- 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. 

- 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.

- The National Catholic Reporter Online posted an Oct. 30 feature story on Gustavo Gutierrez’s speech given at DePaul that day as part of the "Transformed by Hope" conference sponsored by DePaul and the Catholic Theological Union.

- The November issue of Entrepreneur magazine features a story and photograph of DePaul MBA students who volunteered their business school knowledge to help New Orleans entrepreneurs affected by Hurricane Katrina revive their businesses.

- SNL Associate Dean Ann Stanford was quoted in a Nov. 2 article in the New York Times’ Education Life section about getting credit for life experience.

- SNL Dean Marisa Alicea and student Marge Walsh were featured in an article in the October issue of Today’s Chicago Woman on overcoming excuses to not return to school for a college degree.

- Ben Alba, an instructor in the College of Law and author of the book “Inventing Late Night,” was interviewed in the Nov. 4 issue of Ad Age about NBC’s plans to replace “Tonight” show host Jay Leno with Conan O’Brien.

- The Nov. 2 edition of the Chicago Tribune featured a story on why Studs Terkel mattered in which Anne Clark Bartlett, chair of the English department, was among the many Chicago voices who shared their impressions of the cultural giant.

- SNL Associate Professor Derise Tolliver was quoted in a story in the October 2008 issue of Today’s Chicago Woman on study abroad opportunities.

- The DePaul University Art Museum’s “1968: Art and Politics in Chicago” was one of Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner’s top picks on Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. The exhibit also was mentioned in the November 2008 issue of the New York Times’ Chicago Life. The Chicago Reader also ran an image and caption about the art exhibit on Sept. 11.

- Ronald Chennault, associate professor in the School of Education, was quoted in a Nov. 2 Washington Post article on students getting incentives for good grades.

- A story on Communication Associate Professor Daniel Makagon’s City at Night class ran in the Sept. 17 issue of Inside Publications.

Economic Crisis

- Brenda Williams, director of DePaul’s Financial Fitness program for students, was interviewed in a Nov. 1 Chicago Tribune column on how tough economic realities are starting to sink in with younger adults.

- Career Center Director Gillian Steele discussed job prospects for college graduates in a Sun-Times story that ran Nov. 5.

- October may spook investors, but in reality it is not the worst month historically for the markets, according to Finance Professor Werner De Bondt, director of the Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance at DePaul, who was quoted in a Nov. 1 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story.

- Jim Shilling, the Michael J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies, noted in a Nov. 12 Chicago Tribune story that banks are now more willing to renegotiate leases because they are increasingly resistant to repossessing homes.

- The possible government bailout of Detroit’s big three automakers is misguided and likely would be ineffective according to Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service and director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, who was featured in several news segments on WBBM-AM (780) on Nov. 12.

- TV Azteca America – which is seen in the United States and Mexico – interviewed Adjunct Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita about Citigroup’s program to help at-risk borrowers keep their homes.  Morales-Pita was also featured in an Oct. 28 news story on Univision about the reasons behind falling oil prices.

 - Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean argued that regulations are a necessary part of free-market capitalism in the lead “Voice of the People” letter he penned for the Chicago Tribune Nov. 10. Mondschean was also interviewed for a Nov. 11 newscast on WBBM-Channel 2 on the strategy shift in the government’s banking bailout.

- Rebel Cole, associate professor of real estate, argued against another government stimulus package in an interview on First Business on Nov. 5.  He also was interviewed on the program on Oct. 31 discussing

Election 2008

- WLS-Channel 7 interviewed audience members on the Nov. 4 elections at the “Latinos and the Vote” forum Oct. 28 for the 10 p.m. newscast. Rosa Rosales, one of the speakers at the forum also was interviewed on Telemundo the day after the forum.

- Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed political marketing issues and the presidential campaign with The Associated Press as well as with journalists from China, Brazil and Korea who were covering the election Nov. 4. Newman was also quoted in a Nov. 10 AP story on the impact of young voters on Ohio campuses on the presidential election and in an Oct. 27 Chicago Tribune article on Obama’s pick of Chicago’s Grant Park for his election night rally. Newman also discussed Obama linking himself to Abe Lincoln on KMOX-AM in St. Louis on Nov. 10.

- Ludovic Comeau, an associate professor in the School for New Learning, provided election night color commentary in French on the Obama presidency from the main media tent at the Grant Park rally for La Radio Suisse Romande based in Geneva, Switzerland.

- An interview of Dick Farkas, professor of political science, aired over Latvia Public Television on Nov. 4. Farkas was asked about the relationship that the new president would want to establish with Eastern European countries.

- DePaul research associate Lorraine Mora-Chavez was interviewed for a story on the impact of the Latino vote on the Nov. 4 elections that aired on WLS-Channel 7 on Oct. 31. Mora-Chavez helped organize the “Latinos and the Vote” forum. 

- The Oct. 29 issue of the Chicago Defender ran a feature story and photo on veteran political strategist Donna Brazile’s recent visit to DePaul University.

- Political Science Prof. Mike Mezey was quoted in a Nov. 12 story in the Miami Herald on how Pres. Bush would be viewed at an upcoming economic summit.  He was also featured in a  Nov. 10 Washington Independent story about the work that lies ahead for victorious Democrats. He was also quoted in the Nov. 9 Arizona Republic about why McCain lost, a Nov. 5 article in Congressional Quarterly on how post-election expectations weigh heavily on the Democratic majority and was on the 11 a.m. newscast on WLS-TV discussing Obama’s election. Mezey also discussed campaign finance on First Business Nov. 3. Mike Mezey appeared on WFLD-TV's "Good Day Chicago" Nov. 11 to discuss the presidential transition of power.

