Mohamed Askar believes the world as we knew it is gone forever.

But the longtime Dominican University professor isn’t interested in authoring a postmortem on the world’s economy before the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s instead working alongside his colleagues to identify the road to economic recovery.

During a presentation to the university community earlier this semester, Dominican professors Askar, Anne Drougas and Khalid Razaki analyzed the impact of the pandemic on supply chain management while also detailing several research paths they plan to pursue.

Exploring beyond the stone walls of El Castillo is a project involving

Dominican University physics students. 

It’s not every day that Pope Francis is the inspiration behind women’s formalwear.

But for Dominican University senior Rosalinda Ramos, faith and fashion mix on her sketch pad just as seamlessly as they do in life.

Majoring in both theology and fashion, Ramos designed a dress and cape ensemble influenced by the white religious vestments worn by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The ensemble, complete with intricate gold appliqués, was featured in Dominican’s student fashion show in early April. It was modeled by Mayra Anaya.

The inauguration of Dr. Glena Temple is featured in an article published this week by Pioneer Press and the Chicago Tribune.

The story highlights the April 7 ceremony, with its procession of faculty and the symbolic exchange of candle and rose between Temple and retired Dominican University President Donna Carroll. It also includes interviews with Temple, Board of Trustees Chair Anne Kohler, and student Kiara Valenzuela, a business and marketing major who watched the inauguration.

A new scholarship aims to provide more than just financial help to Dominican University students in STEM majors.

Thanks to a recently awarded grant from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, 16 future Dominican students from low-income families majoring in biology, biology-chemistry or chemistry will be selected to each receive $31,250 in scholarships over a four-year period.

Dr. Leticia Villarreal Sosa, professor of social work at Dominican University, was featured in a recent WBEZ Chicago report of mental health professionals urging Mayor Lori Lightfoot to reconsider the use of police officers in a pilot program focused on mental health crisis response.

Award-winning actor, playwright and producer Sandra Delgado is bringing her unique mix of storytelling and live performance to Dominican University this fall.

Dominican University’s history-making men’s volleyball team was featured in a CBS 2 Chicago segment last week.

The team became the first in school history to be ranked number one in the country and players have their sights set on even more national recognition.

“We've made it to the final four, but it's not our end-all be-all," Dominican senior George Kougan said in the interview. "We want to win a national championship. We kind of use that as motivation to drive the season."

This expanded partnership, which provides scholarships to undocumented students, is expected to draw more than 20 out-of-state applicants to Dominican University next fall.

Ana Castillo, an acclaimed Latinx writer and longtime friend of Dominican University, accepted the Fuller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame before an audience that included members of the Dominican community.

Castillo, Lund-Gill Chair of the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences in 2014-15, was presented with the prestigious award honoring the literary contributions of exemplary Chicago writers on March 24 at the American Writers Museum in downtown Chicago.