EPA Again Recognizes Duquesne for Largest Green Power Use in A-10
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Duquesne as the Individual Conference Champion of the 2015-16 College & University Green Power Challenge for using more green power...
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Questions? Information Sessions Can Help
The open enrollment period for the 2016-2017 benefits plan year is underway. To help navigate this year’s options, employees are encouraged to register for one of the remaining information sessions...
View ArticleSpring Commencement, Diploma Ceremonies Slated for This Weekend
The University will be celebrating its nearly 1,580 graduates at this weekend’s Commencement and diploma ceremonies. Following the annual Baccalaureate Mass at noon, the Commencement ceremony will be...
View ArticleDU in the News [May 2016]
News coverage highlighting Duquesne’s experts and initiatives. May 10 If You Care About Your Online Data and Want Your Debit Card to Be Secure, Read About This Breakthrough Yahoo! News, along with...
View ArticleGrants Received [May 11, 2016]
Funds totaling $76,729 were received by the Biomedical Engineering program and Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Prahlad G. Menon, assistant professor of biomedical engineering,...
View ArticleOffice of Research Welcomes New Hall of Fame Inductees
Three new faculty members were inducted into the 2015 Office of Research Hall of Fame class at a ceremony on May 4. Each year, the Office of Research inducts a select group of individuals based on...
View ArticleGlobal Feelings of Vulnerability to Disease, Disasters Impact Bioethics, Says...
In his second book on bioethics published this year, Dr. Henk ten Have, director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics, looks at the global sense of vulnerability to disease, disasters and environmental...
View ArticleHistory Professor’s Book Deemed Top Renaissance Studies Publication
The Renaissance Society of America has decreed a book authored by Dr. Jotham Parsons, associate professor of history, as the best member-written book in Renaissance studies this year. Dr. Jotham...
View ArticleCenter for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Launches Roundtable for Mercy
This year, the Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CCIT) will launch its first interdisciplinary research roundtable, assembling scholars from different fields to address the topic of...
View ArticleCommencement 2016: Rightfully Proud Moments
Dr. Charles J. Dougherty delivered his last commencement address as Duquesne’s president on May 6 as nearly 1,580 students received degrees. In the ceremony at the A.J. Palumbo Center, Dougherty, who...
View ArticleDuquesne Mathematician Contributes to Groundbreaking Online Database
A sophisticated database linking the vast theoretical world of math to the practical world of encryption and security has been formally unleashed online. Dr. Anna Haensch “You unknowingly deal with...
View ArticleGrants Received [May 18, 2016]
Funds totaling $22,577 were received by the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts and the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Lucía Osa-Melero, assistant professor,...
View ArticleReception to Celebrate Serbian Gift to Library
Gumberg Library will host a brief reception to celebrate the gift of a new religious history book to its collection on Tuesday, May 24, at 3 p.m. The book, Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija,...
View ArticleSymposium Reexamines Strategies for Addressing Social Justice Issues
At the annual Duquesne Educational Leadership Symposium (DELS)—Rivers of Justice Bridges of Love: Defining Our Way—educators, academics and community partners will plan the future of this gathering...
View ArticleMylan School of Pharmacy Hosts Commencement This Weekend
Approximately 200 health care supply chain management and Pharm.D. students will be presented with their diplomas at the Mylan School of Pharmacy Commencement ceremony this weekend. Craig G. Cochenour...
View ArticleForensic Fridays Session Explains the ABCs of the Patent Process
The ins and outs of the patent process will the focus of So You Have an Invention? The Patent Process from Conception to Commercialization, the next Forensic Friday session presented by the Cyril H....
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Deadline this Friday
Full-time employees are reminded to enroll in the benefits program of their choice by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. this Friday, May 20. Employees must actively select benefit coverage and enroll online....
View ArticleDecades of Research, Service Earn DU Scientist the Western PA Environmental...
Ed Schroth, whose hands-on field-and-stream ways have influenced environmental activities in the region for the past 53 years, will be honored by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council this month. Ed...
View ArticleDuquesne E-book Named a Top 10 Project by CREATE Pittsburgh
A free mobile app created by neuroscientist Dr. John Pollock has been nominated as a Top 10 Education and Gaming project of the year as part of the CREATE Pittsburgh Festival. CITYHACKS: In Search of...
View ArticleMore FlexTech Classrooms Coming to Campus
Two more FlexTech classrooms will be added to campus, bringing the total to seven technology-rich spaces designed for active, collaborative learning. FlechTech Classroom The new classrooms, located in...
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