- Journalism instructor Mike Conklin discussed media bias of the presidential election on WMAQ-Channel 5’s 6 a.m. newscast Nov. 4. He was also interviewed about Obama’s first press conference as president-elect on WLS-Channel 7’s 10 p.m. newscast Nov. 7.

- Molly Andolina, assistant professor of political science, was quoted in a Nov. 9 Associated Press story about young voters’ impact on the elections. Andolina was also quoted in a Nov. 26 AP article on the youth vote, and an Oct. 6 story in the Scottsdale Tribune.

- Political Science Professor Wayne Steger was on WLS-Channel 7’s 5 a.m. newscast on Nov. 6 discussing the Chicago impact of Obama’s election. Steger was also interviewed on First Business Nov. 6 on the likelihood of President Bush signing a new economic stimulus plan.  Steger also was cited in the Nov. 9 Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel for having made an early prediction that a disunited Republican Party would lose the election because they could not secure independent and undecided voters.

- J. Harry Wray, professor of political science, was quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail on Nov. 5, noting that this year’s elections represented a major realignment of the American political landscape.

- James Wolfinger, assistant professor of history and education, was on WMAQ-Channel 5’s 6 a.m. newscast discussing the aftermath of the presidential election on Nov. 5.

- Comments by Laura Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, on Obama’s first press conference as president-elect aired on WLS-Channel 7’s 10 p.m. newscast Nov. 7 and 6 a.m. newscast Nov. 8. She also discussed what lies ahead for Obama in a story that aired on WLS-Channel 7’s 6 a.m. newscast Nov. 5.

- Craig Sautter, SNL visiting faculty, was interviewed on “Michael Dresser After Dark” on Lifestyle Talk Radio Network early Nov. 5. He also was interviewed on KCFV-FM in St. Louis and on Denver radio station KRCN-AM, both on Nov. 4.

- 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

- Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul’s president, noted in a story Fox News Chicago on Oct. 10 that the credit crisis has not had a major impact on DePaul students largely because the vast majority of DePaul students borrow through the federal government’s direct loan program.  The story also appeared on over a dozen Fox affiliate stations across the country including those in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia.

- The Sept. 27 New York Times included a major feature story on the rebound of the intercity bus industry prompted by a 2007 study by DePaul’s Chaddick Institute.  Chaddick Director Joe Schwieterman was also interviewed at length about his personal experiences in using intercity buses.  The bus study was also quoted in a Business Week story that appeared Sept.29.

- CNN.com, the Guardian (London), and UPI, among other media, ran stories about a study co-authored by Charles Naquin, assistant professor of management, which found that people lie more readily in e-mails than when using pen and paper.

- The Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) ran a story Oct. 6 about a new master’s degree in finance and Islamic finance that DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and its educational partner, the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, have launched in Bahrain.

- College of Law professor Jeffrey Shaman was a guest on Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight on Sept. 21. He explained the legal basis for the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to resurrect the Parental Notification of Abortion Act of 1995.

- Aminah McCloud, professor of Islamic studies, was quoted in Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell’s column on Oct. 13 discussing political efforts to portray Sen. Barack Obama as Muslim.

- Marketing Associate Professor Al Muniz and graduate student Neil Feuling were extensively quoted in a Sept. 18 Chicago Tribune education guide story about teaching students Internet marketing.

- Michael Miller, economics professor, discussed the job market for economists in Chicago in a UR Chicago Magazine September issue full page story.

- Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul, was quoted in two Crain’s Chicago Business stories Oct. 13 about surveying customers and market research for entrepreneurs. 

- Loida Rosario, marketing faculty member and co-founder of the multicultural marketing program, was interviewed about the economy by Radio Bilingüe, the Spanish-language public radio network, Oct. 14. 

- Hotel News Now ran an online story Oct. 3 about the College of Commerce’s plans to open a School for Hospitality Leadership. It featured a photo of the Father Holtschneider announcing a $7.5 million gift from the Hilton Foundation for the program at the Lodging Conference Sept. 24 in Phoenix.

- Erik Mueller, adjunct faculty member in the College of Communication, authored an article on hoax-busting that ran in the Sept. 22 issue of PR News.

- A review of the DePaul Art Museum 1968 exhibit ran in the Oct. 2 Chicago Tribune. A review also ran Oct. 13 on artslant.com.

- College of Communication Associate Professor Daniel Makagon’s City at Night course was mentioned in a list of unusual college courses that ran Oct. 14 on collegebound.net. 

- Jody Raphael, a researcher with the family law center, was quoted in an Oct. 10, front page Chicago Tribune story about domestic violence. Raphael reports that because alleged abusers are rarely charged with f felonies they are sent a message that they can get away with being abusive.

- Nanette Elster, director of the Health Law Institute, was quoted in a story that ran in the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 6 and the Louisville Courier-Journal on Oct. 12 on legislation designed to protect frozen embryos created but not used by infertile couples. 

- College of Law instructor Ben Alba appeared on NBC5 News on Sept. 27 to discuss the 54th anniversary of the Tonight Show.

Campaign 2008

- Mike Conklin, adjunct professor of journalism, was a panelist Oct. 7 on “Chicago Tonight”, where he discussed moderator Tom Brokaw and the town hall format for the second presidential debate. Conklin was also interviewed on ABC7 News Oct. 2 on whether Gwen Ifill could be objective as moderator of the vice presidential debate.

- Wayne Steger, professor of political science, was interviewed on NBC5 News on Oct. 7 discussing the political impact on Gov. Blagojevich of the reported cooperation of convicted businessman Tony Rezko’s cooperation with federal authorities.  Steger was also interviewed by NBC5 on Oct. 2 about the how vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin would likely handle her debate appearance.

