http://www.dominican.edu daily 1 2006-01-27T14:46:23Z http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/leadership-lecture-series-welcomes-cherie-blair.html Cherie Blair will discuss what it was like to combine life as a working mother with life married to Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday, October 20 at 7 p.m. in Dominican’s Angelico Hall. No publisher 0245796 2008-08-20T13:42:46Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/amy-tan-stewart-wallace-to-discuss-the-bonesetters.html Author Amy Tan and composer Stewart Wallace will discuss the making of the opera "The Bonesetter's Daughter" on Sunday, September 21 at 7 p.m. in Dominican's Angelico Hall. No publisher 0245796 2008-08-20T13:42:35Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/innovative-masters-program-focuses-on-age-research.html Dominican University of California and the Buck Institute for Age Research this month launch the country’s first master’s program in biological sciences focused on age research. No publisher 0245796 2008-08-20T13:42:22Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/dominican-welcomes-new-students.html Fall 2008 New Undergraduate Student Orientation: August 20-25, 2008. No publisher 0245796 2008-08-12T20:08:27Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/dominican-hosts-summer-application-institute.html Fifty-three high school students will spend the week living and learning at Dominican University of California during the Marin Education Fund’s Summer Application Institute. Now in its ninth year, the institute has a 100 percent success rate at sending low-income students from underrepresented groups to college. No publisher 0245796 2008-08-06T13:55:55Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/new-ba-focuses-on-sustainable-communities.html Dominican is growing its “green” educational offerings with the addition of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in Sustainable Communities. No publisher 0245796 2008-07-28T18:07:36Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/biology-student-named-mit-summer-research-fellow.html As a 2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)-MIT Summer Research Fellow, biology major Elyza Genilo is spending the summer working in the science labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is one of only eight recipients of this fellowship—both from within MIT and schools around the country. No publisher 0245796 2008-06-12T15:48:31Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/education-business-students-spend-summer-teaching.html Dominican has joined forces with San Francisco-based non-profit Teach with Africa on a pilot project to send teaching teams to South Africa’s LEAP School. The LEAP School serves some of South Africa’s most economically and socially challenged students. No publisher 0245796 2008-06-11T16:06:49Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/dominican-stanford-host-second-annual-humanities.html Students and alumni from Dominican’s graduate Humanities program will present their research at the second annual Joint Student and Alumni Symposium at Stanford University from June 27-29. The first annual symposium was held last year at Dominican. No publisher 0245796 2008-06-16T18:49:53Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/business-dean-appointed-examiner-for-national.html Dr. Luís Calingo, Dean of the School of Business and Leadership, has been appointed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to the 2008 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The award is presented annually by the president of the United States. No publisher 0245796 2008-05-19T21:20:36Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/dominican-to-celebrate-118th-commencement.html Dominican awarded degrees to 475 students during commencement ceremonies this month. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey delivered the graduate commencement address on May 16. Environmentalist Huey D. Johnson delivered the undergraduate address on May 17. Honorary degrees were awarded to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and family services advocate Ethel Seiderman. No publisher 0245796 2008-05-16T17:27:10Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/lines-students-participate-in-national-dance-week.html Students representing the LINES Ballet/Dominican University BFA in Dance program have been selected to represent the Southwest region at the prestigious National American College Dance Festival (NACDF) to be held June 4-6 in New York City. No publisher 0245796 2008-05-12T17:05:45Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/biology-senior-wins-competitive-fellowship.html Senior biology major Joyce Valencia has been awarded a highly competitive Summer Research Fellowship from the Endocrine Society. No publisher 0245796 2008-04-09T14:34:09Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/new-masters-program-focuses-on-age-research.html Dominican has partnered with the Buck Institute for Age Research to launch the country’s first master’s program in biological sciences focused on age research. No publisher 0245796 2008-04-09T14:33:53Z News Item http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/fulbright-grant-brings-scholars-to-dominican.html The Fulbright Program has awarded Dominican University of California a grant to host two Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence during the 2008-2009 academic year. These international scholars will teach undergraduate courses in business and health care policy. 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