COVID-19

Quarantine and isolation in place after eleven students gathered in Murray dorm on September 21 night without face mask or social distancing. Around 10:05 p.m. Campus Safety received a report of an on-campus social gathering. […]

By:  Jennifer Lillie  The covid-19 pandemic has produced unplanned stress in our everyday lives, and it’s undeniable that its affects have reached our campus, already. A total of 31 cases have been reported at Dominican, […]

Dominican University Adjunct Instructor Robert Lance Wilson resigned on October 7 after the lecture portion of Advanced Human Anatomy continues to meet in-person.     Wilson, who did an exclusive interview with NBC, said Dominican is […]

Technology support team warns phishing email attacks in the Dominican University system.   Jill Albin-Hill, Vice President for Technology & Operation, said the perpetrator is not internal. She further corroborates that the phishing email attack started after the […]

Stepan Bookstore experiences delays in book shipments due pandemic-related complications.    According to Irma Galarza, Stepan Book store manager, the pandemic has caused problems for all the publishing industry. The shipment delivery – usually three to five business for publishing companies […]

By Chelsea Zhao with Contributions from Isabelle Schindler  Dominican Star spearheads the Snapchat Anonymous Q & A in August 10, following our first anonymous Q & A efforts initiated after university closed in mid-March.   This project first started in January 18, 2020 and finetuned to answer only student […]

  University reopening attempted by a third of 5,000 campuses came with devastating results. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill moved to online instruction after 177 students tested positive. University of Notre Dame also […]

By Isabelle Schindler This year at Dominican University is a little different: Students have the option of taking either in-person or online classes. Due to COVID-19, things on campus are much different; buildings have changed […]

Data from the COVID-29 Tracking Board reveals five additional cases and slight variation of course format distributions in the first week of Fall 2020 semester.   The cumulative positive cases for the week from August 28 to September […]

Dear Dominican University,  Welcome back to campus!  The Dominican Star will work tirelessly this semester to keep you up-to-date on all things Dominican. From COVID-19 news updates to campus events feature stories, dominicanstar.com is definitely a headspring of trustworthy information to open and bookmark on your […]

This fall semester, Dominican University students will return to Rebecca Crown Library to find a myriad of academic services and study spaces in the newly furnished spaces of the Learning Commons. The visions of the […]

Dominican University publishes COVID-19 tracking board to measure up to the changing nature of the virus and set forth corresponding strategies. On August 29, Vice President for Student Success & Engagement Barrington Price emails a […]

As Dominican University prepares to reopen on August 31 for a hybrid model, many students expressed concerns over in-person courses. Among those most affected by the hybrid model are Physicians Assistants and Nursing students. On […]