Financial Crisis and Economic Slowdown

- Werner F.M. De Bondt, chair and director of the Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance, discussed investor psychology and the recent market volatility in interviews on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” Oct. 9, on WLS-TV’s news Oct. 10, and in the Star-Ledger (Newark) Oct. 9.

- In a Sept. 27 op-ed published in the Capital Times (Madison, Wisc.), Accountancy Professor David Roberts discussed how the Bush tax cuts helped create the current economic crisis.

- Elijah Brewer, professor of finance, discussed how lending is changing as a result of the financial market turmoil during an ABC7 News interview Sept. 30.

- Rebel Cole, associate professor of real estate, was quoted in the Tribune Oct. 9 and interviewed by CBS2 News Oct 2 and 7, and ABC7 News on Oct. 7, about various aspects of the fiscal crisis and bailout plan.

- Tom Mondschean, professor of economics, discussed the economy in the wake of the financial crisis on “First Business” Oct. 10 and “Chicago Tonight” Sept. 30.  He also was interviewed Oct. 13 for a news report on WGN-TV, where he predicted that gasoline prices would continue to decline.

- Dan Hibbler, School for New Learning professor, discussed how tourism may be affected by high gas prices on “First Business” Oct. 2.

- Joe Schwieterman discussed the numerous challenges facing General Motors in a story on ABC7’s Oct. 10 newscast.  Schwieterman also appeared on WGN-AM’s Spike O’Dell program discussing plans to create carpool only lanes in the Chicago area.

- DePaul’s new School of Hospitality Management, to be launched with the aid of a $7.5 million gift from the Conrad Hilton Foundation, was detailed in a front-page story of the Chicago Tribune’s business section on Sept. 22.  The story quoted DePaul President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. and Commerce Dean Ray Whittington as well as industry experts who noted to strong need for a school like DePaul is planning.  WBBM-TV, WGN-TV and WGN-AM also mentioned the gift and new school on newscasts Sept. 22.

- Nanette Elster, professor and director of the College of Law’s Health Law Institute, was an on-set guest Sept. 19 on NBC’s Today show, where she discussed with host Matt Lauer the legalities of a national donor registry as well as her own experiences with assisted reproduction.

- The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin profiled Charles Tucker, the new executive director of the International Human Rights Law Institute in its August 29 edition, where he discussed the work of the institute and his vision for its future.

- The DePaul University Museum’s 1968 exhibit was critiqued in an article in the Chicago Sun-Times Sept. 26 and was listed as a “must-see exhibit” in the Sun-Times on Sept. 5. The exhibit also received coverage in Time Out Chicago, the Aurora Beacon-News, online at artdaily.org, all on Sept. 18; and in Extra News on Sept. 17.

- Lenny Jason, professor of psychology, was interviewed (and pictured) in the Sept. 11 issue of USA Today talking about the work done by community organizers.

- Cathy Ann Elias, associate professor of music who teaches a class on The Beatles, was quoted in a Sept. 24 profile of Paul McCartney in Investors Business Daily.

- A study co-authored by Commerce Professor Charles Naquin that found that people actually feel justified lying when using e-mail was noted on a broadcast by the CBS television affiliate in Springfield, Mo.

- Bob Wachowski, DePaul’s director of public safety, was quote in the Chicago Sun-Times on Sept. 27 about the university’s plans to link our public safety cameras to the City’s Emergency Communications network so that first responders could see what is happening on campus in the event of an emergency.  DePaul’s participation in the program was also referenced in NBC5’s newscast on Sept. 27.

- The Chicago Tribune’s Education Today section ran a story Sept. 17 on the future of textbooks that included information from DePaul's bookstore on the rising popularity of digital textbooks for college courses.

- Barry Kellman, College of Law professor and director of the Center for International Weapons Control, commented on the lack of progress by the United States government on biodefense in a Sept. 10 article which ran on the Center for Infectious Disease and Research Policy’s website. 

- Tips for small businesses to find new opportunities written by Management Professor Lisa Gundry were featured in a BusinessWeek radio segment that aired on WBBM-AM Sept. 19.

- Inside Publications ran an article about the appointment of Marie Donovan as interim dean of the School of Education on July 23.

- Karen Roloff, director of internships in the College of Communication, discussed the benefits of college internships in an article in the Aug. 25 RedEye.

- Kenneth Saltman, associate professor in the School of Education, was quoted extensively about the history of the modern-day public school system in a July 30 article in the Daily Herald.

- News of three School of Education alums receiving Golden Apple Awards ran in the Aug. 20 issue of Inside Publications.

- College of Law instructor Ben Alba appeared on WMAQ-TV on Sept. 27 to discuss the 54th anniversary of the Tonight Show.

- College of Law professor Jeffrey Shaman was a guest on Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight on Sept. 21 to explain the legal basis for the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to resurrect the Parental Notification of Abortion Act of 1995.

- Mark Giangrande, a College of Law legal research specialist, discussed the future of e-books becoming the future of legal casebooks in a Sept. 19 law.com blog.

- J.D. Bindenagel, vice president for community, government and international affairs, wrote an op-ed piece posted to the World Security Network’s Web site on Sept. 18 on how to counter recent international aggression by Russia.

- Cherie Travis, associate director of the Center for Animal Law, commented on animal abuse charges being leveled against a suburban pet shelter director in the Chicago Daily Herald Sept. 16 and the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 18.  She also commented on the controversy on Fox News Chicago on Sept. 30.

- Marketing faculty member Loida Rosario wrote an op-ed for Illinois Banker magazine's September issue that urged corporations to devote more resources and thought into multicultural marketing.

- The September issue of Today's Chicago Woman noted that Accountancy Professor Elizabeth A. Murphy was awarded the first Outstanding Leadership in Diversity Award from the Illinois CPA Society.

