Dominican University Announces Naming of College of Health Sciences in Honor of Pier and Renee Borra

Dominican University has announced the naming of its new College of Health Sciences in recognition of significant support from Pier C. Borra, a former board member and founder and CEO of companies providing nursing and rehabilitative services, and...
23-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Discover Evidence of Forgotten Memories in Sea Slug Brains

Drs. Bob and Irina Calin-Jageman have discovered genetic changes in the brains of sea slugs that indicate learning can outlast recall. Their breakthrough reveals that molecular fragments may persist in the sea slug brain, after memory has faded, and...
1-Mar-2018 12:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Dominican Students Bottle 50 Pounds of Honey From Campus Hives

Dominican University students, faculty and staff bottled a bumper crop of 50 pounds of honey harvested from the university’s four beehives. Members of the River Forest Sustainability Commission and Village President Cathy Adduci also got in on the...
23-Jan-2018 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

She Changed Her Own Life, Now She’s Helping Other Women Change Theirs

Nasreen Shekh escaped a life of subservience and squalor in her village in southern Nepal to chart her own course as a social entrepreneur in Kathmandu
28-Nov-2017 4:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Reavey Receives Fulbright for Study in Romania

Brooke Reavey, assistant professor of marketing, will spend this academic year teaching and studying in Romania as part of a Fulbright Scholarship. She will be doing research on Romanian millennials' apparent disengagement with nonprofit and...
1-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites