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By Keri Brenner, July 28, 2019, Marin Independent Journal Dominican University of California has long offered coursework in social justice, but now it has a full major in it. The administration said the new major program, which starts in the fall semester, comes as more students are becoming energized about civic engagement — and seeking careers along those lines. “This generation of students are really very concerned about the world — from issues of climate change to human rights,” said...

Dr. Diane Suffridge, a clinical psychologist and director of the University Counseling Services at Dominican University in San Rafael, Calif., has been interested in trauma for many years. But last summer that interest took a sudden and interesting turn. A student counselor she advised had written a research paper on the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) health and mental health outcomes in foster youth, and it gave the student a new view of the patients she counseled at the...