Financial Crisis and Wall Street

- Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean was a panelist on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” on Sept. 29 in a segment that examined the economic impact of the financial crisis. Mondschean also appeared on CBS2 Chicago’s 6 p.m. newscast on Sept. 26 discussing how investors can protect their money.

- Economics Professor Mike Miller also was a guest on “Chicago Tonight” on Sept. 16 and Sept. 23 discussing the recent turmoil on Wall Street and the proposed federal bail out of the financial system.

- As an on-set guest on WGN-TV’s Morning News Sept. 30, Elijah Brewer, professor of finance, provided consumers advice and his perspective on the government’s efforts to craft a financial bailout.  Brewer also appeared on ABC7 Chicago’s newscasts on Sept. 30 discussing the turmoil on Wall Street.

- James Shilling, professor of real estate, was a guest on the nationally syndicated “First Business” program on Sept. 25 where he noted that giving bankruptcy courts the power to restructure defaulting mortgages could ultimately drive up interest rates for everyone.

- Antonio Morales-Pita, adjunct professor of economics, was interviewed on the financial turmoil in housing markets for the half-hour “Uneme” program which aired on ME-TV Channel 23 in Chicago on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28.  He also appeared on a Channel 44 newscast on Sept. 22 discussing the economic slowdown’s impact on immigration.

- Economics Professor John Berdell wrote an op-ed posted on BusinessWeek’s online “Debate Room,” which argued that overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement would not create more jobs.

Campaign 2008

- College of Communication professor Bruce Evensen was a panelist who provided feedback on the first presidential debate Sept. 26 on CBS News at 10 p.m.

- Laura Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett professor, was quoted in an Associated Press article about Chicago’s black politicians building their own dynasties that ran in the Jacksonville, Ill. Journal-Courier and Commercial-News (Danville, Ill.) on Aug. 21.

- DePaul’s MBA program was prominently featured in an Aug. 19 Wall Street Journal story about innovative programs that are adding flexibility to attract women who are considering a return to school for graduate business degrees.

- Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president for enrollment services, was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio on Aug. 18 as part of a story on how DePaul and other schools were working to speed the admissions process for returning veterans. DePaul was also mentioned on WBBM-AM 780 about Congressman Rahm Emanuel’s press conference on veteran benefits the same day.

- ChicagoBusiness.com, the Web site of Crain’s Chicago Business, reported on Sept. 10 the latest rankings from Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review on the College of Commerce’s entrepreneurship programs, with the graduate program coming in No. 2 in the nation and the undergraduate program ranking seventh.  The October issue of Entrepreneur is due on newsstands in late September.  The news was also carried on the Web site Marketwatch.com.

- Raman Chadha, director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, was quoted in a special report in the Sept. 8 edition of BusinessWeek on the growing trend of young entrepreneurs who are also dedicated to helping build a better, more sustainable world.  DePaul’s classes in sustainability were also noted.

- An obituary on David O. Justice, former dean of the School for New Learning, ran in the Sept. 16 Chicago Tribune. The story quoted current Dean Marisa Alicea and Richard Meister, DePaul’s former executive vice president for academic affairs.

- DePaul University Museum’s upcoming art exhibit on 1968 was chosen at the art editor Alan Artner’s pick of the week in the Sept. 14 Chicago Tribune’s Arts & Entertainment section. It was also listed as one of the top 10 events not to miss in the Tribune’s fall arts preview, which ran in the Sept. 7 Arts & Entertainment section. The exhibit also made “Crain’s Picks,” the best bets for the week of Sept. 15, and was mentioned in The Times of Northwest Indiana and Extra on Sept. 17.

- Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider. C.M., DePaul’s president, had a letter to the editor, “Chicago would benefit from Olympics” appear on the Chicago Tribune’s Web site Sept. 12.

- David Kalsbeek, senior vice president of enrollment management and marketing, was quoted in the Aug. 31 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in Indiana on the issue of student retention in higher education settings.

- Leonard Jason, professor of psychology, was quoted in a Sept. 10 story in USA Today about the role of community organizers in assisting those with mental health issues.  Jason’s soon-to-be published research on teen smoking was cited in a Sept. 6 Chicago Tribune editorial titled “Smoking out the kids.”

- Audiophile Audition, provided a rave review on Sept. 1 for “That Being Said” the latest CD featuring Bob Lark,  School of Music professor, and the DePaul Jazz Ensemble.

- Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy and director for the Chaddick Institute, was quoted in the Sept. 11 issue of The Economist magazine on the controversy over the Canadian National Railway’s plan to acquire a local railroad and reconfigure rail traffic in the Chicago area.  Schwieterman was also quoted in the Sept. 4 Chicago Tribune on why airlines have not yet cut free beverage service; in the London Guardian on Sept. 3 on falling energy prices; and in the Aug. 30 issue of Newsweek and the Aug. 28 Washington Post on changes in the intercity bus industry.

- Paula Luff, assistant vice president for financial aid, was quoted in the Aug.  3 issue of BusinessWeek on the issue of emerging challenges in student loans.

- Brian Havel, professor of law and director of DePaul’s Aviation Law Institute, commented in the Aug. 15 Chicago Tribune on a new international business alliance between American Airlines and British Airways and Iberia Airlines.

- Andrea Lyon, professor of law, was quoted in the Sept. 3 Detroit Free Press in a story on one of her clients who was recently exonerated.

- Jaime Noriega, assistant professor of marketing, who teaches in DePaul’s Hispanic marketing program, was interviewed by “First Business” Aug. 19 about the latest U.S. Census figures and how businesses are targeting their marketing to the growing minority population.

- Carson Cunningham, visiting assistant professor of history, was profiled in the Sept. 3 issue of Inside Lincoln Park, which also explored his class on the history of the modern Olympics.

