- The Dec. 12 Chicago Sun-Times featured an in-depth profile of Gene Lenti, coach of DePaul’s women’s softball team, which noted his recent election to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.  Lenti has an astounding 983 victories to his credit, a DePaul record.

- Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service and director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, was quoted at length in the Dec. 3 Wall Street Journal about the wisdom of the City of Chicago’s privatization of its parking meter operations.

- The story of the first Kenyan class graduating from School for New Learning’s Tangaza program ran in the African-based online publication Masharikileo.com on Dec. 2.

- School of Education Associate Professor Ronald Chennault was quoted in a Nov. 2 Washington Post article on paying students for getting good grades. The story also ran in the Nov. 8 Boston Globe.

- Emily Rosenberg, director of the School for New Learning’s Labor Education Center, was quoted in the Dec. 9 Washington Post about the Republic Window worker sit-in. Cynthia Martinez, labor educator with the Labor Education Center, was interviewed about the Republic Window worker sit-in Dec. 6 on WLS-Channel 7’s weekend news.

- An updated study on the resurgent intercity bus industry by DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development was covered by the Reuters and Associated Press news agencies, whose stories were carried in a number of media outlets around the country, including the San Diego Union Tribune.

- Albert Muniz, associate professor of marketing, discussed the prospects for Starcom, a digital business that measures clients’ media goals, in a Nov. 17 Crain’s Chicago Business profile of the company’s new president.

- Economics Professor Michael Miller was among the panelists who discussed real estate trends on “Your Money with Bill Moller,” a WGN-AM 720 business talk show, Nov. 29.  For a story on the syndicated business cable news program “First Business,” Miller was interviewed Dec. 10 about economic stimulus plans.

- Barbara Radner, director of SNL’s Center for Urban Education, was quoted in a Dec. 17 Chicago Tribune article on Arne Duncan’s plans to tackle the No Child Left Behind Act as education secretary. Radner also was quoted on Chicago Public Schools requiring middle school teachers to be specialized in the courses they teach in a Dec. 11 Medill News Service article.

- College of Communication journalism instructor Mike Conklin discussed Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s efforts to get Chicago Tribune editorial writer John McCormick fired over the negative editorials written about Blagojevich on WMAQ-Channel 5’s morning news show Dec. 10.

- Political science Professor Mike Mezey was quoted in the Chicago Defender Dec. 10 about the appointment to fill Barack Obama’s Senate vacancy being tainted following Gov. Blagojevich’s arrest on charges he offered the seat to the highest bidder. Mezey also was quoted in a Nov. 26 article in the Christian Science Monitor on Obama’s last electoral hurdle; a Nov. 11 article in the Daily News (Woodland, Calif.) about Obama’s visit to the White House; and a Nov. 13 article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal about Pres. Bush’s legacy.

- A public invitation to the Christmas at DePaul program ran in the Dec. 10 Inside publication.  It also ran in the Oct. 30 Lawndale News.

- Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the role Abraham Lincoln played in Obama’s presidential campaign victory in an Associated Press story that ran Nov. 10 in the Chicago Sun-Times and Southtown Star. Newman also discussed Obama’s pick of Grant Park for his election night rally in an Associated Press article that ran Oct. 27 in the Southtown Star.

- A photo and caption about the DePaul Art Museum’s “1968” art exhibit ran in the Oct. 15 Beverly Review. The exhibit also was mentioned in an Oct. 22 article in the Chicago Free Press.

- The DePaul Art Museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Reverence Renewed,” was featured in articles in online publications Art Knowledge News and artdaily.org on Dec. 1.

- An immigration program sponsored by DePaul’s Center for Public Interest Law was featured in a Nov. 18 Associated Press story.  The story was also featured on the WLS-Channe Web Site and in the Daily Law Bulletin on Nov. 19.

- Jody Raphael, a researcher for the Family Law Center, was featured in a CNBC documentary about prostitution.  The piece was produced by Kurtis Production and narrated by Bill Kurtis.  Raphael was also mentioned in a story about the show, Dirty Money: The Business of High-End Prostitution, that appeared on the Web Site realitytvwebsite.com.

- Health Law Institute Director Nanette Elster was quoted in the Dec. 2 Providence Journal in a story about donating unused embryos to science. Elster stressed that protecting the gamete donor’s rights is critical.

- College of Law instructor Sarah Klaper was quoted in the Dec. 3 edition of the Chi-Town Daily News regarding the legality of a tuition hike vote by the City Colleges of Chicago.

- College of Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted in a Dec. 4 column by Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell regarding the quality of the evidence in the Jennifer Hudson family slaying case.

- College of Law Professor Jeffrey Shaman appeared in a Dec. 15 story on “Good Morning America” regarding the future of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.  Shaman commented that the governor will be able to defend himself in a trial.  Shaman’s interview also was carried on several ABC network news programs Dec. 13 through 15.  His interview also appeared on several ABC affiliates including stations in Pennsylvania, Iowa and Tennessee.

- College of Law Professor Andrea Lyon was quoted in a Dec. 11 Southtown Star article about wiretaps in connection to the case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.