Prominent Pittsburgh Avenue To Get New Look With $68M Building

PITTSBURGH, PA — A new building further will cement a Pittsburgh university's presence on a prominent Uptown street.

Duquesne University is planning to build a $68 million health sciences center on Forbes Avenue, where the university has had a significant increasing presence over the past decade with the construction of several major facilities and the transformation of the A.J. Palumbo Center into the Cooper Fieldhouse.

Duquesne's new 80,000-square-foot building will serve as the home for the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences, consolidating programs currently spread across campus into a single, state-of-the-art location. Designed with input from health professionals and educators, the building will feature advanced simulation spaces, flexible classrooms, integrated technologies and street-level clinical entrances for community access.

“As the University’s impact on regional health care expands, now is the time to build on these successes and position Duquesne and the Rangos School of Health Sciences for its next level of academic excellence and community impact,” Duquesne President Ken Gormley said. "It will also further enhance the Uptown community as a gateway between downtown and Oakland.”

Fundraising efforts have begun for the new building, which is expected to open in 2028.