Grants Received [July 15, 2015]
Funds totaling $5,000 were awarded to the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Stephanie Wetzel, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, $5,000, from the Pittsburgh...
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PA Secretary of Education Visits Project SEED at Duquesne
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera toured campus on Monday afternoon to see first-hand how some of the state’s brightest high school students are spending their summer immersed in the...
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Residence Life Staffer Shares His Experience as Sudan ‘Lost Boy’ in New Book
When he first tried to write his story of being a child soldier in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, Paul Deng Kur said re-living the memories was so agonizing that he would repeatedly delete the...
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Green Center Offers Program in Advance of Sustainable Restaurant Designation
Duquesne’s Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth will host restaurateurs, food service workers, farmers and suppliers at an educational and networking seminar emphasizing...
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Pollock to Present on Health and Health Literacy at Serious Play Conference
Health and health literacy are life and death, not a game. Yet Dr. John Pollock, professor of biological sciences and an expert in developing multimedia learning tools for health and STEM (science,...
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Previous Research Spurs New Study on Infants’ Motor, Cognitive Development
Prior to joining the Rangos School of Health Sciences over a year ago, Dr. Regina Harbourne completed research that focused on infants with basic neurological disorders that affected their motor...
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Duaime Re-Elected Provincial at Spiritan General Assembly
Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Province of the United States gathered on campus recently for their triennial general assembly during which they re-elected the Rev. Jeffrey T. Duaime,...
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Papers and Posters Selected for Climate Change Conference Breakout Sessions
The selection committee for the Presidential Conference on the Integrity of Creation has chosen the papers and posters that will be presented during the breakout sessions of the inaugural event, which...
View ArticleFaculty & Staff Spotlight [July 22, 2015]
What has Robert S. Barker been up to? Robert S. Barker, Distinguished Professor of Law, delivered a series of lectures on the U.S. Constitution at the Institution of U.S. Law at the University of...
View ArticleGrants Received [July 22, 2015]
Funds totaling $198,353 were awarded to the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences and the Mylan School of Pharmacy. Dr. Fatiha Benmokhtar, assistant professor of physics, $20,353, on a...
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SBDC Client Wins Pittsburgh Exporter of the Year Award
With the help of a nomination by Duquesne’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), an international businessman and humanitarian who owns a local company was honored July 16 as the U.S. Small...
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Environmental Author, Strategist Speaking at Sustainability Diploma Ceremony
Thirty members of Duquesne’s MBA Sustainability program will be inspired at their graduation ceremony by globe-trotting environmentalist Paula DiPerna. Paula DiPerna One of the most respected strategic...
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Undergraduates Present Scientific Research at 18th Annual Symposium
The University community is invited to join a record-breaking gathering of 123 future scientists as they present the results of their recent studies from the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium....
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Public Safety and OMA Again Host Cops and Kids Summer Camp
More than 50 Pittsburgh children will gather on campus next week for the 2015 Cops and Kids Summer Camp. The Department of Public Safety and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) have again...
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University Hosting Prestigious National Jazz Workshop
Duquesne is one of just three locations nationwide selected to host the prestigious National Jazz Workshop. Mike Tomaro Credited with setting the standard of excellence for students, educators and...
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In Search of Recent History, Reeder Works to Uncover Eastern Europe’s Largest...
A team including Bayer School Dean Dr. Philip Reeder is working with history only 55 years old as it explores what once was the largest synagogue in Eastern Europe—on the heels of discovering a church...
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English Professor Tapped for Associate Dean Position in McAnulty College
The former chair of the English department and director of English graduate studies will step into the role of associate dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts. Dr. Magali...
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School of Nursing One of 12 Named NLN Center of Excellence
For the third consecutive time, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated the School of Nursing as an NLN Center of Excellence. Only 12 schools of nursing, representing programs across the...
View ArticleDU in the News [July 2015]
News coverage highlighting Duquesne’s experts and initiatives. July 29 Lawsuit Over Fracking Near Schools in Mars School District Could Have Statewide Legal Impact Law Professor Bruce Ledewitz was...
View ArticleFaculty & Staff Spotlight [July 29, 2015]
What has Dr. Kevin Tidgewell been up to? Dr. Kevin Tidgewell, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, delivered the invited talk Panamanian Marine Cyanobacterial Extracts with In Vivo Activity in...
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