St. Thomas will continue campus operations after Thanksgiving break, but professors may choose to transition classes online and students who go home for break are encouraged to stay home for the remainder of the semester, President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email Thursday.
St. Thomas announced Thursday it will partner with the Minnesota Department of Health to offer free on-campus COVID-19 testing next week at the St. Paul campus.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes, however, national results are still yet to come. This result solidifies Minnesota’s part in electing a new president in the critical 2020 election, should Biden win the national race.
Four Tommies. One stricken philosophy professor. The story, by TommieMedia’s Sawyer Rutan, Burke Spizale and Justin Amaker, of how four community members — a professor, a lab manager and two students — saved the life of Stephen Laumakis.
Residents in a St. Thomas first-year dorm hall will be tested for COVID-19 and will enter a two-week quarantine after five students on the floor tested positive, the St. Thomas Center for Well-Being announced Thursday evening in an email to students, faculty and staff.
Bishop Mathias Loras, the namesake of Loras Hall on South Campus, was found to have enslaved a woman named Marie Louise for 16 years, President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email to the St. Thomas community Tuesday.
St. Thomas canceled January Term study abroad programs for 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Office of Study Abroad announced Monday.
Izzy’s Ice Cream will permanently close its St. Paul location after serving community members for 20 years, as a result of economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reporter Burke Spizale has the story.
In the first “Life in Isolation” feature, Reporter Burke Spizale looks at the current COVID-19 situation by relating it to past pandemics.
St. Thomas Public Safety believes that a robbery and attempted robbery that both occurred within minutes of one another near the north edge of campus Wednesday were committed by the same people.
St. Thomas has been recognized as a Military Friendly School for the third straight year, moving up to a bronze level designation. Reporter Burke Spizale has the story.
Mike Bloomberg qualifies for the next Democratic debate, the Boy Scouts of America file for bankruptcy and TommieMedia receives 11 awards in the 2018-2019 College Better Newspaper Contest. Reporter Burke Spizale has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas men’s hockey was unable to score on St. John’s senior goalie Andrew Lindgren, leading to a 4-0 defeat Saturday at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Reporters Burke Spizale, Joey Swanson and Chief Photo Editor Maxwell Collier have the story.
Ambassador of the European Union declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine and several murals are located throughout the St. Thomas campus. Reporter Burke Spizale has today’s News in :90.
Father Larry Synder, vice president for mission, realized three years ago that there was growing religious diversity among St. Thomas students. As St. Thomas increases its interfaith efforts, the university’s Interfaith Council seeks to add more student council members.
