After conducting a nationwide search for a new president, Duquesne University selected one of its own — David J. Dausey, the school’s executive vice president and provost — to lead the institution.

Dausey will assume the presidency on July 1, 2026, shortly after current President Ken Gormley steps down after 10 years to become chancellor, the university announced today.

Dausey, who will be the 14th president in the Catholic university’s 147 years, says that he will be going on a “listening tour” across university labs and classrooms before taking office, collaborating with student leaders to give them a voice in his presidency.

“The agenda will really be what the agenda of the people that I spend time with want it to be,” Dausey says. “I’m going to try very hard to take copious notes an

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