. Chip Small titled “Sudoku and environmental science: Tools for filling in the gaps in our understanding of natural systems” from noon-1p.m....
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Leading Expert on Modern-day Slavery to Speak Here Feb. 3
Dr. Kevin Bales, widely regarded as the world’s leading expert on contemporary slavery, will discuss his just-published book, Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide and the Secret to Saving the...
View ArticleFirefly Gene Lights the Way for St. Thomas Toxicologist
Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt, Ph.D., St. Thomas Biology Department faculty member and director of the Environmental Science program, has focused her career on endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and other...
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Professional Notes for Dec. 13, 2016
Jean-Pierre Bongila Dr. Lisa Abendroth, Marketing Department, Opus College of Business, and faculty director of the Part-time Flex MBA program, presented a session on managing a curricular review at...
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Professional Notes for Jan. 17, 2017
Elise Amel Dr. Elise Amel, Psychology Department, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Camille George, School of Engineering; and Sarah E. Spencer, Office of Study Abroad, who are all part of the Center...
View ArticleSustainable Communities Partnership Fosters Real-world Impact
It’s a classic question students pose: How am I going to use this in the real world? Thirty-seven courses that have worked with the St. Thomas Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP) are providing...
View ArticleProfessional Notes for Feb. 9, 2018
This week's professional notes include faculty Carol Bruess, Kristine DeVinck, John Floeder, David Jenkins, N. Curtis LeMay, Stephen Hipp, Michael Hollerich, Mike Klein, Anne Klejment, Thomas...
View ArticleBrightSide Produce Brings Ingenuity, Collaboration to Food Desert Battle
University students deliver needed nutrition to neighborhoods in food deserts.
View ArticleSummer Research: Drone Technology, Hunting Heroines
Dozens of Tommies - 44, to be exact - are spending their summer working full-time on research thanks to funding from St. Thomas grants, including Young Scholars, Community-based Research and...
View ArticlePolar Explorer, Environmentalist Ann Bancroft Presents ‘No Horizon Is So Far’
Bancroft, the first woman to successfully finish expeditions to both the North and South poles, is the Women’s History Month speaker.
View ArticleTrouts, Turfgrass and Treatment: St. Thomas Students, Metropolitan Council...
A partnership between the University of St. Thomas and the Metropolitan Council is benefitting students, the natural environment, and other public spaces. Students are producing solid work for the...
View ArticleSummer Research 2019: Zebra Mussels, Legacy of Adoption
Dozens of St. Thomas undergraduate students spent their summer months doing hands-on research on an incredibly diverse range of subjects.
View ArticleHumans of St. Thomas: Emma Smith
Meet Emma Smith, a senior who has made a huge impact on the future of sustainability.
View ArticleHumans of St. Thomas: Josh Mounsey ’24
A native of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a proud Catholic, Josh Mounsey was drawn to the University of St. Thomas after reading its mission statement.
View ArticlePlanting Sustainability with Campus Roots
Sustainability has been blooming at St. Thomas. The recent drive toward more environmentally friendly behaviors has been monumental, with the university’s efforts to address sustainability resulting in...
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