2011 Archive

Duquesne University hosts experts from government, industry and academia for an in-depth discussion about cyber security and the intelligence required to protect business operations.Read More

Stakeholders and thought leaders from Pittsburgh’s emerging green economy gathered on Dec. 5 to help launch the University’s new Center for Green Industries and Sustainable Business Growth.Read More

Dean Miciak spoke about the Beard Symposium and sustainability during a recent interview on "Our Region's Business."Read More

The fifth annual Beard Symposium "Sustainable Business: Responsibility & Results" was featured in the November 11, 2011 edition of the Post-Gazette.Read More

More financial and informational tools to help small companies grow global businesses will be available through a new agreement between the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (EXIM) and Duquesne’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC).Read More

Leaders of small- and medium-sized businesses face greater risk from internal threat than from external hackers, and large and small companies are vulnerable to attacks, according to a study completed by a Duquesne University professor.Read More

What you know as the Palumbo Donahue School of Business was started as the School of Accounts, Finance, and Commerce on October 6, 1913. In 2013 we will be celebrating the life of this school with a series of events and a commemorative book.Read More

With a special emphasis on sustainability and business ethics, the John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business has been selected for the sixth time as one of the country’s top schools by the Princeton Review’s Best 294 Business Schools.Read More

As new federal initiatives more deeply involve universities in facilitating business growth, Duquesne continues working to help entrepreneurs and small business owners to commercialize innovations that spring from technology research.Read More

Bill O’Rourke presented “Does Your Moral Compass Point to True North?” to a group of undergraduate and graduate business students and faculty on October 6 as part of the Beard Institute’s Distinguished Ethics Speaker series.Read More

Dr. Peter Senge, who has been named one of the top 20 most influential business thinkers by the Wall Street Journal and a top 10 management guru by Business Week, will keynote the fifth annual Beard Institute symposium, Sustainable Business: Responsibilities & Results, on Thursday, Nov. 10.Read More

Duquesne is the only university in western Pennsylvania and the only private institution in the state to receive a five-year federal award to strengthen the region's toolbox for economic development options.Read More

For the third consecutive time, Duquesne's graduate school of business has been ranked among the world's top business schools for preparing MBA graduates for leadership in social, ethical and environmental stewardship.Read More

MJ Tocci, consultant for the Beard Institute's Women's Executive Leadership Program, was recognized for her professional excellence, mentorship and contributions to greater Pittsburgh.Read More

Dr. Rodney Hopson, professor in the School of Education, received the 2011 Eugene P. Beard Faculty Award for Leadership in Ethics for sharing his expertise and enthusiasm with Duquesne students as well as jail inmates, residents of Pittsburgh's Hazelwood community and the southern African country of Namibia.Read More

Focused, compelling and easy to use, the new business school website was created with visitors in mind.Read More

Antony Davies, Pavel Yakovlev, and Matt Ryan received a $40,000 grant from the American Family Business Foundation to produce a series of research papers on the economic contribution of and effect of regulatory policy on family-owned businesses.Read More

As co-author of Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage, Dr. Chris Laszlo sees the importance of building aspects of sustainability into the business model, not merely attaching sustainability solutions to an existing way of doing business.Read More

Preeti Srivastav, SMBA Fellow, published the white paper: "Opportunities and Challenges in the Green IT Services Sector."Read More

As reported by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Collegiate Seniors' Economic Expectation Research (SEER) Index, conducted this spring at Duquesne University, concluded that new graduates are more optimistic about career prospects than last year, but are less optimistic about earnings.Read More

Lennox International Inc. and the Duquesne University John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business have partnered to establish a new award named in honor of the executive director of the Beard Institute, James J. Byrne.Read More

Jim Byrne, executive director of the Beard Institute, moderated the discussion "Why Seek a Curmudgeon on Your Board?," sponsored by the Three Rivers Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) on Wednesday, June 15.Read More

Ron Morris, Director of the Entrepreneurial Studies Program, has been named the recipient of Ernst & Young's Lifetime Achievement Award as western Pennsylvania's all-time entrepreneur. This is the first and only time this award has ever been given.Read More

These kids may not be out of high school yet, but they're already sharing their great ideas at Duquesne.Read More

Alexander Federinko, a four-year Duquesne Track and Field Scholarship Athelete and Valedictorian of the School of Business, received the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Award this year.Read More

Ryan Kandrak's article entitled "Torture Through the Lens of Economic Analysis and Catholic Social Thought" was awarded third place in the competition for undergraduate students sponsored by the Center for Catholic Social Thought.Read More

The Institute of Financial Operations released their list of the top 25 most influential people setting global trends in cash management.Read More

Diane P. Holder, Executive Vice President, UPMC; President, UPMC Insurance Services Division; President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan, presented the keynote address during the 2011 commencement diploma ceremony on Saturday May 7, 2011.Read More

Michael Toffel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, presented his research paper "The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?" at the Beard Institute's spring 2011 Sustainability Speaker Series.Read More

The Duquesne University 2011 Eugene P. Beard Award for Leadership in Ethics student winner is Brian Read, a senior accounting major from Harrison City, Pennsylvania.Read More

Robert Sroufe, Ph.D. was interviewed in an article about alternative energy in Pittsburgh. The article was published by Pop City Media.Read More

300 students and their advisors from approximately 28 schools in PA participated in this year's annual conference. AACSB accredited schools in attendance included the following: Duquesne, Pitt, Drexel, Temple, IUP and Penn State.Read More

Duquesne University business students Anne-Charlotte Eischeid, Chelsey Graham, Robert Lewis, and Tiffany Schilling, representing Delta Sigma Pi, secured 2nd place (and won $2000 for DSP) in the University of Pittsburgh's 3rd Annual Berg Cup Ethical Case Study competition sponsored by the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership.Read More

On March 17th, Jeff Gladstone, Lauren Lambert, Mark Kampert, Paul Mau, and Mary Frances Stotler competed in the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) sponsored M&A case study competition that led to a final square off against West Virginia University, University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University of Pennsylvania MBA candidate teams.Read More

For the second year, business students will gather at Duquesne University to pit their project management prowess against the skills of students from three other universities.Read More

Ron Morris, Director of the Entrepreneurial Studies Program, was recently presented the "Entrepreneurial Award" for excellence in business entrepreneurship in honor of the late David D'Appolonia, a local social investor and accomplished entrepreneur by the Solutions for Society team.Read More

The A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration at Duquesne University has been named one of the nation's top undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek, according to ratings released today.Read More

Congratulations to Lisa Marie, Rachael Rurak, and Amber Suprano for being selected as three of the four Pittsburgh Traffic Club Scholars for 2011.Read More

Amber's essay entitled "Sustaining for the Future" was chosen as the winner among approximately two dozen submissions.Read More

Four Supply Chain Management students (Stephen Ciampanelli, Lisa Marie, Rachel Rurak, and Kara Spittler) represented our APICS Student Chapter by winning second place in the undergraduate case competition at the APICS Mid-Atlantic District meeting.Read More

The Beard Institute's workshop "Economic Recovery 2011: Will We Know When We See It?" was featured in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Read More

The Fall 2010 Service/Active Learning Report is now available on the Beard Institute Web site.Read More

The School of Business is cosponsoring this year's Darwin Day with the Bayer School. This year, John Gowdy, Ph.D., Rittenhouse Teaching Professor of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will speak.Read More

Justin Stadelmyer, finance major, and Dr. Spangler, Associate Dean, were featured in a Post Gazette article titled "There is positive job-market news for college grads."Read More