‘Passionate’ biological sciences professor dies at 72-years-old Spencer Thomas & Megan Trotter & Ember Duke | editor-in-chief & news editor & layout editor | Philip Auron, a longtime professor in Duquesne’s Department of Biological Sciences died on Sunday, Oct. 13, at the age of 72, after a battle with cancer. Auron started at Duquesne in 2006, after spending four years across town at the University … Continue reading Dr. Philip Auron 1952-2024
Rachel Pierce | Staff Columnist 04/26/2018 There’s a lot of talk about human activity changing our climate, the effects of which would ultimately halt the human race. But what about the lives we are terminating without a voice? We don’t even have to look at future trends to know that we are impacting the lifespan of animals; our past can tell us a lot. We … Continue reading Humankind harming animal life with excess waste
By Brandon Addeo | News Editor Nine high school students from the Hill District are completing a five week drug research course this summer at the Citizen Science Lab on Bedford Avenue. The lab, which was jointly founded by Duquesne and economic development nonprofit Urban Innovation21 in 2014, will offer the course — titled Drug Design Intensive — every weekday afternoon until August 3. The … Continue reading Hill District students conduct drug research with help from DU students, alumni
By Brandon Addeo | Asst. News Editor A Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences graduate student just returned from an international science conference in Chicago where she presented her research on bladder pain. Fifth year biology Ph.D candidate Katelyn Sadler, along with assistant biology professor and research coordinator for Bayer’s Chronic Pain Research Consortium Ben Kolber, traveled to the “Neuroscience 2015” conference Oct. 17 … Continue reading Student receives $40,000 grant for pain research
By Carolyn Conte | The Duquesne Duke A friendly giggle bounces off walls decorated with framed photos of cats. This cheery atmosphere is the office of Duquesne biology professor Becky Morrow, proud cat-lady and weekend superhero to Western Pennsylvania residents. Morrow, a veterinarian, provides free treatment to feral cats from her mobile clinic, Frankie’s Friends Rescue, in which she performs approximately 50 surgeries per clinic … Continue reading Professor’s mobile clinic helps feral cats
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