- DePaul’s record enrollment of more than 24,000 for the 2008 academic year was reported by Fox News Chicago on Nov. 18. The report also noted that the increase now made DePaul the eighth largest private university in the country.
- Research co-authored by Charles Naquin, assistant professor of Management, about the greater propensity of people to lie in e-mails versus memos on paper, was the subject of a story in the Nov. 24 issue of Fortune magazine, which quoted Naquin.
- An immigration program sponsored by DePaul’s Center for Public Interest Law was featured in a Nov. 18 Associate Press story. The story also was featured on the WLS-TV Web site and in the Daily Law Bulletin on Nov. 19.
- The Reuters News Agency ran a Nov. 25 story on an updated study by DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development which showed that use of intercity bus service posted its biggest one-year gain in 2008. The study was also reported on by the syndicated Daily Buzz television program and by the NBC local news affiliate in Cleveland.
- Jody Raphael, a researcher for DePaul’s Family Law Center, was featured in a CNBC documentary about prostitution that aired repeatedly on cable television. The program was produced by Kurtis Production and narrated by Bill Kurtis. Raphael also had her book Freeing Tammy: Women, Drugs and Incarceration profiled in the Nov. 11 Chicago Life Book Review section.
- Law Professor Andrea Lyon was quoted in the Oct. 22 New York Times regarding the arrest of Jon Burge, the former Chicago police commander accused of torturing suspects. Lyon represented one of Burge’s alleged victims. Also Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted on WLS-TV Oct. 21 on the arrest of Burge, noting it was long overdue.
- College of Law Dean Glen Weissenberger was featured in an Oct. 24 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story about the July 2008 bar results. Weissenberger pointed to the law school’s aggressive bar prep programs as one of the factors that contributed to high pass rates.
- Associate Dean Ann Folwell Stanford explained the model and theory of the School for New Learning in an article posted on msn.com in November.
- News of School of Education Associate Professor Ken Saltman receiving a national award for a book critical of school privatization was posted on Chief Learning Officer’s Web site on Nov. 19.
- Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari was quoted in a Nov. 14 article in the Chicago Tribune on high schools holding no-frills dances that give teens a place to gather without the planning and protocol of prom or more formal dances.
- The School for New Learning’s Barbara Radner, director of the Center of Urban Education, was quoted in a Nov. 13 Chicago Sun-Times article on giving Chicago Public Schools students a voice in cutting the dropout rate.
- South Africa’s Business Day on Nov. 18 referenced research by Sonya Lim, assistant professor of finance, who studied the selling behavior of 158,000 brokerage accounts from 1991 to 1996 and found that investors are likely to sell more than one losing stock on the same day.
- Business Day also quoted Sue Fogel, head of the marketing department at DePaul University, Nov. 14 about how people make purchasing choices.
- Shore Magazine, from The Times of Northwest Indiana, included a listing about the DePaul University Art Museum’s “1968” exhibit on Nov. 21.
- The Tribune’s “Grants and Giving” column Nov. 23 noted that AT&T Foundation’s grants for high school retention programs included a $400,000 donation to DePaul.
- A story on DePaul hosting a panel discussion and film screening of Tom Wolfe’s book “The Right Stuff” ran in Inside Publications on Oct. 15.
Obama Presidency
- Mike Mezey, professor of political science, appeared on CNN’s “American Morning” on Nov. 18, along with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), to discuss John McCain’s legacy. Mezey was also quoted in a Nov. 6 Arizona Republic article on the maverick McCain returning to Capitol Hill.
- Laura Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, was interviewed about Valerie Jarrett being on President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team and a White House advisor on NPR’s Weekend Edition Nov. 22.
- Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development and professor of public service, was interviewed by WLS-TV Nov. 24 about infrastructure improvement programs that are part of President-Elect Obama’s economic stimulus proposal.
Economic Crisis
- Jim Shilling, M.J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies, discussed banks modifying loan terms in a Tribune story Nov. 12.
- Rebel Cole, professor of real estate, was interviewed Nov. 13 by Fox News Chicago about the financial bailout; the interview also was aired on Fox’s Philadelphia station. He also was interviewed by WLS-TV about President-Elect Barack Obama’s economic team Nov. 23.
- Elijah Brewer, professor of finance, discussed Obama’s economic appointments and his approaches to addressing the financial crisis on the syndicated national business news program “First Business” Nov. 25.
- Mike Miller, associate professor of economics, explained what constitutes an economic depression on “First Business” Nov. 13.
