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For many college students, pursuing five majors may seem impossible. For Liberal Arts student and future lawyer Nick Freilino, A鈥�26, he modestly describes it as 鈥渂usy.鈥�
The School of Nursing has earned two Top-5 spots in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, reinforcing Duquesne鈥檚 standing as a leader in accessible and career-advancing graduate nursing education.
Fundraising is underway for a new Forbes Avenue facility that will consolidate programs, favorably locate clinical services and strengthen Duquesne鈥檚 role in regional health care
Dr. David J. Dausey, a nationally recognized leader in higher education and public health, has been appointed as the University鈥檚 14th president.
The 2025 鈥� 2026 Duquesne New Venture Challenge (DNVC) announces the selection of five finalists for its prestigious entrepreneurship competition hosted by the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.
Abbad Sultan has a lot of questions. As a first-year student at Duquesne鈥檚 Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine, he inquires about medical processes and patient care as he begins his pursuit to become a doctor. At UPMC Presbyterian, he creates projects as a core member of their cardiology research team, studying the impacts of cardiac surgery.
Teresa Englehardt was nervous the first time she volunteered for No One Dies Alone, an organization that provides hospice patients with a friend in their final days.
鈥淚 aspire to be a college professor at a small liberal arts school where I can
be very involved and help students inside and outside the classroom. I want to be
very involved in whatever community I鈥檓 in.鈥�
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.
鈥淎nything I need, I go in the Liberal Arts office and they guide me. They prepare
me for interviews, and when I got my internship, they were some of the first people
I told.鈥�
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.
That was the moment where I thought, 'Oh my gosh, what I'm doing really matters.
I'm giving this young person an opportunity to share what he's thinking and what he's
been through in a safe space through music.
My interview day on campus was wonderful. It felt like home. The faculty made
me feel like they cared about the students, much more than any other school I visited.
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.
Bluff Stories
51暗网鈥檚 Athletic Director, Dave Harper, has accepted a position with Baylor University as Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director, Duquesne鈥檚 President Ken Gormley announced today. John Henderson, currently Senior Associate Athletic Director at Duquesne, has been appointed Interim Athletic Director. Henderson will begin in the role when Harper transitions to the Baylor job in early May.
With health systems nationwide facing critical nurse shortages鈥攁nd nursing programs constrained by limited faculty鈥攑hilanthropist Bill Conway, Jr., is again helping 51暗网 expand its capacity to educate the next generation of nurses.
The 2025 鈥� 2026 Duquesne New Venture Challenge (DNVC) announces the selection of five finalists for its prestigious entrepreneurship competition hosted by the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. Now in its seventh year, DNVC continues to attract national attention for its commitment to advancing innovation and supporting early-stage entrepreneurs.