St. Thomas School of Business faculty members partnered with Lyft and the Hennepin County Medical Center in 2017 to design a software that provides transportation to medical appointments for patients in need. Reporter Josie Morss has the story.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced plans Wednesday to get children back into elementary schools and ease some restrictions on fitness centers and other businesses that were shuttered last month to curb the spread of COVID-19, though bars and restaurants will remain closed for indoor service through the holidays.
Representatives of LGBTQ groups in the St. Thomas community say they continue to struggle to advocate openly for queer identities despite increasingly tolerant university policies. University Affairs Editor Annie Terry has the story.
Fifty-eight positive COVID-19 tests were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, an increase of 11 from the previous week. Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
St. Thomas sophomore Kyra Winslow, who died in a car crash earlier this month, helped everyone around her live life differently.
The Undergraduate Student Government general council elected its transfer and senior class senator, listened to presentations about staff online learning resources and a proposal for a new STEAM complex, and further discussed an S-D-R grading option at its Dec. 10 meeting. University Affairs Editor Angeline Terry has the update.
VitiSchedule is an app being developed for Apple and Android devices by St. Thomas senior and computer engineering major Rachel Farah to help autistic children during online school. Farah plans to release the app in early 2021. Scout Mason and Maggie Stout have the story and infographic.
From being born one minute apart to now being over 1,600 miles apart, St. Thomas first-year student Claire Bentfield and her twin Rachel Bentfield, who attends school in Washington state, are staying connected through their weekly podcast. Chief Video Editor Taylor Shupe has the story.
The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
A second round of asymptomatic COVID-19 mass testing took place Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex Field House. Taylor Shupe, Huda Alsomali and Joey Swanson have the story and slideshow.
St. Thomas first-year Yubi Hassan and his business partner Plamedi Bangila have expanded Gocciolare, their clothing brand that they started in high school, to the college community and beyond. Reporter Leila Weah has the story.
The Undergraduate Student Government general council approved $50,000 to go toward a student memorial, discussed a return to S-D-R grading amid the ongoing pandemic and approved pre-optometry club at its Dec. 4 meeting. University Affairs Editor Annie Terry has the update.
Forty-seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, a decrease of ten from the previous week. Joey Swanson, Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
St. Thomas sophomore Kyra Winslow and a friend died in a car crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 94 in Wisconsin, her family said. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
According to an email from the Center for Well-Being Monday morning, all students in the St. John Vianney College Seminary have been asked to quarantine for the next two weeks “as a precautionary measure” after 12 students in the residence tested positive for COVID-19 Friday.
