The Center for Biotechnology of the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary organization of researchers from three different institutions including another college that comprise the Duquesne University and aims to enhance the innovative development and application of biotechnology.
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (/duken/ or /djuken/) is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40 students and a faculty of six. In 1911, the college became the first Catholic university-level institution in Pennsylvania. Duquesne has since expanded to over 9,300 graduate and undergraduate students within a self-contained 49-acre (19.8 ha) hilltop campus in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood. The school maintains an associate campus in Rome and encompasses ten schools of study. The following institutions, along with their dates of founding, comprise Duquesne University: McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts (1878) Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences (formally split from College of Arts and Sciences in 1994) Duquesne School of Law (1911) A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration (1913) School of Pharmacy (1925) Mary Pappert School of Music (1926) School of Education (1929) School of Nursing (1937) Rangos School of Health Sciences (1990) 
