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WDUQ 90.5 FM

September 19, 2005

Duquesne Times article

 

Jeffrey D. Evanseck, Ph.D.

Fr. Joseph Lauritis, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology

 

The Fr. Joseph Lauritis, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology is funded through a $2 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation—one of the largest independent foundations in the United States.

 

Fr. Joseph Lauritis, C.S.Sp., was the first chair of Duquesne’s Journalism Department in 1948. Committed to harnessing technology in service to education, he established WDUQ—Pittsburgh’s first collegiate radio station—in 1949. He later served the University as director of development and vice president for University Relations.

 

Evanseck is a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and director of Duquesne’s Center for Computational Sciences (CCS), an interdisciplinary organization involving faculty and students in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, and Mathematics and Computer Science. CCS led recent efforts securing Department of Education and National Science Foundation grants for the purchase of new supercomputers, which allow Duquesne faculty and students to pursue more advanced scientific research in significantly less time than previous equipment. As the Lauritis Chair in Teaching and Technology, Evanseck will coordinate new and expanded efforts to enhance the use of technology in teaching and research.

 

University Endowed Chair

Winter 2006

“What’s New at DU”

Duquesne University Magazine article

 

Duquesne President Charles Dougherty named three new endowed chairs at the University’s annual Convocation in September.

 

Dr. Jeffrey D. Evanseck was named the holder of the Fr. Joseph Lauritis, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology

 

The Fr. Joseph Lauritis, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology, Dr. Constance T. Fisher was named the holder of the Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Community Outreach, and the Rev. Sean P. Kealy, C.S.Sp., was named the holder of the Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Academic Leadership.

 

The Lauritis Chair is funded through a $2 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and named for Lauritis, who was the first chair of Duquesne’s Journalism Department in 1948 and founder of WDUQ—Pittsburgh’s first collegiate radio station—in 1949. He later served the University as director of development and vice president for University Relations. Evanseck is a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and director of Duquesne’s Center for Computational Sciences (CCS), an interdisciplinary organization involving faculty and students in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, and Mathematics and Computer Science. As the Lauritis Chair in Teaching and Technology, Evanseck will coordinate new and expanded efforts to enhance the use of technology in teaching and research.