Dominican Ranked Highly Again by U.S. News & World Report
ĢƵ has again been named among the Best Regional Universities in the West and Best Value Schools by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of universities and...
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Dominican Earns National Carnegie Distinction for Community Engagement
ĢƵ has earned the prestigious 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement (CE) Classification, a national designation which recognizes the university’s deep commitment to...
ILS Welcomes Cory Booker, Kate Bowler, Jon Meacham, Michael Pollan
Jon Meacham, Senator Cory Booker, Michael Pollan, and Kate Bowler will headline the spring 2026 Leadership Lecture Series at ĢƵ. The popular series is presented by...
Sustainability in Action: Alumna at the Heart of Innovative Furniture Bank
When Analisa Garcia graduated from ĢƵ in 2022, she knew she wanted more than just a job. She wanted a career rooted in her deepening commitment to sustainability. Today...
Nursing Professor Selected to Represent Transcultural Nursing NGO at UN Headquarters
Dr. Olivia Catolico, a professor of nursing at ĢƵ, has been selected as delegate at the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United...
School of Liberal Arts and Education
Transferring to Dominican Allowed Psychology Alumna to Excel in Research, Community Engagement
Madelyn Ayers ’25 began her college journey at larger universities in Colorado and Virginia before transferring to Dominican, where she found the perfect fit. At Dominican, she discovered the support...
Dr. Jennifer Lucko Wins Joseph R. Fink Faculty Achievement Award
Dr. Jennifer Lucko, professor and co-chair of the Education Department, has received the 2025 Joseph R. Fink Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Lucko was presented the award at the university’s fall...
My Dominican Experience: Photographer Kenyon Anderson
An art major who found his passion for photography at ĢƵ, Kenyon Anderson ’14 has gone on to build an impressive career with work featured in numerous publications...
Undergraduate Research, Internships, Mentors Direct Honors Student Toward Career Path
At ĢƵ, every undergraduate has the opportunity to engage in faculty-directed research. For psychology major Vanessa Morales ’26, that experience began in the spring...
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Supportive, Collaborative Dominican Experience Inspires Optometry School Selection
There are only 25 schools and colleges of optometry in the United States. Hannah Lam-Truong ’26 has been accepted into programs in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon. Each...
Nursing Students Selected for Hospice, Palliative Care Scholarship
ĢƵ and By the Bay Health have announced the first recipients of the Pat Kendall Memorial Nursing Scholarship, a new scholarship program created to strengthen the region...
County Funding Supports Fall Prevention Program
Dr. Kitsum Li, professor and doctoral capstone coordinator in ĢƵ’s Occupational Therapy Department, has received a sixth year of funding from the Marin County Health...
Reputation and Reach Lead Doctoral Student to Dominican’s OT Community
A common thread connects many of the places Skylar Simpson has worked while pursuing her doctoral degree in occupational therapy. “Everywhere I go, I am meeting people who went to Dominican,” she says...
Barowsky School of Business
Students Apply Leadership Skills in Partnership with Refugia Marin
Since its planting in 2021, Dominican’s Daniel Stralka Memorial Pollinator Garden has grown into a living classroom — a space in the center of campus where students and community partners come...
Dominican Foundation Elevates Alumna to Center Stage
Carly (Holboke) Connolly '17 found opportunity at Dominican and ran with it. She balanced a busy athletic schedule on the women’s basketball team with multiple internships and campus leadership roles...
Campus Leader Starts a Business While Studying Business
Nanik Tagore ’26 arrived at ĢƵ with a clear goal: to earn a business degree and make the most of his college experience. Now entering his senior year, he's done far...
Marine Veteran Finds Fit Studying Business, Sustainability
A United States Marine Corps (USMC) veteran with more than two decades of leadership in logistics and utilities, James Bergeron ’26 found Dominican while searching for a university where he could...
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