{"id":100236,"date":"2026-01-30T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100236\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:19:09","slug":"duquesne-university-approved-for-new-capstone-health-sciences-building-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100236\/","title":{"rendered":"Duquesne University approved for new \u2018capstone\u2019 health sciences building \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/organization\/duquesne-university\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duquesne University<\/a> is approved for its next significant campus construction project after the Pittsburgh Planning Commission unanimously voted forward its new building for the Rangos School of Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On a day on which most city activity revolved around the challenge of clearing the streets of a foot of snow that came down over the weekend, the commission quickly approved the plan for the new building at Duquesne, a project to total 80,000 square feet and five stories slated for what is now a surface parking lot at the corner of Forbes Avenue and Magee Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cI call this the \u2018capstone project,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/03\/20\/20-people-to-know-higher-education-rod-dobish.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Rod Dobish, an associate vice president and chief facilities officer at Duquesne<\/a>, introducing the project to the commission and pledging, \u201cwe\u2019re gonna finish off Forbes Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/27\/duquesne-university-rangos-health-sciences.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/27\/duquesne-university-rangos-health-sciences.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/emergency-crews-called-reports-explosion-plant-washington-county\/ERJ6LOYFUZD4XAUBNQK7V6FYM4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emergency crews called to reports of explosion at plant in Washington County <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/emergency-crews-responding-reports-vehicle-monongahela-river\/3V5BUQTB3JBSHO6VHQXDRUVY5Q\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vehicle plunges into Mon River after going off Parkway West overpass; 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