- Karen Roloff, director of internships in the College of Communication, discussed the benefits of college internships in an article in the Aug. 24 Chicago Tribune.

- Winifred Curran, a co-author of DePaul’s study on the Pilsen community and gentrification, appeared on WLUW Radio Sept. 5 to discuss the research compiled by students and faculty in the geography department.

- A 2007 study by Robert Rubin and Erich Dierdorff, assistant professors of management, on how business schools are not necessarily teaching the right topics was cited in a story in Sept. 7 story in The New Straights Times, the leading publication of Malaysia.

- DePaul’s Discover Chicago class on marathon running, taught by Casey Bowles in University Ministry, was included in a story on the Web site of Runner’s World magazine titled “Marathon 101: College Classes Prepare Students to go 26.2.”

- The School for New Learning’s Barbara Radner, director of the Urban Education Center, commented on Illinois Standardized Achievement Test scores on a story that aired Aug. 19 on Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM).

- College of Law Professor Jeff Shaman was quoted about the constitutionality of Illinois’ school funding formula in an Aug. 20 Chicago Tribune story about a Chicago Urban League lawsuit over school funding.

- Barb Hausman, director of the Family Law Center, was featured in the Aug. 26 Wednesday Journal in a story where she recalled her memories of the 1968 Democratic National convention.

- Jody Raphael, a researcher with College of Law’s family law center, and her study on sex trafficking in Chicago was featured in the Aug. 24 Windy Citizen.

- DePaul College of Law was mentioned in an Aug. 27 Wall Street Journal story about the possibility that U.S. News might change its formula for ranking law schools.  DePaul was listed as one of about 15 schools that could be adversely affected by such a change.

Economic Turmoil:

- Mike Miller, professor of economics, was a panel member on “Chicago Tonight” on Sept. 16 discussing the crisis on Wall Street and how the candidates for president are planning to try to repair the U.S. economy.

- Jim Shilling, the M.J. Horne Chair in Real Estate, discussed the outlook for house prices and sales on the nationally syndicated cable business program “First Business” Aug. 15 and in the Chicago Tribune Aug. 26.

- Elijah Brewer, professor of finance, was a guest on “First Business” on Sept. 16 discussing the intricacies of credit default swaps, financial instruments that are tied to many of the unfolding problems at leading financial firms.

- Rebel Cole, associate professor of real estate, was interviewed on “First Business” on Sept. 9 discussing the how the government’s bail out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae may push home borrowing costs lower.  In a Tribune story Sept. 16, he discussed the outlook for credit markets for larger mortgages in the wake of Wall Street’s crisis.

Election 2008 coverage:

- Craig Sautter, visiting faculty in the School for New Learning, discussed the impact of an Obama presidential victory on Chicago’s Olympics hopes in an Aug. 30 article in Crain’s Chicago Business. He also discussed convention history on Bruce Dumont’s “Beyond the Beltway” program the week of Aug. 25. He also discussed the political conventions on radio and television stations in Calgary, Canada, Atlantic City, Oklahoma City and Huntington, W. Va. during the last week of August and the first week of September.

- Molly Andolina discussed the impact of the youth vote in the presidential race on National Public Radio’s "MidMorning" with Kerri Miller (KNOW-FM) Minneapolis on Aug. 27.

- Political Science Professor Wayne Steger discussed the history of political conventions on "Chicago Tonight" Aug. 20. Steger was also quoted in the French-language Lebanon publication L’Orient Le Jour Sept. 8 about whether Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will attract undecided voters.  Steger also was quoted in a Sept. 14 Daily Herald story on the hotly contested mayoral race in Palatine.

- Scott Paeth, assistant professor of religious studies, was substantially quoted in a Sept. 5 Catholic News Service story on Sen. John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Paeth defined the term “culture life issues” as they relate to Catholics and as laid out by the Republican Party. 

- Political Science Professor Michael Mezey discussed the Chicago flavor in Barack Obama’s inner circle in an Aug. 25 article in USA Today. Mezey also discussed the Clinton’s role in the Democratic National Convention in an Aug. 25 article in the Daily Herald, and was featured in the October Chicago magazine cover story comparing Adlai Stevenson and Barack Obama.

- Laura Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett professor, appeared on “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer” on Aug. 28 to discuss the Democratic National Convention.  She also was quoted in the Aug. 20 Chicago Tribune on merging African American political dynasties in Illinois.

• David Kalsbeek, DePaul’s senior vice president for Enrollment Management and Marketing, was the subject of an Aug. 7 Chronicle of Higher Education story titled “Enrollment Expert Gives Top 5 Reasons Why Student-Retention Strategies Fail.”

• Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari’s research on procrastination – including how the proliferation of technological gadgets may be contributing to the problem – has resulted in extensive media coverage from around the world, including feature stories in The London Guardian and The London Observer newspapers, New Zealand Herald and Il Venerdi, one of Italy’s leading publications.  He has also had radio interviews on the BBC World News, BBC Arabic and with stations in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.  A separate story on procrastination in children was featured in the July issue of Parent magazine and led to additional interviews featured on the CBS radio network.  Separately, he was featured in a story in Woman’s Day magazine on the characteristics of successful families.

• A neighborhood diversity study, authored by DePaul Chaddick Institute researchers Lauren Fischer and Joe Schwieterman, was the subject of a July 11 Chicago Sun-Times article that also focused on the changing face of Bridgeport. The study was also profiled in a front page story in RedEye on July 28.  Fischer also was interviewed by the WBEZ-FM and WLUW-FM radio stations in July on the study and was a guest on National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More” program.

• College of Law Professor Nanette Elster and the Health Law Institute which she heads were featured in an Aug. 1 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin profile that examined her work in the area of assisted reproduction as well as her personal experience with the issue.

