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Pittsburgh hops into New Year with 50-foot bunny

Capri Scarcelli | a&e editor 1/13/22 On Dec. 31, the 2022 Highmark First Night Event hosted friends, families and couples in-person, featuring an inflatable rabbit attraction for passerby to take pictures with to ring in the New Year. The exhibit debuted with the help of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, where the bunny is placed on the corner of 8th Street and Penn Avenue downtown in an … Continue reading Pittsburgh hops into New Year with 50-foot bunny

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Putting care in scare by reducing Halloween waste

Mia Lubrani | staff columnist Oct. 28, 2021 We all love Halloween and the endless laughs, candies, costumes and parties that come with it. Dressing up in the brand new costume from Spirit Halloween to go out and seeing what your friends chose to be is a right of passage into adulthood.  I personally spend hours picking my new costume each year, while my mother … Continue reading Putting care in scare by reducing Halloween waste

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BME creates first recyclable 3D printing system

08/23/2018 Hallie Lauer | Features Editor  With the recent push toward removing plastic straws from coffee shops, it’s no wonder that the search for other ways to eliminate plastic pollution has taken off. That search has also made its way to Duquesne. Sophomore biomedical engineering major Karli Sutton, along with Professor Benjamin Goldschmidt, created a successful 3-D printing recycling system. Their system allows for the … Continue reading BME creates first recyclable 3D printing system

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Humankind harming animal life with excess waste

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

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Event encourages waste reduction on campus

Jamie Crow | Staff Writer 04/12/2018 On a college campus it can be pretty hard to live a zero-waste lifestyle. What’s even harder is figuring out where to start. It seems like everywhere you look we’re surrounded by single-use plastics that are impossible to avoid. On April 6, Evergreen held its second annual Waste is Wack event on Academic Walk to help students learn about … Continue reading Event encourages waste reduction on campus

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White House should work to combat climate change

By Shivani Gosai 2/7/18 One of the most globally pressing issues is the current state of the Earths climate. Increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the atmosphere are causing our planet to see the warmest years on record. Consequences of our changing climate can be seen through increases in global temperatures, melting ice caps and rising sea levels. Scientists at NASA have predicted … Continue reading White House should work to combat climate change

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Eco-Soap supports environment and working women

By Rachel Pierce | Staff Columnist 11/09/17 After reading the story of the Eco-Soap Bank, you may have a hard time revisiting soap stores like Lush or Bath and Body Works. Founded in 2014 by University of Pittsburgh graduate Samir Lakhani, the Eco-Soap Bank recycles used soaps from hotels for those in developing countries, specifically orphanages, hospitals and schools. An organization that endorses the environment, … Continue reading Eco-Soap supports environment and working women

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Professor gets grant for well tests near fracking sites

Brandon Addeo | News Editor Residents of southwest Pennsylvania can learn if their well water has been contaminated by fracking operations for free — all thanks to a Duquesne professor and his students. John Stolz, director of Duquesne’s Center for Environmental Research and Education, received a $48,000 award from the Heinz Endowments earlier this month for his project, which he and Duquesne students have been … Continue reading Professor gets grant for well tests near fracking sites

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Duquesne hosts second annual ‘Integrity of Creation’ conference

Kailey Love | Photo Editor In 2015, the pope called upon Catholics around the globe to look at the world around them and take steps to protect the environment. A year later, Duquesne contributed toward this goal over the course of two days with its annual Integrity of Creation conference. Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical entitled “On Care for Our Common Home: Laudato Si,” Duquesne’s … Continue reading Duquesne hosts second annual ‘Integrity of Creation’ conference

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DU Sustainability MBA program ranked

By Gigi Jeddi | The Duquesne Duke Duquesne’s Masters of Business Administration with a Sustainability Focus is the 4th best MBA program in the United States and 10th best in the world, according to recent rankings in Corporate Knights Magazine. Diane Ramos, associate director of graduate business programs, teaches outreach classes for the program. The sustainability MBA launched in 2007 and was an immediate success, … Continue reading DU Sustainability MBA program ranked

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