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Community reacts after Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces closure

Kaitlyn Hughes & Eliyahu Gasson & Naomi Girson | news editor & editor-in-chief & opinions editor Steve Mellon, a photographer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was on his way back from an assignment at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank on Wednesday when he got an alert about a newspaper-wide Zoom meeting at 1:15 p.m. The message came just hours after the Post-Gazette’s publisher failed to … Continue reading Community reacts after Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces closure

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Doors open in the Union Broadcast Center

by Zachary Petroff | staff writer March 24, 2022 An eager crowd of nearly 100 students and faculty were in attendance on Tuesday to watch the anticipated ribbon cutting ceremony of the new state-of-the-art Broadcast Center. While the new Broadcast Center has been operational since late last year, Duquesne President Ken Gormley, alongside 105.9 The X’s Abby Krizner, formally introduced the Union Broadcast Center by … Continue reading Doors open in the Union Broadcast Center

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Center for Migrations club migrates to Duquesne

by Alicia Dye | staff writer March 3, 2022 The Center for Migration, Displacement and Community Studies and the newly founded Migration club are all about helping migrants and upholding the human dignity and well-being of migrants in the area.  The center was created in the summer of 2021 by a group of 17 Duquesne faculty members. They were studying the fields of migration, displacement … Continue reading Center for Migrations club migrates to Duquesne

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Pink Floyd’s music comes to life in laser show

Capri Scarcelli | Staff Writer 10/10/19 Carnegie Science Center’s Buhl Planetarium laser show offers an array of musical genres to partake in what feels like a live concert, all the while providing the dome with dazzling portraits and patterns set to the very tempo of each song in the show’s compilation. On Friday, Oct. 4, I went to the 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. showings … Continue reading Pink Floyd’s music comes to life in laser show

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Music City Downtown unites live music venues

Josiah Martin | Arts & Entertainment Editor 01/24/19 The Downtown Community Development Corporation (CDC) recently announced Music City Downtown, a new initiative to make live music in Downtown Pittsburgh more common and accessible. At a press conference at the August Wilson Center on Jan. 16, John Valentine, the executive director of the Downtown CDC, explained that the organization “felt that there was a need for … Continue reading Music City Downtown unites live music venues

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As Ebola spreads, nurses prepare

By Julian Routh | News Editor The Duquesne School of Nursing is taking steps to educate students on the threat of the Ebola virus, which was transmitted to a second nurse in the United States this week. Nursing school Dean Mary Ellen Glasgow said nursing chairs and curriculum committees are meeting to discuss how to integrate information about Ebola into the classroom. The epidemiology and … Continue reading As Ebola spreads, nurses prepare

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Center gets grant for Hispanic startups

By Jen Cardone | The Duquesne Duke The Small Business Development Center received a $50,000 grant for funding to provide aid to young and startup businesses on Sept. 4. Duquesne’s Neo Lab: Fast Track to Inclusiveness was one of 50 winners selected from 800 proposals. The money will go toward providing aid to Hispanic and disadvantaged owners of businesses that are less than three years … Continue reading Center gets grant for Hispanic startups

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Center opens with new approach to health

By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke The grand opening of Duquesne’s new Counseling and Wellbeing Center in Fisher Hall will take place Thursday at 3 p.m. and will highlight several changes to the University’s approach to caring for students’ and faculty’s mental and physical health. According to center Director Ian Edwards, Duquesne has had a counseling center for the last 20 years, during which … Continue reading Center opens with new approach to health

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PSU dance marathon raises $13 million

By Andy Hornak | The Duquesne Duke Penn State students and alumni gathered in Bryce Jordan Center this past weekend for a 46-hour dance marathon that raised over $13 million for cancer research. THON, a three-day continuous dance marathon, brought together thousands of people to provide emotional and financial support for children suffering from various forms of pediatric cancer. Ninety-six percent all of the proceeds … Continue reading PSU dance marathon raises $13 million

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University offers options to read for fun

By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke A study released by the Pew Research Center revealed that today’s college students read more than any other age group in the United States. According to the study, 88 percent of all young adults in the United States ages 18-24 have read at least part of a book, essay or article in the last year. The 2,986 member … Continue reading University offers options to read for fun

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