Duquesne University News

Paul Bowden's "Liberty Bridge from Duquesne University" . In an era when studio spaces and photographed subject-studies seem to define artistic productivity, it is a rare treat -- particularly in America -- to see the work of someone who paints in the impressionist tradition: en plein air .

Give thanks? You bet they should. Sitting down Thursday to a platter of carved bird, some of the notable names who often appear in the Trib hopefully will realize they have quite a bit for which they should be thankful.

Duquesne University will have a hand in the training of federal employees charged with reviewing pharmaceuticals, as part of a consortium of schools that won a two-year $652,000 U. S. Food and Drug Administration contract.

Family: Wife, Sharon; son, Zack, 31; daughter, Dana, 28. Education: Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, 1962; master's in pharmacy, 1966, and doctorate in pharmacy, 1969, all from the University of Maryland.

The ring, still in its box, sits on a small table in the living room of the Hanover home of John Neiderer Sr.

These men's stores and clothing businesses operate Downtown: * Apparel Warehouse, Smithfield Street * Brooks Brothers, Smithfield Street * Heinz Healey's, Fifth Avenue.

Chrissy Nething, of Evans City, left, Stefany Speakman, of New Castle, and Megan Ross, of Harmony, arrive at AMC-Loews at the Waterfront in Homestead for the midnight showing of "New Moon." Oh, to be Bella Swan.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 4:23 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl held a news conference this morning with five City Council members who he says will vote yes on the tuition tax.

About a dozen states offer prepaid or guaranteed college savings plans. Pennsylvania offers two: the 529 Guaranteed Saving and 529 Investment plans.

Michael Graham loved Pittsburgh Brewing Co. so much that sometimes his wife thought "his blood was made of beer." Mr.

The son of former Boston Celtics and Duquesne University coach John Carroll has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Rutgers.

In an alternative proposal to help close the $15 million gap in the mayor's proposed $454 million budget, Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess on Thursday presented his plan to get local educational institutions to contribute to the city by way of negotiated payments based on property taxes they're exempt from paying.

College students are grumbling about Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tuition tax, and university officials wonder why the city would clog up an engine that has been fueling its growth.

Guards T.J. McConnell and Mike Talley signed letters of intent to attend Duquesne University and play basketball for the Dukes, the school announced today, the first day or the 2010 early-signing period for high school seniors.

When the well runs dry, turn to Sigma Chi. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is proposing to do just that.

Leaders of Pittsburgh's major universities and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl are sniping back and forth in a public debate over the mayor's controversial plan for a 1 percent tax on all post-secondary students in the city.

The tuition tax that Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl sees as the city's ticket out of financial distress drew mixed reviews from council members, yelps from students and parents and harsh words from some of the biggest targeted schools yesterday.

There's an old saying -- I've heard it ascribed to FDR adviser Harry Hopkins -- that while tax policy often amounts to "robbing Peter in order to pay Paul," the person who does it can usually count on Paul's vote.

One of the first things Melissa Jellison learned as a freshman at City Charter High School was not to date any of her classmates - by the time she graduated, her teachers advised, they'd all feel like family.

Father David Taylor serves and lives among his flock Part of a series of profiles in November produced by the Pittsburgh Catholic in conjunction with Black Catholic History Month.