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Indoor mask mandate, effective immediately

Indoor mask mandate, effective immediately

J'Brionne Helaire August 25, 2023

NEW ORLEANS (August, 25,2023)–  Dillard University has implemented a mandatory indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 25 and for the next two weeks while the COVID-19 trends are assessed on campus according...

Teachers welcome return to face-to-face instructions

Ren Jones February 21, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (February 21, 2022) – The concern that in-person learning is too risky is lessening for some Dillard University professors as the number of new COVID cases in Louisiana declines. “Omicron...

Safety precautions remain as student organizations host in-person events

Safety precautions remain as student organizations host in-person events

Chancie Bouton February 21, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (February 21, 2022) – Dillard’s student organizations are back to hosting in-person events this semester, according to officials, and safety precautions will continue to ensure...

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

November 15, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (November 15, 2021) – After nearly two years, Dillard students are elated about being able to return to as fans to support our athletes, starting Oct. 8 with the beginning of volleyball...

COVID-19 vaccinations: What’s your excuse?

COVID-19 vaccinations: What’s your excuse?

April 16, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (April 16, 2021) – More than a third of the United States population has now been vaccinated with at least one shot, and some 21 percent are now fully vaccinated. But we must do more...

Pass/fail option not likely for spring, administrator says

Pass/fail option not likely for spring, administrator says

Ucari Morris February 22, 2021

Photo Credit:The Churchill Observer NEW ORLEANS (February 22, 2021) – The pass/fail opt-in will not be an option this semester unless Dillard University takes another hit from the pandemic similar...

DU has had 11 COVID-19 cases since Aug. 1

DU has had 11 COVID-19 cases since Aug. 1

Cheryl Daniel November 6, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (November 6, 2020) – Dillard University students are adjusting to COVID-19 policies as the semester continues with minimal cases, according to Dr. Roland Bullard, vice president and...

Who else volunteered for COVID vaccine trial? It’s anybody’s guess

Who else volunteered for COVID vaccine trial? It’s anybody’s guess

Victoria Hardy November 6, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (September 6, 2020) – The dust has settled after the major blowup over a suggestion at the start of the semester from DU’s Dr. Walter Kimbrough and the president at Xavier University...

DU students no strangers to mental-health challenges

DU students no strangers to mental-health challenges

Cheryl Daniel November 6, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (November 6, 2020) – Mental-health challenges have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic between the months of April and June, and Dillard students are among the suffering. According...

Flu season joins pandemic for double-whammy

Flu season joins pandemic for double-whammy

Brinisha Hamilton November 6, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (September 6, 2020) – Combine an increase in COVID-19 cases with the start of flu season, and you have another reason to get your flu shot: to help save medical resources. Lyntrell...

Pandemic has minimal effect on Dillard’s fall enrollment

Pandemic has minimal effect on Dillard’s fall enrollment

Cheryl Daniel September 26, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (September 24, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic had little effect on the total student census here this fall, which at 1,215 students declined less than 1 percent from fall 2019 and increased...

How DU students are faring

How DU students are faring

Taiyler Mitchell September 26, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (September 25, 2020) – Five weeks into the fall semester, students report similar challenges whether on-campus or fully online of dealing with the pandemic, fatal police shootings and...

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