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Archive for July 2009
Duquesne University Continues to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Jul. 29, 2009
Biennial Inventory Shows Drop in Carbon Footprint on Growing Campus
Duquesne University’s second greenhouse gas emissions inventory, conducted by the Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) in the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, shows a decrease in the University’s carbon footprint, despite a physical growth in campus and an increase in the student body. Read more »
Frances Moore Lappé to Address MBA Sustainability Graduates
Jul. 28, 2009
Longtime global food expert Frances Moore Lappé, author of the seminal book Diet for a Small Planet, will deliver the keynote at commencement for Duquesne University’s Master’s of Business Administration Sustainability (SMBA) program. Read more »
Martin Guitars Chairman/CEO Honored
Jul. 28, 2009
Christian F. Martin IV, chairman and chief executive officer of the Nazareth, Pa.-based Martin Guitar Co., will receive with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Duquesne University’s sixth Annual Summertime Jazz Concert. Read more »
Disarming Drug-resistant Bacteria, Making ‘Old’ Chemistry Green, Among Undergraduate Research Topics
Jul. 27, 2009
Science and technology have enhanced virtually every facet of our lives, and advances in knowledge of science and technology are increasingly being made by research teams that involve undergraduate students. Each summer, contributions made by undergraduate researchers are celebrated at Duquesne University at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Read more »
Expected Earning Gap Grows Even Wider Between Men, Women
Jul. 20, 2009
Overall Economic Outlook of Graduating Seniors Drops Significantly
This year’s graduating college seniors report markedly lower economic expectations overall than those who graduated last year, according to the Seniors’ Economic Expectation Research (SEER) Index compiled by a Duquesne University economics professor. Read more »
History Professor’s Book Wins Multiple Awards
Jul. 20, 2009
Dr. Jay Dwyer, associate professor of history at Duquesne University, has received two awards for his book The Agrarian Dispute: The Expropriation of American-Owned Rural Land in Postrevolutionary Mexico. Read more »
Graduate Program in Web Design Listed Among Top
Jul. 17, 2009
DegreeDirectory.org has listed Duquesne University’s graduate program in Web design and development as a premier program. Read more »
High Schoolers Learn From Aspiring Forensic Scientists
Jul. 16, 2009
Juniors and seniors from 10 area high schools will have the opportunity to work with and learn from faculty and students at the sixth annual Forensic Science and Law Workshop at Duquesne University. Read more »
New Book Recounts Legends of Western Pennsylvania
Jul. 15, 2009
Urban legends and folklore are the passions of Thomas White, archivist and curator at Duquesne University. This passion was channeled into his new book, Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania. As a public historian, first at the Sen. John Heinz History Center, where he started collecting stories of legends, then at Duquesne University, White documents commonly held lore that abounds in Western Pennsylvania. Read more »
DU Becomes State’s First Academic Institution to Earn EPA Energy Star Award
Jul. 14, 2009
The cogeneration plant on the Duquesne University’s Uptown Pittsburgh campus has received the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
International High School Students Study Health Careers at Duquesne
Jul. 13, 2009
Duquesne University’s Office of International Programs is sponsoring a health professions institute for international high school students.
Duquesne Partners With VA to Help Vets Pay for Education
Jul. 13, 2009
Duquesne University has entered into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in the Post-9/11 GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program.
Duquesne Professor Awarded Second $50,000 Charles E. Kaufman Award
Jul. 13, 2009
Dr. H. M. Kingston, professor of analytical chemistry at Duquesne University, was recently awarded the second annual Charles E. Kaufman Award of $50,000 for his contributions to the research of chemical influences in autistic children.
Hands-on Healthcare Career Exploration at Duquesne University
Jul. 10, 2009
International high school students will be suturing artificial hands and learning about the internal workings of the heart while watching a dissection during a health career exploration program at Duquesne University July 12-18.
Endowed National Scholarship Honors DU Department Chair
Jul. 10, 2009
Athletic trainers in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania recently honored Dr. Paula Sammarone Turocy of Duquesne University with a $75,000 endowed National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation scholarship in her name.
Physical Therapy Researcher Selected for Endowed Chair at DU
Jul. 9, 2009
Dr. David L. Somers has been selected as the second holder of the Anna Rangos Rizakus Endowed Chair in Health Sciences and Ethics at Duquesne University.
DU Professor Named Centennial Scholar of Philosophy of Communication
Jul. 9, 2009
Dr. Ronald C. Arnett, chairman of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University, was honored by the Eastern Communication Association as a Centennial Scholar of Philosophy of Communication and as a Centennial Scholar of Communication during its 100th annual convention, Defining Moments: A Century of Communication, in Philadelphia, this spring.
Jazz Artists to Perform at Duquesne’s 6th Annual Summer Concert
Jul. 7, 2009
Jazz musicians Diane Ponzio, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Negri, Jimmy Bruno, Howard Paul, Billy Kuhn, Brian Stahurski and the Dwayne Dolphin Piccolo Bass Band will be among the featured performers at Duquesne’s sixth Annual Summertime Jazz Concert.
Bettis, Children’s Hospital Hold Asthma Sports Camp at DU
Jul. 6, 2009
The inaugural Asthma Sports Camp, sponsored by Children’s Hospital’s Asthma Center, the Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation and the American Respiratory Alliance will teach children with asthma how to be physically active in a safe environment.
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