• DePaul’s Anthropology Department’s summer archeological field study in Pullman, led by associate professor of anthropology Jane Baxter, was featured in the Chicago Tribune and RedEye July 14.  WIND-AM and the Northwest Indiana Times’ Illinois edition also covered the program.

• The College of Commerce’s new mock trading room was profiled in the Aug. 4 edition of Crain’s Pension & Investments magazine. Ali Fatemi, chair of the Finance Department, was pictured and quoted at length in the story.

• The August issue of Chicago Lawyer profiled DePaul general counsel José Padilla in a story about attorneys who work in higher education.

• Kevin Stevens, director of the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems, was photographed and interviewed for a Crain’s Chicago Business Q&A column about how international accounting standards may affect accounting schools.

• “Chicago Tonight” host Elizabeth Brackett on Aug. 6 had positive comments about the Chronic Illness Initiative in the School for New Learning (SNL). The comments stemmed from coverage of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s news conference at DePaul, which featured staff and students from the Chronic Illness program. Fox News Chicago also covered the event.

• Assistant Professor of History Carson Cunningham, a former professional basketball player who teaches a class on the modern Olympics, was one of two guests on a panel on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” Aug. 7 discussing the implications of the Beijing Olympics and Chicago’s prospects for getting the 2016 games.

• Political Science Professor Clement Adibe was quoted in a July 7 article in the London Financial Times on China’s position among the largest developed nations of the world.

• Father Dennis Holtschneider was quoted in the Spring/Summer issue of Continuance Magazine regarding DePaul’s history of serving a diverse student population in connection to a state-sponsored forum on aging that was hosted at DePaul.

• Paula Luff, assistant vice president for financial aid, was quoted in a BusinessWeek online story posted on Aug. 13 about tightening credit standards in the private student loan industry.

• Tom Mockaitis, professor of history, had an op-ed on the crisis spurred by Russia’s military incursion into Georgia in the Tribune on Aug. 13.

• Newsline’s redesign was the cover story on the August issue of Corporate Writer & Editor.

• Barbara Radner, director of the School for New Learning's Center for Urban Education, was interviewed Aug. 13 on WBEZ-FM regarding disappointing results on Illinois students' ACT test scores.

• Father Mark Pranaitis was interviewed in the July 17 issue of Time Out Chicago magazine about the challenge of keeping confessions confidential.

• A number of local media covered news that bullets were found on the Lincoln Park Campus, including FOX News Chicago, Ch. 7, Ch. 2, the Sun-Times, the Tribune and Associated Press.

• Management Professor Lisa Gundry, director of the Center for Creativity and Innovation, provided innovation strategy advice for small business owners in a June 10 BusinessWeek "Small Biz" online column.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was interviewed about the effect of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign on North Shore congressional races by Crain’s Chicago Business July 7.

• Patrick Murphy, assistant professor of management, discussed the rewards of social entrepreneurship in a Crain Chicago Business’s special section story on July 14.

• A December 2007 study by DePaul’s Chaddick Institute on the intercity bus industry continued to generate significant media coverage with a July story by the Associated Press that was picked up in a number of newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and the Detroit Free Press.

• Tom FitzGibbon, adjunct professor of finance and real estate, commented on a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant moving into the Block 37 project in a Chicago Tribune story July 11.

• Steve Kelly, chair of the Marketing Department in the College of Commerce, and Melanie Murray, of the Career Center, were quoted about the strength of the job market for research analysts for an Aug. 11 story on the Tribune’s CareerBuilder.com Web site.

• College of Communication Professor Joe Cappo’s scholarship donation to the college was noted in Charles Storch’s column in the June 26 Chicago Tribune. It was also included the July 14 Times of Northwest Indiana.

• The College of DuPage accelerated transfer admission session was noted in the July 4 Naperville Sun. Accelerated transfer admission sessions also received coverage in the July 3 Lawndale News, the July 10 Mount Greenwood Express and the July 4 Lake County News-Sun.

• A story in the July 13 Daily Herald on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s comments about Barack Obama included comments from political science professor Michael Mezey.

• Laura Washington appeared on WBBM-TV’s 10 p.m. newscast with her comments on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s comments about Barack Obama on July 10. She was also on WMAQ-TV’s 6 a.m. newscast talking about the same topic on July 14.

• Antonio Morales-Pita, adjunct professor of economics, discussed the economic problems at home finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the 5 p.m. newscast on Telemundo and at 10 p.m. on the nationally broadcast “Azteca America” program on July 14.  He also was on the local 10 p.m. Univision newscast on July 15 discussing rising unemployment and its impact on Hispanics and on July 27 discussing rising oil prices.  He was also quoted in Miami’s El Nuevo Herald on Aug. 6 on the Cuban economy.

• College of Law professor Cynthia Roseberry was featured and pictured in an Aug. 7 Wisconsin Law Journal story about female criminal defenders who shy away from sexual assault cases.  The story resulted from a presentation she gave at a conference sponsored by the National Association of Criminal Lawyers in Milwaukee.

• Andrea Lyon’s work to free a Detroit woman sentenced to life in prison was detailed in the Detroit Free Press and in an Associated Press story on Aug. 6.  Lyon has represented the woman, Kylleen Hargrave-Thomas for the past four years.

• A $100,000 grant received by the College of Law for research on biological terrorism was featured in the Aug. 7 Philanthropy column in the Chicago Tribune.

• College of Law Adjunct Professor Cherie Travis was featured in a July 30 FOX News Chicago story about animal cruelty.  Davis is working with Bloomingdale police to help crack down on animal cruelty. 

• Barbara Radner, director of the School for New Learning’s Center for Urban Education, was quoted in an Aug. 7 article on violence on urban youth in the Chicago Sun-Times. Radner was also quoted in an Aug. 9 article on standardized state test scores.

