After 25 years of teaching justice and peace studies at St. Thomas, professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer will retire at the end of the school year. Nelson-Pallmeyer, a political activist and academic writer, focused his work on issues like hunger, poverty and faith.
John Gagliardi, former coach of the St. John’s football team, died Oct. 7 in Collegeville. He was 91.
TommieMedia previously reported that the class of 2022 is the largest first-year class in St. Thomas’ history, according to preliminary data from the Office of Student Data, Analytics, and Reporting. Designer Manager Christine Hastings maps out where the students are from.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency scheduled its first national wireless test of the emergency alert system at 1:18 p.m. CDT Oct. 3. Some St. Thomas students received the alert sporadically, or not at all.
With 1,643 new students on campus, the 2018 first-year class is the biggest in St. Thomas’ history, according to preliminary data from the Office of Student Data, Analytics, and Reporting.
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved a reorganization plan for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that will compensate victims of clergy sex abuse.
Water rushed down an inside wall of Brady Educational Center’s classroom 114 around 7 p.m. on Thursday. The ceiling’s drywall bubbled as a steady trickle of water pooled on the classroom floor behind students. This story has been updated to include weather information from the National Weather Service and the Associated Press.
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.
