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 »
Community Involvement
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 »
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 »
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 »
Call for Nominations: Western Pa. Sustainable Small Business Award
Jul. 20, 2012
Duquesne University’s Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth and the Institute for Energy and the Environment are seeking nominations and self-nominations for the inaugural Annual Western Pennsylvania Sustainable Small Business Award. The award will be presented at Duquesne’s 2012 Beard Sustainability Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 1. Read more »
Innovative Program to Introduce High Schoolers to Sports Career Options
Jul. 12, 2012
Duquesne Teams with Josh Gibson Foundation, Pittsburgh Schools to Improve Retention
To help address concerns about retention rates and student interest in completing high school, Duquesne University’s School of Business Administration has teamed with the Josh Gibson Foundation and Pittsburgh Public Schools to offer a new, innovative, program this fall that will introduce high school students to different career facets of sports while offering college credits. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Looking at Sustainability in Latin America: Duquesne Professor Offers Advice, Works Directly with Companies
May. 29, 2012
Dr. Robert Sroufe, Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness at Duquesne University, was one of six international experts in sustainability invited to form a research agenda to support sustainable business growth in Latin America. Read more »
Duquesne Salutes Members of Armed Services through Programs, Psychology Clinic
May. 25, 2012
On Memorial Day, as thoughts arise about the sacrifices that members of our armed forces and their families have made, we also have opportunity to reflect on the lives and issues of recent veterans and those currently in the military service. Duquesne University reaches out to those in the military, their families and veterans in a number of ways. Read more »
Duquesne Law Student Named 2012-13 Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellow
May. 21, 2012
Stephanie Johnson, who is a second-year student in the Duquesne University School of Law, has been named one of 23 members of the 2012-13 class of Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows. This prestigious group of graduate students will work throughout the next year to conceptualize and carry out service projects that address the social and environmental determinants of health in underserved communities while, at the same time, they develop leadership skills and adhere to the message of service advocated by physician-humanitarian Albert Schweitzer. Read more »
Jewish Day School, DU School Psychologist Work Toward Being Mensch
May. 11, 2012
With shared commitments to spiritual and religious values, Catholic Duquesne University and the Jewish Community Day School in Squirrel Hill have forged a partnership that strengthens both institutions. Read more »
Good for You, Green and Thrifty: Duquesne Pedals Bike to Work Day
May. 9, 2012
Duquesne University will join National Bike to Work Day, coordinated by Bike Pittsburgh. Read more »
Awards Honor Graduates Who Personify Duquesne’s Mission
May. 7, 2012
The Mind, Heart and Spirit Awards, presented by the Duquesne University Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Relations, recognize graduates whose lives and works exemplify five pillars on which the University mission is based: academic excellence, moral and spiritual values, ecumenism, service and world concerns. Read more »
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