The American Red Cross visited campus Tuesday to host a blood drive donation event for St. Thomas students and faculty.
St. Thomas hosts blood drive during national blood shortage
Denver takes over, beats St. Thomas men’s basketball 91-80
Despite a career-high 22 points from junior forward Brooks Allen, St. Thomas men’s basketball fell 91-80 against the University of Denver Thursday at Schoenecker Arena.
3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing
Three former Minneapolis police officers have been convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man was handcuffed and facedown on the street on May 25, 2020.
The Locker Room with Swim and Dive – Feb. 24, 2022
St. Thomas swim and dive coach Scott Blanchard, swimmer John Gahnz and diver Peyton Ekmen joined TommieMedia’s Derek Badger on The Locker Room to discuss their first Division I Summit League Championships, where both men’s and women’s finished fifth.
News in :90 – February, 24, 2022
Ukraine’s leadership said at least 40 people have been killed so far in what is called a full scale assault. The U.S. congress is largely backing Biden’s decision to confront Russia with escalating sanctions for the crisis in Ukraine. Ella has today’s News in :90.
Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’
Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the world.
Russia’s Putin announces military operation in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
St. Thomas to focus on Highland Bridge, others as Town & Country Club rejects $61.4M offer
The Town & Country Club rejected St. Thomas’ $61.4 million offer Tuesday to purchase the club’s golf course, which would add 94 acres to St. Thomas’ campus and provide land for new athletics facilities.
COVID-19 UPDATE: 16 new positive cases at St. Thomas
Sixteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending Feb. 18.
Russia evacuates embassy in Ukraine as crisis escalates
Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorization to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions.
Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death
The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday in a verdict that affirmed what family members and civil rights activists said all along: that he was chased down and killed because he was Black.
Biden announces sanctions against Russian oligarchs, banks
President Joe Biden announced the U.S. was ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs on Tuesday, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law by invading Ukraine.
News in :90 – Feb. 22, 2022
The jury in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing has reached a verdict, a powerful winter storm with heavy snow and ice has created dangerous travel conditions and the St. Thomas executive budget committee announced the university is offering to purchase Town and Country Club golf course. Ad/PR Representative Bella Bot has today’s News in :90.
Finalists for Dean of College of Arts and Sciences announced
An email sent out to St. Thomas students, faculty and staff Monday named the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences finalists and their presentation schedule for students.
Putin recognizes separatist eastern Ukrainian regions
Russian President President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine — a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that his country could invade Ukraine at any moment and use skirmishes as a pretext for an attack.