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How one woman brought life-saving maternity care to Somaliland

One woman's mission: bringing care to women in a country whose medical facilities, already scarce, were destroyed by years…

August 10, 2017 by Simeon Lancaster

Africa

In recent years, thousands of rural communities in Senegal have held extraordinary public rallies they call “declarations.” And they’ve…

July 20, 2011 by Fred de Sam Lazaro

Irish Poet Tony Curtis Receives 22nd O’Shaughnessy Award For Poetry

Poet Tony Curtis of Dublin has received the 22nd annual Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry of the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies. He will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in the auditorium of the John R. Roach Center for the Liberal Arts on St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus.
Law Students Argue Prisoner’s Religious Liberty Case Before U.S. Court of Appeals

Law students from the University of St. Thomas law school’s federal appeals clinic defended a Muslim man’s religious freedom on April 12 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, in what was the school’s sixth year in a row arguing a prisoner’s rights case before the court.
Professor Tom Berg Again Joins Constitutional Law Scholars to Oppose Trump Travel Ban

University of St. Thomas law school Professor Tom Berg has again joined an amicus brief opposing the Trump Administration’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries, this time in a suit that will be argued this week by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stepping up to Academic Rigor Key to Dougherty Family College’s Students

Academic rigor - and how it helps students rise to its level - has characterized the first year of Dougherty Family College.