• SNL visiting faculty member Joseph Liang was featured in a July 24 article in the Des Plaines Times about his leaving as associate pastor of Christ Church in Des Plaines.

• Karen Roloff, director of internships for the College of Communication, was mentioned in the June 26 Glenview Announcements for receiving a national award for her distinguished work in the field of experiential education from the National Society for Experiential Education.

• SNL Associate Professor Patricia Monaghan and her new book, “Wineries of Wisconsin and Minnesota,” were mentioned in the Aug. 8 online version of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

• The DePaul University Museum’s upcoming art exhibit on 1968 was mentioned in an article on political art shows around Chicago in the fall 2008 issue of the New York Time’s Chicago Life magazine, issued on Aug. 10.

• A study by DePaul's Chaddick Institute on the dwindling number of mid-size American cities that still have commercial airline service was the focus of an in-depth feature story on PBS's nationally broadcast "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" program on July 3.

• Marketing Professor Joel Whalen was quoted in a pair of Daily Herald stories in mid-June. He commented on the psychological appeal of gasoline giveaways among consumers in a June 18 story and on effective e-mail business communication for new graduates in a June 17 article.

• A Hispanic Marketing seminar led by Marketing Adjunct Professor Loida Rosario was featured in the Tribune’s business event of the week column June 16.

• Paul Luff, assistant vice president for financial aid, was quoted in a story on the MSN.com Web site discussing ways non-college age adults can make going back to school a reality.

• Two DePaul faculty members were featured in Crain's Chicago Business Web site photos of a recent event sponsored CREW Network, a professional women's commercial real estate organization. Pictured were Michael S. Miller, associate professor of economics, and Susanne Cannon, the Douglas and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul, who presented a discussion of real estate economics at the event.

• A study on the social costs of absent fathers co-authored by Professor Christopher Einolf was cited in a column by Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative that was published July 6 by the Washington Times.

• Accounting Today reported July 7 that the Illinois CPA Society gave Associate Professor of Accountancy Elizabeth Murphy its inaugural Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Diversity Award.

• The Tribune's business appointments column July 7 noted that noted that College of Commerce, which is constructing a virtual electronic trading room, appointed James Booth its chair in investment management.

• Clara Orban, professor of modern languages and an expert on wine, was quoted in a June 29 Chicago Tribune story on the booming global wine industry which is centered on Earth's 45th parallel.

• College of Law Professor Jeff Shaman was interviewed about the recent Supreme Court decision on the right to carry handguns in a segment that was carried by over a dozen ABC affiliate stations from coast-to-coast on June 26.

• Karen Roloff, director of internships for the College of Communication, was mentioned in the June 12 Glenview Announcements for receiving a national award for her distinguished work in the field of experiential education from the National Society for Experiential Education.

• Today’s Chicago Woman ran an announcement about Marisa Alicea being named dean of the School for New Learning in its June issue.

• Morgan Hill (Cal.) Times ran a June 23 article by School for New Learning graduate Lisa Pampuch about her 26-year endeavor to get her college degree.

• The Orland Park Prairie and Academic Impressions ran short pieces July 2 about DePaul's instant enrollment sessions at area community colleges.

• DePaul’s purchase of the 18-story building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd. was detailed in a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune’s business section on June 9.  Fox News Chicago reported on the acquisition on its midday newscast that day.  Mentions of the purchase also were made in Tribune real estate columns appearing June 11 and 16.  The move also was lauded by Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin’s blog. The Sun-Times business section on June 10 and 18 also reported on the purchase. 

• Chicago Library Commissioner and College of Law alumna Mary Dempsey’s election to become the first woman chair of DePaul’s board of trustees was the subject of an in-depth profile story in the June 16 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, a Crain’s Chicago Business online story June 2 and a Michael Sneed Sun-Times column item June 3.

• The Chicago Tribune ran a June 13 feature story on College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) student Karen Alkoby, who became the first deaf woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in American history at DePaul’s recent commencement. The article discussed Alkoby’s research into standardizing American Sign Language and was accompanied by a feature photo of Alkoby trying on her cap and gown.

• DePaul’s efforts to assist students in locating off-campus housing were featured in a June 15 Chicago Tribune article. Student Percy Hatcherson was interviewed after attending one of DePaul’s rental workshops offered to educate students on the subject.

• Psychology Professor Lenny Jason was interviewed on the issue of chronic fatigue in a lengthy Q&A on the New York Times web site May 30.

• Joe Schwieterman, executive director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute and a professor of public service, was featured in the lead story on ABC’s “World News Tonight” program on June 17 discussing the Midwest flooding’s impact on railroad commerce.  He also was quoted in a June 10 New York Times story about the impact that airline flight schedule cutbacks would have on traffic delays at the nation’s major airports and CNN.com reports on airline traveler woes.

• The Chaddick Institute’s study on the rebounding U.S. intercity bus industry, first released in December 2007, continued to attract attention in a June 3 story on Time Magazine’s Web site.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the bumper sticker marketing strategies of the two presidential candidates in a three-minute interview with host Scott Simon of NPR’s “Morning Edition” June 14.

• The Chicago Tribune’s “The Watcher” television blog ran an article June 13 about David Simon speaking at the College of Computing and Digital Media’s commencement in honor of the late CDM Associate Professor Ashley Morris. Simon, creator of the popular HBO show “The Wire,” noted how his on-line friendship with Morris evolved through Morris’ insightful critiques of the show on the Web. DePaul’s obituary for Morris was included in its entirety along with the article.

• Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari was featured in an-depth column on procrastination on the Washington Post’s Web site on June 15.  Ferrari was also featured in a similar story on the popular Web site Slate.com posted on May 13.

