DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY TIMES

The Duquesne University Staff Advisory Council, in conjunction with the Office of the President, is now taking nominations for the Staff Awards.

Faculty, staff and students can hear Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey read selections of her poetry and share insights at two events this week.

Numerous educational programs have been scheduled on campus to raise awareness of sexual violence as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Duquesne’s Training Pathways to Professional Success provides professional development training for the University’s most valuable resource—its employees. Initially launched in 2018, the program has been updated for 2019 based on feedback. Participants may choose from several new and current courses from this flexible approach to employee professional development.

An upcoming Department of Psychology workshop will explore epistemological, ethical and design concerns in community-based scholarship.

LaKeisha Wolf, executive director and founding member of the non-profit group Ujamaa Collective, will speak at Duquesne next week as part of the University’s United Pittsburgh speaker series.

Associate Pharmaceutics Professor Dr. Jelena Janjic will speak about her work using nanotechnology to develop medicines to treat chronic pain at the TEDxCMU Conference Saturday, March 30.

As part of its annual Won’t You Be My Neighbor event, the Center for Catholic Faith and Culture is hosting a visit to its University-community partner the Latino Family Center.