The Forensic Fridays continuing legal education (CLE) and professional education seminar series at Duquesne University continues this fall by exploring issues including death by medication, the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation, contemporary post-combat problems and forensic technology. Read more »
Archive for August 2012
Drug Overdoses, Right to Confrontation Among Issues Examined in Forensic Fridays Series
Aug. 30, 2012
Business Events Hosted by Duquesne University
Aug. 28, 2012
Tuesday, Sept. 4
The First Step: Business Startup Essentials (Butler County)
Designed for new business startups and entrepreneurs, attendees will learn about business structure and formation, insurance, government procurement, financing options, major components of the business plan and more. Sponsored by the Duquesne University Small Business Development Center.
10 a.m. to noon, Butler County Community Development Corporation, 112 Woody Drive, Butler, Pa.
Cost: Free.
Call 724.283.1961 to register or for more information.
Duquesne Houses Office for National Fellowships Within the Honors College
Aug. 28, 2012
To closely align Duquesne University’s Office for National Fellowships with the students best qualified to compete for these awards, the office will now be housed within the University Honors College. Dr. Kathleen Glenister Roberts, director of the Honors College, also will serve as director of the office. Read more »
Leadership Breakfast Series Opens for the Season
Aug. 28, 2012
The popular leadership breakfast series hosted by Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement (SLPA) will kick off for the fall semester on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Power Center Ballroom. Read more »
September Concerts Hosted by the Mary Pappert School of Music
Aug. 27, 2012
For the most up-to-date performance and recital information, call the Mary Pappert School of Music at 412.396.6083 or visit www.duq.edu/music.
Student Pharmacists Mark Rite of Passage at 10th Annual White Coat Ceremony
Aug. 27, 2012
More than 500 family members and friends will gather at Duquesne University for the 10th annual White Coat Ceremony, which serves to mark a pharmacy student’s first year of professional study as pharmacists. Read more »
Bishop Zubik, Spiritan Fathers, Celebrate Mass of the Holy Spirit
Aug. 24, 2012
Mass Kicks Off Duquesne University’s Academic Year
The Most Rev. David A. Zubik, D.D., bishop of Pittsburgh, and members of the Spiritan Congregation (Duquesne’s founding order) will concelebrate the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit. Read more »
Duquesne Welcomes Largest Freshman Class in Its History
Aug. 22, 2012
Students Among Best Prepared, Brightest
Duquesne University will welcome approximately 1,520 freshmen to campus this week—what appears to be the largest class in the University’s 134-year history. Read more »
Duquesne Among the Princeton Review’s 2013 ‘Best 377 Colleges’
Aug. 22, 2012
Duquesne University has again been recognized as one of the nation’s best institutions according to The Princeton Review, which features the University in the new 2013 edition of its annual college guide The Best 377 Colleges. Read more »
Campus Barnes & Noble Offering Textbook Rental to Students
Aug. 22, 2012
Barnes & Noble, the University’s campus bookstore, is now offering students a new, multi-channel textbook rental program designed to deliver maximum savings and convenience. Read more »
Class of 2016, Expected to be Duquesne’s Largest, Moves In
Aug. 20, 2012
The incoming class of 2016, expected be the largest ever at Duquesne University, will arrive on campus for the annual Freshman Move-In. Read more »
Duquesne University Director Only College Winner Chosen for Pittsburgh Business Times’ Leadership Award
Aug. 20, 2012
Dr. Erroline Williams, director of professional development and corporate outreach in Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, was one of only a dozen honorees selected for the 2012 Pittsburgh Business Times’ Human Resources Leadership Awards. Read more »
Bullying, Backpacks and Back-to-School Shopping: Duquesne Experts Available to Discuss Coming School Season
Aug. 16, 2012
As families prepare for one of the biggest events of the season, Duquesne University experts are available to talk about bullying, backpacks and back-to-school shopping. Read more »
Duquesne Hosting Media Tour of New Residence Hall
Aug. 10, 2012
Sustainability is Major Feature of New Home for Student Residents This Fall Read more »
Duquesne Scientist Wages Battle Against an Ancient and Modern-Day Enemy: Malaria
Aug. 10, 2012
Far from the dry and rainy seasons of the tropics, Dr. David Lampe is working in his Mellon Hall lab on Duquesne University’s campus to fight one of the world’s most prominent and deadly infectious diseases: malaria. Read more »
Interdisciplinary Scholar Leading New Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Aug. 9, 2012
Dr. Darlene Fozard Weaver has been selected as the director of the new Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Duquesne University. Read more »
Project SEED Continues to Share Lab Opportunities, Research Experience at Duquesne
Aug. 9, 2012
This summer, as Duquesne University continues its initiatives to add diversity in the sciences, seven high school students are participating in Project SEED on campus. Read more »
Former Alcoa Executive to Lead Duquesne’s Beard Institute
Aug. 8, 2012
Bill O’Rourke has been named executive director of The Beard Institute of Duquesne University’s Palumbo• Donahue School of Business. Read more »
‘Forbes’ Includes Duquesne Among ‘America’s Top Colleges’
Aug. 7, 2012
Duquesne University has been ranked among the best schools in the nation in Forbes magazine’s 2012 America’s Top Colleges list. Read more »
Professional Society Selects Duquesne Chemistry Professor as Elite ‘Fellow’
Aug. 3, 2012
Dr. Jeffrey D. Evanseck, professor and Fr. Joseph Lauritis Chair of Teaching and Technology at Duquesne University, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of his “outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession and Society.” Read more »
Poynter Institute Leader Returns to DU to Address Graduates
Aug. 2, 2012
Jill Geisler, head of the Poynter Institute’s leadership and management programs, will address Work Happy: Motivation that Really Matters, Boss to nearly 100 graduates as the commencement speaker for Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement (SLPA) on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the A.J. Palumbo Center. The ceremony, which will be webcast live, will feature a graduating class, over one-third of whom are on active duty or are veteran military, from 16 states. Read more »
Celtic Healthcare CEO to Address Duquesne Health Sciences Graduates
Aug. 1, 2012
Arnold E. Burchianti II, president and chief executive officer of Celtic Healthcare, will deliver the commencement address to more than 110 students graduating this Friday from the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences at Duquesne University. Read more »
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