Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston

Please join us for the Aquinas Lecture on Thursday, January 29, at 7:00 pm in Jones Hall. We are honored to host Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., who will give the lecture: "What Jerusalem Offers Athens: How Belief in Bodily Resurrection Illumines a Philosophy of Human Identity.”

Proud to celebrate one of our PhD candidates, Michael Salvatore Politz!

Ph.D. Student Wins National Award for Insights on AI, Human Intelligence In the conversation of artificial intelligence and the human person, University of St. Thomas doctoral philosophy student Michael Salvatore Politz is guiding insight for the nation. Politz is the recipient of the 2025 Spokeo AI scholarship, awarded nationally to one student every year. With strong c...

The Center for Thomistic Studies offers a hearty congratulations to Mr. Elliot Polsky for successfully passing his dissertation defense!

Please join us for the Aquinas Lecture on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 pm in Jones Hall. We are honored to host Dr. Gyula Klima, who will give the lecture: "What We Can Learn from Aquinas About AI."

Wonderful News! The Center for Thomistic Studies congratulates Mr. Jeffrey Zents for successfully passing his dissertation defense.

The Center was delighted to host Dr. Thomas Hurley from Sacred Heart University for this afternoon’s colloquium.

The Center for Thomistic Studies is proud to be represented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association by graduate student, Mr. Elliot Polsky (top right), Dr. Domenic D'Ettore (middle left), professor emerita, Dr. Mary Catherine Summers (bottom right), and Dr. Steven Jensen (bottom left).

Congratulations to Aquinas Medal Recipient, Dr. F. Russell Hittinger (top left) and the next President of ACPA, Dr. Mary Catherine Sommers!

Throwback Thursday: See our graduate students of Philosophy observe the eclipse on April 8th alongside their professors before attending Philosophical Latin class with Dr. Boler!

Thank you to Mr. Gabriel Castillo for mentioning his former Philosophy professor, our very own Dr. Ted Rebard, on Pints with Aquinas! Listen to Gabriel tell us how Dr. Rebard instructed him to pray during Eucharistic Adoration.

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