Duquesne University has a lot to be proud of these days. At 1,500, this year?s freshman class is the largest and one of the most selective ever for the 134 year-old uptown university. Dr. Charles Dougherty, Duquesne?s president, sits down to discuss what?s behind this growth and why Pittsburgh and the university?s urban setting have become huge selling points for recruitment.
Superstorm Sandy Puts Spotlight on Nation?s Electrical Grid
As Superstorm Sandy painfully indicated, power outages represent a lot more than just an inconvenience for those impacted. It?s not until a crisis like a natural disaster that we realize how dependent we are on the nation?s energy grid and other energy infrastructure ? and just how much it?s all in dire need of modernization. Greg Reed, director of Pitt?s Center of Energy at the Swanson School of Engineering, discusses the type of improvements that are needed to bring our energy infrastructure into the 21st century.
Grand Theft Auto Creator Harnesses Empathy in New Social Media Venture
Donora native J. Moses, who green-lighted Grand Theft Auto, is out with a new social media venture that aims to revolutionize the way we interact on the web. WeChi and GoodChi tap into the behavioral realm of users to encourage empathetic connections across the Internet. Moses sat down to discuss these products and what led him to explore empathy across online social networks.
Our Region?s Business airs Sundays at 11 a.m. on WPXI-TV. Hosted by the Allegheny Conference?s Bill Flanagan, the 30-minute business affairs program is co-produced with Cox Broadcasting. The program is rebroadcast on PCNC-TV at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, and at 3:30 p.m. Mondays. It also airs Sundays on WJAC-TV (Johnstown-Altoona) at 6 a.m. and WTOV-TV (Wheeling-Steubenville) at 6:30 a.m.
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