Kyla embraces research opportunities at the School of Science and Engineering. Her current work focuses on biomedical photoacoustics, which is the detection of particles and cells using light and sound. This could allow sick patients to receive blood test results faster, and it could lead to earlier detection of diseases like cancer.
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Duquesne is marking the new academic year with notable recognition in recent college rankings from The Wall Street Journal, The Princeton Review and U.S. News and World Report.
Duquesne University President Ken Gormley recently presented the Most Rev. David A. Zubik, D.D., bishop of Pittsburgh, with a rare Presidential Medal in recognition of his extraordinary service to Duquesne and to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Duquesne University President Ken Gormley has named Dr. Leanna Fenneberg as the University’s next senior vice president of student life, effective June 3, 2024.
New Duquesne University program provides tailored educational and placement opportunities for workers in the western Pennsylvania biotechnology sector, recently received a $300,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
Duquesne University has been named one of the best colleges for veterans by the Military Times Best for Vets, Colleges ranking and also recently named a Top 10 Military Friendly School.
Duquesne's Nursing, Law and Health Sciences programs showcased among the nation’s best according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
A total of $50,000 will be split among the 13 Duquesne Club Sports teams from the endowment established by President Gormley in the fall of 2023.
Duquesne alumni were the standout teachers. They connected to students on a personal
level and had great leadership qualities. As a future teacher, I always consider the
different strategies they use that I can incorporate in how I teach. That keeps me
engaged.
Every professor I have is for us and cares about our education. They want to
make sure we’re comfortable in class and want to know what they can do to help us.
Having an impact on the kids was incredible. Without teachers and these kids,
you don’t have any other profession. You teach them to become doctors, lawyers, chemists
or whatever else they want to become.
The STEM-based opportunities at Duquesne offer new and exciting challenges that
will increase my knowledge of medicine and serve me well when I enter medical school.
The faculty made me feel so welcomed. They were all very passionate about health
care and their classes and talked about networking and extracurricular activities,
too. The University really prepares students to excel in their careers and make meaningful
contributions to society.
I realized that I had some medical knowledge, but I didn't have that critical
nursing foundation. Now? I feel prepared. I'm definitely different in ways I didn't
expect. I feel a lot more confident now, and I actually understand why things happen.
It seems like I’ve done a lot in a year, but it’s been a lot of good stuff in
that time. I feel like I just got here.
What’s really great about swimming is you're so busy that you have to be good
at time management, and I am very lucky to have a lot of resources here at Duquesne.
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Duquesne University will honor members of the 2024 graduating class at the annual winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. in the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. More than 300 students are graduating this semester.
Duquesne has been named a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Students by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN). This honor recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation.
Artificial intelligence’s increasing role in the criminal justice system will be the topic of the Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic and Science Law’s 23nd Annual Symposium on Nov. 21-22.