The Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education (PCHE) welcomes today’s announcement by Mayor Ravenstahl that a tuition tax on students will no longer be pursued by the City as a revenue solution for the legacy challenges presented by its historically underfunded pension plans. PCHE has long acknowledged the seriousness of those challenges for the City and for City taxpayers, including many of our own students and employees. PCHE has recommended a broad-based coalition that will secure a long-term structural solution to these challenges. Based on today’s announcement, PCHE welcomes the opportunity to partner with the City and others in such a collaborative endeavor. Read more »
Archive for December 2009
Department of Education Grant to Help Support Science and Health Literacy
Dec. 15, 2009
Duquesne’s Department of Biological Sciences has received $285,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help the University’s Partnership in Education project continue to create new films and multimedia activities that provide science and health literacy education in exciting, accessible formats. Pennsylvania congressman Mike Doyle worked to help secure the funding as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. Read more »
Duquesne University Hosts Annual Winter Commencement
Dec. 15, 2009
More than 460 students will participate in Duquesne University’s annual Winter Commencement ceremony. Read more »
Journalism Professor to Study How New Media Breaks Government Barriers
Dec. 14, 2009
Maggie Jones Patterson, associate professor of journalism and media arts, has received a Kappa Tau Alpha Chapter Adviser Research Grant to study how iconic images carried by new media circumvent barriers created by governments that historically have blocked traditional news media. Read more »
Three Duquesne Researchers Tackle Cocaine Addiction with Over $2.4 Million in Grants
Dec. 14, 2009
Armed with more than $2.4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an innovative approach, a pharmacologist, a medicinal chemist and a computational chemist at Duquesne University have teamed up to look for a drug to fight psychostimulant dependence. Read more »
New Career Development Curriculum Incorporated into DU Business Degree
Dec. 10, 2009
A new, four-year career development curriculum is being integrated into the bachelor’s business degree at Duquesne University, starting with this year’s freshmen. Read more »
DU Chemistry Professor Lands Prestigious Science Foundation Grant
Dec. 7, 2009
Special Methods Make Chemical Reactions ‘Greener’
Dr. Tomislav Pintauer, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Duquesne University, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $550,000 to make certain chemical reactions “greener.” Read more »
Billock Fund Eases Law School Loan Repayment for 14 Duquesne Alumni
Dec. 3, 2009
The first group of Duquesne University School of Law alumni involved in public service has received loan repayment assistance totaling $70,000 through The William B. Billock Loan Repayment Assistance Program, an endowment fund established at the University last year. Read more »
Duquesne Law School Arbitration Team Wins Regional Competition
Dec. 2, 2009
The Duquesne University School of Law’s arbitration team won the regional championships hosted Nov. 21 and 22 at the University. Read more »
Duquesne University Simulates Copenhagen Climate Summit
Dec. 1, 2009
Event Immerses Students, Faculty in Roles of International Policymakers
In advance of the international climate summit scheduled in Copenhagen, Duquesne University MBA students, faculty members from across the University and interested community members will stage a climate consensus simulation on campus on Friday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Read more »
Duquesne Hosts 13th Annual Campus Light-Up Night
Dec. 1, 2009
Duquesne University and its Student Government Association will host the 13th annual Christmas Light-Up Night on campus. Read more »
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