The Duquesne University School of Law has named Sarah Arimoto-Mercer as assistant dean and executive director of enrollment management, effective Sept. 4. Read more »
Appointments & Awards
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
DU Law Faculty, Student Receive Inaugural Murray Scholarship Awards
Jul. 3, 2012
A Duquesne University School of Law faculty member and student were both recently presented with the Dr. John and Liz Murray Excellence in Scholarship Award. Professor Bruce Ledewitz and Dr. Arthur Nussbaum are the first faculty and student honorees for the Murray award. Read more »
New Executive Director of Facilities Management Named at DU
Jun. 29, 2012
Rod Dobish has been named the new executive director of facilities management at Duquesne University, effective July 1. 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 »
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 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 »
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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