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Dominican University of California has again been named among the top 20 regional universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of universities and colleges in the United...
A scholarship honoring the legacy of Maria Copa, the Coast Miwok elder born in the mid-1800s in Marin County, helped Pomo Native Christina Garcia ’24 move closer to her goal of elevating Indigenous...
For many, fantasy football is a game played among friends and colleagues. For Dominican psychology professor Dr. Ben Rosenberg, it's a great way to teach his students about cognitive biases — the...
Dominican University of California faculty have planned a series of events focused on the 2024 presidential election. The events, which will be held on Dominican’s campus in San Rafael, are open to...
Dominican University of California faculty researchers will explore how people think about, discuss, and respond to big health events – from a global pandemic to a family refusing medical treatment...
School of Liberal Arts and Education
Madelyn Ayers attended larger universities in Colorado and Virginia before transferring to Dominican, where she found the perfect fit. A passion for studying and reforming the intersections between...
When Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, visited Dominican University of California this summer to speak as part of the university’s...
In Refiguring Speech: Late Victorian Fictions of Empire and the Poetics of Talk, Dr. Amy R. Wong, professor and chair of English at Dominican University of California, studies stories about the...
Twenty-four Dominican University of California undergraduate psychology students have been accepted to present their research at this year’s Western Psychological Association (WPA) conference in San...
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Now in her first semester as a graduate student in Duke University’s Physician Assistant Program, Isabelle (Belle) Penn ’19 has some advice for students beginning their undergraduate journey at...
Growing up in San Francisco, Michelle Chang ’23 witnessed at an early age the challenges her immigrant family faced in accessing medical care for her grandmother with Alzheimer’s. The experience...
A groundbreaking study led by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology in collaboration with Dominican University of California explores how small molecules derived from sea sponges affect energy...
Azan Yousaf ’25 grew up only 10 miles north of campus. However, he knew little about the many opportunities available at Dominican until a college advisor at Marin-based college access nonprofit 10...
Barowsky School of Business
Angie Menjivar enrolled in Dominican’s Master of Business Analytics (MSBA) program to create new career opportunities. The program provided Angie with the skills, confidence, and professional...
Morgan Newkirk started playing lacrosse in the fourth grade. By the time she was a senior at El Cajon’s Granite Hills High School, Morgan was excelling as both a club and high school player, earning...
Growing up in Uzbekistan, Alisher Begmatov dreamed that one day he would live in California. Several years ago, Alisher’s dream became a reality when he enrolled as a student in Dominican’s AACSB...
Hands-on engagement with community partners – either through a service-learning placement or an internship – is a key feature of many students’ Dominican experience. Connecting classroom and community...
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