Rod Dobish has been named the new executive director of facilities management at Duquesne University, effective July 1. Read more »
Archive for June 2012
More than 700 Prospective Students, Families Expected at Duquesnefest
Jun. 22, 2012
More than 700 high school students and their families are expected to attend the 2012 Duquesnefest Open House on Duquesne’s campus this weekend. Read more »
President Dougherty’s Letter Addressing an NLRB Issue
Jun. 22, 2012
I write to provide a context for the University’s assertion of its First Amendment right to religious exemption from the authority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to impose a union of our adjunct faculty on the University. I appreciate your patience for a long communication on a difficult situation. Read more »
Spiritans + Brother’s Brother Foundation + Duquesne = Medical Supplies in Africa
Jun. 21, 2012
A hand-cranked delivery table doesn’t seem like a wondrous gift—unless you are among the women of Uganda. Where the nation’s birth rate is the second highest in the world, less than half of the women deliver their babies in hospitals—and then, it could be on a wooden table or a mat on the floor. Every 24 hours, 16 Ugandan women die in childbirth, BusinessWeek reports; the statistic is so alarming that activists are lobbying to label deaths during childbirth as civil rights violations. Read more »
DU Welcomes Director of Freshman Development, Special Student Services
Jun. 20, 2012
Sean Weaver has been named director of Duquesne University’s Office of Freshman Development and Special Student Services, effective July 2. His primary responsibility will be to help freshmen and their families’ transition to life at Duquesne. Read more »
Imagination, Science Research and Ethics: A Forum for Area Student, Faculty Researchers
Jun. 20, 2012
For most people, scientific research is, well, all about science, claims, facts and conclusions. Read more »
McCandless Township Resident Elected to PA Speech-Language-Hearing Association Post
Jun. 19, 2012
Caterina Staltari, a faculty member in Duquesne’s Rangos School of Health Sciences, has been elected Vice President of Governmental Relations for the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Read more »
Duquesne University Joins National Network Linking Christianity and Academics
Jun. 18, 2012
Duquesne University has joined the Lilly Fellows Program National Network, which works to revitalize the relationship between Christianity and the academic vocation. Read more »
Duquesne Professor Receives Third Telly Award for This Year
Jun. 15, 2012
Dr. Dennis Woytek, assistant professor of journalism and multimedia arts, has received his third Telly Award this year. Read more »
New Center for Spiritan Studies Director Named at Duquesne
Jun. 15, 2012
The Rev. James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp., will assume duties as the new director of the Center for Spiritan Studies at Duquesne University, effective July 1. Inaugurated in September 2005, the center is charged with furthering and facilitating research into Spiritan (the order that founded Duquesne) history, spirituality and intellectual traditions. Read more »
Education Work with Urban, Minority Communities Earns Award for Duquesne Professor
Jun. 13, 2012
Dr. Launcelot Brown, associate professor and chair of the educational foundations and leadership department in Duquesne University’s School of Education, received the Sizemore Spirit Award at the school’s third annual Barbara A. Sizemore Summer Conference on June 1. Read more »
DU Bookstore Hosts Former PA Gov. Rendell for Book Signing
Jun. 13, 2012
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell will sign copies of his new book, A Nation of Wusses: How America’s Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great at Duquesne University. Read more »
CMC Providing iPads in New, Cutting-Edge Music Tech Curriculum
Jun. 13, 2012
Duquesne University’s City Music Center (CMC) will launch a new music technology curriculum for ninth-12th graders this fall that will provide first-year students with a new iPad and a revolutionary educational experience. Read more »
Dr. Mary Alleman: A Meticulous Teacher-Scholar Imparted Highest Standards
Jun. 13, 2012
Duquesne University, especially colleagues in the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, mourns the loss of Dr. Mary Alleman, associate professor of biological sciences, who was battling cancer and passed away on June 11. Read more »
Aging of U.S., World Powers Will Impact International Security Issues
Jun. 11, 2012
Demographics weigh in the favor of U.S. retaining its Super Power position. Read more »
Pittsburgh’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Dims with Passing of Ron Morris
Jun. 7, 2012
The presence of the entrepreneurial spirit in the Pittsburgh region has dimmed with the June 6 passing of Ron Morris, a life-long entrepreneur, founding director of Duquesne’s Entrepreneurial Studies Program and a business talk radio host. Read more »
Local Police, At-Risk Minority Youth Meet to Build Better Relations
Jun. 7, 2012
How do police reduce the number of arrests of African-American and Latino youths, and increase safety for all? From another perspective, how do young African-Americans and Latinos avoid legal run-ins that could become life-long baggage? Read more »
Quartet of Workshops Focuses on Green: Exports, Certifications, Cost Reduction Techniques
Jun. 1, 2012
As part of the Duquesne University Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth, four workshops dealing with green exports, sustainable cost-reduction techniques and the profit advantages of green certifications will be available in June. Read more »
Two New Members Inducted into Duquesne’s Research Hall of Fame
Jun. 1, 2012
Dr. David W. Seybert, professor and dean of the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, and Dr. Rick R. McCown, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Foundations and Leadership, were inducted into the Office of Research Hall of Fame at Duquesne University on May 31. Read more »
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