- The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble’s four-night stand at the Jazz Showcase with legendary alto saxophonist Phil Woods received high praise in a lengthy review from Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich in the Oct. 25 edition. Reich had previously given the performances his Critic’s Choice recommendation on Oct. 19.
- The Juggle column of the Wall Street Journal online quoted from a study co-authored by Erich Dierdorff, an assistant professor of management, which examined which occupations allowed for the greatest live-work balance.
- DePaul’s MBA program was ranked third in Crain’s Chicago Business’ annual ranking of the competitive local MBA market. Recruiters scored DePaul’s real estate and accountancy MBA tracks No. 1 and alumni rated the real estate and entrepreneurship programs best among area programs. In a video interview of DePaul MBA alumna Ina Gosling that accompanied Crain’s online coverage of the rankings, Gosling praised the program’s flexibility and the real-world experience of DePaul’s business professors.
- James Block, professor of political science, had a column posted Oct. 29 on The Huffington Post Chicago ruminating on parallels between the blockbuster film “The Dark Knight” and the final months of the Bush Administration.
- The Center for Financial Services Oct. 24 conference on the financial industry and baby boomer retirees was the subject of an Oct. 20 brief in the Chicago Tribune business section which featured a photo of speaker Werner De Bondt, chair and director of the Driehaus center for Behavioral Finance at DePaul.
- An interview with Christa Hinton, director of the MBA Career Center at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, and a Depaul student recruiter fair were featured in a Oct. 23 video story posted on Crian’s Chicago Business’ Web site, chicagobusiness.com Oct. 23.
- An Oct. 29 story in the Chicago Tribune on the sexual exploitation of foster children referenced a May DePaul College of Law study that found that over half of all people working as prostitutes began prior to the age of 16.
- Rebel Cole, associate professor of real estate, was interviewed Oct. 29 by “First Business” about the Federal Reserve’s powers to address the financial crisis.
- Raman Chadha, executive director of DePaul University’s Coleman Center for Entrepreneurship, talked about entrepreneurship as a guest on Blog Talk Radio’s “Finesse Cuisine Hour” Oct. 23.
- The Web site Chicagoist.com ran an online story Oct. 16 about a financial rescue plan panel discussion with U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D.-Ill.) and faculty from DePaul’s economics and policy analysis master degree program.
-SNL graduate Vincent Wiggins was interviewed about “maximizing” your college degree for an msn.com story that ran Oct. 23.
Election 2008
-Mike Mezey, professor of political science, was quoted in the Oct. 26 Arizona Republic in a story on McCain’s dimming chances for election victory.
-Bruce Newman, marketing professor, was interviews Oct. 25 by Correio Braziliense, the largest newspaper in Brazil's capital, about the image and day-to-day decision making processes of the U.S. president.
-Political Science Professor Molly Andolina was interviewed about young voters “rocking” the polls this year for an Associated Press story that ran Oct. 27.
-Journalism instructor Mike Conklin was interviewed on Fox News Chicago on Oct. 22 about the impact of Barack Obama taking time off from the presidential campaign to visit his ill grandmother in Hawaii.
-Rachel Seher, assistant professor of political science, was on NBC 5 Chicago’s 10 p.m. news Oct. 17 discussing women and the vote 2008.
-Craig Sautter, visiting faculty in the School for New Learning, was on KGAB-AM in Cheyenne, Wy., for a half-hour interview on what John McCain should have said
