Author: mholler
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Pope Francis make address at G7 Summit
Pope Francis has made history for being the first Pope to be invited to a G7 Summit, which was founded in 1975 as an intergovernmental forum. Pope Francis, while not a member of the G7, was invited by the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni. The Pope’s address was part of an outreach session open…
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CatholicTech attends Newman Guide College Leaders Summit
Colleges dedicated to renewing faithful Catholic education gathered this week to discuss how to transform culture on our campuses at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. For more details on the Summit, check out The Cardinal Newman Society!
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Dr. Kevin Greenman on Harnessing AI for Scientific Discovery
Dr. Kevin Greenman, CatholicTech professor, recently presented at The Society of Catholic Scientists at their 2024 Conference: “Critical Issues at the Interface of Science and Faith.” His topic, “Harnessing AI for Scientific Discovery,” focused on the achievements, opportunities, and ethical implications of AI development. Greenman began by noting that AI has become much more mainstream…
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Living “to the heights:” Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonized
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was born on April 6, 1901, in Turin, Italy. At a young age, he joined a Marian Sodality group, and even obtained permission to receive daily Communion, even though it was uncommon at the time. He had two pillars in his spiritual life: devotion to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed…
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CatholicTech Faculty joins MolSSI Fellowship
Professor Kevin Greenman, Ph.D., is joining the first class of Faculty Fellows at the Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI). As part of this fellowship, Prof. Greenman will be collaborating with fellows at other universities for the next 2 years to create new curricular recourses, while integrating programming, data, and computational education into their courses. This…
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Meet an Incoming Cardinal Newman Fellow
Lauren Mitchell, alumna of Thomas Aquinas College ‘22, is an incoming student at CatholicTech this fall as a Cardinal Newman Fellow. I grew up in Alabama, but I went to Thomas Aquinas College in California, all the way on the other side of the country. At TAC, there are no defined majors; they offer a…
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Meet the “Millennial Saint” – Blessed Carlo Acutis to be canonized
Carlo Acutis was born to a simple Italian family in London on May 3, 1991. At 3 months old, the Acutis family moved back to Milan, and there Carlo grew up. From an early age, Carlo had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and recited the rosary daily. He made his first Communion…
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Dr. Lílian Santos speaks at Research Event in Mexico
Dr. Lílian Santos, faculty member at CatholicTech, professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolurm, and Research Scholar at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, recently presented at “Research Land” – the largest clinical research conference in Mexico, organized by APEIC (Asociación de Profesionales Epecialistas en Investigació Clinica A.C.). Dr. Santos presented…
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Professor Negreiros on the “Power and Beauty of Geomagnetic Storms”
You may have heard that the Earth recently underwent a very strong geomagnetic storm, the strongest one in about two decades. Most geomagnetic storms are caused by several eruptions on the sun, known as “coronal mass ejections” (or CME for short). These eruptions are the forceful release of magnetic field lines and solar plasma from…
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Boston and Rome Partnership in Declaration of Intent
Mayors of Rome and Boston have agreed to have a Declaration of Intent, establishing a cultural and economic partnership between the two cities. The goal of this document is to strengthen the already existing bond between the two and increase tourism and trade exchange. In this Declaration of Intent, the cities have outlined commitments to…