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Student & Alumni Achievements

One of Four National Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Scholarships Earned by Duquesne Nursing Major

Apr. 16, 2012

A Duquesne University Naval ROTC (NROTC) student is one of only four in the country to be honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Scholarship. Read more »

Late Civil Rights Activist Derrick Bell Honored at DU Unity Banquet

Apr. 12, 2012

The Duquesne University Office of Multicultural Affairs will pay tribute to alumnus Derrick Bell at the sixth annual Unity Banquet and Scholarship Benefit on Friday, April 13, in the Union Ballroom. Read more »

Duquesne Junior Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Apr. 2, 2012

A Duquesne University junior biochemistry major is one of 13 students from Pennsylvania selected to receive the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2011.

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Campus Compact Names Duquesne Student Newman Civic Fellow

Mar. 30, 2012

Duquesne University sophomore Caitlyn Depp has been named a 2012 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,200 college and university presidents committed to improving community life and educating students about civic and social responsibility.

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Duquesne Student Succeeds in State Farm Marketing and Sales Competition

Mar. 28, 2012

A Duquesne University business major placed second in a national sales and marketing competition hosted by State Farm Insurance. Twelve students from major colleges and universities across the country where invited to attend; Duquesne represented the Northeast.

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Butler County Student Earns Top Honor at Duquesne School of Business

Mar. 27, 2012

Duquesne University accounting major Jeffrey A. Mitch received the Dominion Distinguished Scholar Award at Duquesne University’s 30th annual Senior/Alumni Business School Luncheon on March 21.

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Duquesne University’s First Winner of James J. Byrne Award Announced

Mar. 26, 2012

The first recipient of the James J. Byrne Award for Responsible Leadership has been selected from part-time MBA students at Duquesne University.

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Duquesne Law Students Garners National Appellate Moot Court Victory

Mar. 21, 2012

Duquesne University second-year law students Kaitlyn Kacsuta and Ginevra Ventre won first place at the 2nd Annual National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition hosted by the West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law’s Moot Court Board this past weekend.

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Duquesne Countertenor Wins Met’s 2012 National Council Auditions

Mar. 20, 2012

Andrey Nemzer, a countertenor in Duquesne’s Mary Pappert School of Music, was selected as one of five winners in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2012 National Council Auditions, considered to be one of the most prestigious competitions in North America.

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Duquesne Energy Expert Addresses British Energy Group

Mar. 14, 2012

Dr. Kent Moors, professor of political science and scholar in residence with the Duquesne University Institute for Energy and the Environment, addressed European shale gas prospects at the annual Windsor Energy Consultations in the United Kingdom.

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Duquesne Team Presents on Value of Alumni Survey at Middle States Conference

Jan. 4, 2012

A Duquesne University team recently gave a presentation on the value of alumni surveys at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Monthly Coffee House Readings Come to Uptown

Oct. 27, 2011

A series of monthly readings aimed at developing the creative writing and arts community at Duquesne University will feature established writers presenting their work alongside the work of students and other emerging writers.

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Holocaust Survivor’s Story to be Shared in Duquesne University Documentary

Aug. 25, 2011

As 83-year-old Holocaust survivor Howard Chandler returned to his hometown in Poland and visited the concentration camps where he was imprisoned during World War II, a Jewish student and her Catholic professor from Duquesne University captured the story. Read more »

Pharmacy Students Enter Professional Study With White Coat Ceremony

Aug. 22, 2011

Nearly 200 students from Duquesne University will mark their entrance into their first year of professional study as pharmacists at the Mylan School of Pharmacy’s annual White Coat Ceremony. Read more »

Duquesne Professor to Accept Gibson Award for Education

Aug. 9, 2011

Dr. Dennis Woytek, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts at Duquesne University, will accept a Gibson Award on behalf of Duquesne at the Josh Gibson Centennial Negro League Gala on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh. Read more »

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