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DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE is published three times annually by Duquesne University’s Office of Public Affairs Vol. 11, Number 3 Spring 2013 Editor Bridget Fare Associate Editor Megan Tressler Editorial Board Ralph L. Pearson, Ph.D. John Plante Paul-James Cukanna Debra DiBiasi Rev. Raymond French, C.S.Sp. Maryellen Kelly, Ph.D. Sarah Sperry Olga M. Welch, Ed.D. Writing Michelle Boehm Karen Ferrick-Roman Christine Hudson David Jakielo Susan McCue Lia Morrison Rose Ravasio Richard Tourtellott Bob Woodside Patti McVey Zappa Design Connie Gartland Doug Miller Jeremy Neeley Taylor Tobias Duquesne University Magazine Office of Public Affairs 406 Koren Building 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Tel: 412.396.6050 Fax: 412.396.5779 Email: dumagazine@duq.edu Join the conversation: #dumag 2 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Spring ‘13 Bearing Witness to History Also in this issue: page 6 New Provost and Deans Living History page 2 page 22 What’s New at DU? ........................................................................................4 Preserving Papal History .............................................................................10 On the Road with the DU Mag ....................................................................11 Duquesne Receives Caritas Award for Service ...........................................12 Justice Thomas Speaks at DU, Visits Law Class ........................................12 “U.S. News” Names DU Law Among Best in the Nation ............................13 RACP Awards DU $500,000 Grant for Law Clinic Site ...............................13 New Grants ..................................................................................................14 Did You Know? ............................................................................................16 Lasting Memories ........................................................................................17 Community Conversations ..........................................................................18 Students in Action ........................................................................................28 Snapshots ....................................................................................................29 Research Update .........................................................................................30 Alumni Section .............................................................................................32 Athletics Update ..........................................................................................34 Our Bluff in Brief ...........................................................................................36 Duquesne’s African Ties ..............................................................................37 Alumni Updates ...........................................................................................38 Alumni Calendar ...........................................................................................44
Thoughts from the President When a pope resigns—the first to do so in nearly six centuries—we know we have witnessed history. When the first pope from the Americas succeeds him, it’s happened again. Duquesne watched events in Rome closely through the eyes of our students studying at our campus in the Eternal City this semester. This was a life-changing experience for them. Our Spiritan religious sponsors have two interesting links to Pope Francis. The founder of the Spiritans was educated by the Jesuits. Duquesne and Spiritan schools around the world are committed to educational excellence because of this connection. The second founder of the Spiritans, Jacob Libermann, himself adopted the name Francis to symbolize the same humility and service to the poor that the new pope’s name represents. In this issue, our alumni, faculty, and students share their experiences of being in Rome for this world-captivating historic event. More often, though, history is made quietly, even in an era of ubiquitous and instantaneous communication. Seemingly unimportant and unrelated actions and events interact with each other in ways that alter a few, or hundreds, or thousands, or millions of lives. Only with the perspective of time and reflection do we recognize that these, too, constitute history. In these pages, you’ll meet alumni of our Public History Program. Since 1979, this program has prepared professionals who preserve and display the treasures of our past in settings ranging from museums to mansions to abandoned mills. It’s a long-standing example of our Spiritan belief that teaching and learning take place not just in classrooms, but also in our communities. We’re constantly devising new ways to expand this outreach. In this issue, you’ll discover how an annual lecture evolved into an opportunity to experience the challenges our neighbors face—not from a seat in a classroom auditorium, but in the streets of Pittsburgh through a series of special community programs. Participants didn’t merely learn about problems; they engaged in dialogue and built partnerships that will stimulate change. It may not always be obvious, but they are making history. So are our students, who are active in hundreds of volunteer and service-learning experiences, and our staff members who recently returned from sharing accounting knowledge with Spiritan schools in Africa. And so are you. We carry on a tradition of transformation that started with a handful of immigrants in 1878. Nobody imagined what their little college would become, but they certainly made history. Those on our Bluff now and the more than 85,000 Duquesne alumni around the nation and the world are continuing to make history today. Sincerely, Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D. Duquesne University President FRoM ThE pRESIDENT www.duq.edu 1
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Page 7 and 8: New Entrepreneurial Studies Directo
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Page 11 and 12: Pope Benedict’s farewell address
Page 13 and 14: On the Grant Gerlich, GA’01, rece
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