The Dominican Research Monograph Series, a publication of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, documents scholarly research on the Dominican experience in the United States, the Dominican …

• The Dominican Republic was explored and colonized by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage in 1492. He named it “La Hispaniola”, and his son, Diego, was its first governor.

The present volume, Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers, is intended as a reference manual for clinicians to support culturally effective health care and greater understanding …

The local dialect of the Dominican Republic is called Dominican Spanish and has some African influences. Moreover, it has borrowed vocabularies from the Arawak language.

For the Dominican, study is not an end in itself, but a means to enable one’s self to preach with conviction and love. Study is for the preaching and the salvation of souls.

The Mission will work closely with Dominican authorities and the private sector to promote competitiveness, trade, and investment as important engines for economic growth to ensure the …

Dominican civil society, including members of various faiths, continued to support religious freedom and diversity.