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College police forces changing
By Brandon Addeo | The Duquesne Duke Police forces at public and private universities across the country have seen an increase in size and strength, according to a recent U.S. Department of Justice study, and […]
Bluff battles snowy conditions
By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke Duquesne students struggled across slick and snowy walkways on their way to classes Monday morning as school employees worked to clear the seven inches of snow that descended […]
Segregation still a problem in Pittsburgh
By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke More than 1,000 protesters marched from Oakland to downtown Pittsburgh last week on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and invoked King’s memory to call for an end to […]
2030 District partners with Duquesne
By Max Blechman | The Duquesne Duke The Green Building Alliance’s Pittsburgh initiative, which seeks to reduce energy use, recently expanded to include the Bluff among its participating regions, but it is still unclear what […]
Film series brings global issues to DU
By Carolyn Conte | The Duquesne Duke This year’s slate of films in the Human Rights Film Series at Duquesne kicks off Thursday evening with White Like Me, featuring appearances from new Pittsburgh Police Chief […]
Law school dean unafraid of enrollment drop
By Brandon Addeo | The Duquesne Duke Duquesne’s law school suffered a drop in enrollment in the 2014-15 academic year, a trend that has affected schools across the country. First-year enrollment at Duquesne for the […]
Essay questions ‘white gaze’ in America
By Bridget Seelinger | The Duquesne Duke An essay by a Duquesne philosophy professor about what it’s like to be black in “White America” was honored by the American Philosophical Association last week, prompting disagreements […]
MLK Day protest echoes social problems in U.S.
By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke More than 1,000 protesters marched down Fifth Avenue from Oakland to the City-County Building on Grant Street Monday to call for an end to police brutality, racism and […]
Facing cancer, Budway healed ‘by giving’
By Julian Routh | News Editor After a 13-year battle with breast cancer, adjunct voice professor Maureen Budway died Jan. 12 at age 51. Budway, who had been a faculty member at Duquesne since 1986, […]