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Creation of a Sacred Space
Just as they did in the 1950s when they invited Marcel Breuer to Collegeville to design their sacred space, the Benedictines of Saint John’s Abbey welcomed Victoria Young, professor and chair of the...
View ArticleTop 10 Global Risks for 2014
The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risk Report is a highly regarded look at the most significant risks facing business (and, well, all of us!). The forum, reporting on hundreds of survey...
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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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Open House: A New Dean With New Ideas
Since the College of Business officially was established in 2001, and its first dean named in 2002, it has had a singular focus: to bring its academic offerings on par with leading business schools...
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St. Thomas’‘Love Doctor’ Pens New Book on ‘Intentional Dating’
John Buri, Ph.D., professor in the University of St. Thomas’ Psychology Department, takes dating seriously, and he hopes others will follow suit. In fact, he wrote an entire book on the subject titled...
View ArticleTheology Faculty Member Named Lautenschlaeger Award Recipient
Mark McInroy, assistant professor of theology in the Theology Department at the University of St. Thomas, has been named a recipient of the 2015 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise,...
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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,...
View ArticleProtecting the Rights of People With Developmental Disabilities
Issues of the just and fair treatment of people with developmental disabilities have been on my radar screen all of my life. I have an older brother with developmental disabilities, so I grew up...
View ArticleMichael Naughton Receives Monika K. Hellwig Award for Contributions to...
Dr. Michael Naughton, interim director of the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas, has been honored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities for “exceptional work as a scholar and...
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Massimo Faggioli: From the Vatican Secret Archives to St. Thomas Classrooms
How does an assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas become the go-to quote on all things Vatican in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun-Times and Tribune,...
View ArticleUST in the News for Feb. 11, 2015
College of Arts and SciencesArt history professor Victoria Young was a guest on tpt’s Almanac Jan. 30.“St. Paul police officers lead in rising use of deadly force,” Star Tribune, Feb. 7. Sociology and...
View ArticleEngineering Serendipity
In the middle of fall semester 2013, Lauren Vallez, an undeclared freshman, couldn’t have engineered a more serendipitous encounter. While standing in line at Summit Marketplace in Anderson Student...
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Bruce Kramer, St. Thomas Dean and Professor, Dies of ALS
Dr. Bruce Kramer, former dean of the St. Thomas College of Education, Leadership and Counseling and a faculty member since 1996, has died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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Doing a Bit of Good With Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency, is met with an even mix of fear, skepticism or excitement by those familiar with the virtual form of money. Introductions usually are greeted...
View ArticleDr. Kris Bunton Named Dean of TCU’s Bob Schieffer College of Communication
Dr. Kris Bunton, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. Thomas since June 2011, has been named dean of the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at Texas Christian University.TCU...
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Works on Sacred Beauty Bring Recognition to CAS Professors
When Victoria Young first saw Saint John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minn., she did not care much about it. She was a kid who was really excited to drop her sister off at the university for a week...
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Two Professors Receive John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding...
Professors Lisa Waldner and Gregory Sisk have been named recipients of the John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Teacher-Scholar for 2014.The award, presented annually since...
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Engineering a Healthy Balance
Junior Lauren Van Beek and freshman Kelly Ancel stand around after class, talking with a handful of fellow mechanical engineering students. The pair’s presence sticks out less now than it did earlier...
View ArticleNaughton Named Director of Catholic Studies
Dr. Michael Naughton, a St. Thomas faculty member since 1991, has been named director of the Center for Catholic Studies and also will hold the Koch Chair in Catholic Studies.Dr. Terence Langan, dean...
View ArticleWhere Philosophy and Theology Intersect
Worldviews always have fascinated me. Part of the interest is psychological. Why do people believe what they believe? But the primary area of my interest is, and has been, whether the systems...
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