• Wicklander Ethics Chair Patricia Werhane was quoted in a June 15 Daily Herald story about microloans as a method to fight poverty.  The story mentioned the Institute for Business and Professional Ethic’s poverty reduction lecture series.

• Emily Rosenberg, director of the School for Near Learning’s Labor Education Center, was quoted in a May 29 Northwest Herald story about possibly banning teachers’ strikes at Huntley School District 159.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was quoted in a May 31 Daily Herald story on presidential candidates keeping followers on a short leash. He also penned a May 8 article analyzing the American presidential election for Business Management Review, China’s version of the Harvard Business Review.

• Economics Professor Mike Miller was quoted in a front-page Daily Herald story June 7 about the slowdown in the manufacturing sector, particularly among automakers.

• Political Science Associate Professor Wayne Steger talked about how voters get most of their information about the presidential election through the Internet for a story on how presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign is fighting off rumors and smears on WMAQ-TV’s 5 p.m. newscast June 12.  Steger also was quoted in a May 19 Daily Herald story on local Republicans fearing a ticket let by presidential candidate Barack Obama.

• Lawndale News ran a May 15 story on the School of Education’s LINK-INitiative art exhibit featuring the works of students from area elementary and high schools.  

• A management department-sponsored author talk at DePaul about balancing work and home life by writer/blogger Stephanie Klein was featured June 4 in Crain’s Chicago Business’ “10 Things To Do This Weekend,” a weekly e-column of recommended events.

• Students from Communication Associate Professor Lisa Pecot-Hebert’s graduate class were featured on WMAQ-TV 6 p.m. weather segment on June 5, smiling and waving at the beginning and end of Brant Miller’s piece. After the newscast, anchor Warner Saunders spoke with them for an hour.

• The Digital Cinema Premiere Film Festival, sponsored by CDM’s School of Cinema and Interactive Media, was featured June 4 in the Chicago Reader and on Metromix.com.

• Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted in a June 13 New York Times story about the R. Kelly trial. Cavise was skeptical of the prosecutors’ case saying, it never overcame the jury’s reasonable doubt.

• Student and activist reaction to an on-campus speech by Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman citizen border patrol group, was featured on dozens of television news programs on May 18 through May 20, leading most nighttime newscasts on May 19. Simcox, who was a guest of the DePaul Conservative Alliance student group, has sparked controversy at numerous colleges across the country in the past year.

• John Hagstrom, professor of music at DePaul, was featured on an in-depth interview segment on WFMT-FM on May 20 discussing the DePaul Symphony Orchestra’s annual spring concert at Orchestra Hall. Twelve of his horn students also performed several musical offerings.

• The efforts of Yuki Miyamoto, professor of religious studies, to have mayors from around the world sign a pledge for peace were highlighted in the past month in stories presented on NHK, Japan’s public television network. Miyamoto, whose family survived the bombing of Hiroshima, and her students, recently got Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to sign the agreement.

• Thomas O’Brien, professor of religion, was the main source for a front-page Chicago Tribune story on May 16 that reflected on the Vatican’s recent announcement that beliefs in life forms outside of earth are not at odds with Catholic teachings.

• Inside Higher Education, Animation Magazine and the Gamasutra Web site all reported in May that DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media is launching new degrees in animation.

• Several of DePaul’s 2008 commencement speakers – including Walter Parazaider, David Simon and Bob Edwards – were noted in May 28 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times by celebrity columnist Bill Zwecker.

• In his May 22 column, Chicago Tribune philanthropy writer Charles Storch noted that DePaul had received a $1 million Kresge Challenge Grant for its science campaign. Storch’s May 29 column noted that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence gave $30,000 to DePaul for a national Arabic language conference to be held at the university from June 13 to15.

• The online publication dBusiness News ran a May 22 article about nationally recognized chronic illness expert Patricia Fennell speaking at the School for New Learning’s Chronic Illness Initiative Symposium.

• College of Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted in the May 20 New York Times regarding the R. Kelly trial, where he opined that the way the trial has been conducted combined with its cost, potential outcome and the media circus it’s inspired “makes Chicago look like a laughingstock.”

• Jose Torres, a DePaul senior who has registered more than 5,000 people in Chicago to vote, was interviewed for a May 26 “News Hour with Jim Lehrer” story about politically involved young people.

• In a “Nightly Business Report” interview May 29, Chaddick Institute Director Joe Schwieterman suggested a wholesale restructuring of airfares. He also was interviewed by the Tribune May 29 about new about difficulties posed to O’Hare Airport modernization stemming from financial problems in the aviation industry.

• Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean was a guest May 28 on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” where he talked about rising gas prices.

• Economics Professor Mike Miller said in an interview with the nationally syndicated “First Business” on May 29 that the weak economy is leading companies to raise prices despite concerns about competitors.

• Jody Raphael, a senior researcher in the College of Law, was quoted in a May 16 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story that discussed family law as a tool for reducing prostitution. The piece also discussed findings of a study on prostitution in Chicago conducted by Raphael and DePaul’s Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center.

• College of Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith was interviewed May 15 by WPKT-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Hartford/New Haven Conn., regarding cultural history and a dispute between Yale University and the government of Peru over Incan artifacts.

• College of Law Professor Jeffrey Shaman in a May 15 WKBW-TV (Buffalo, NY) story on “cyberbullying” noted that laws in the area need to be more precisely defined.

• Kenshu Shimada, associate professor in environmental science in the department of biological sciences, was quoted in an on-line story by Discovery News about new discoveries that showed sharks once dominated what is now the American South.

• In a May 24 Tribune story about the Spire condominium project in the Streeterville area, Adjunct Finance Professor Thomas FitzGibbon discussed why condo purchases have been attractive for European buyers because of the strong Euro.

• Israel’s refusal to admit former DePaul professor Norman Finkelstein into the country in late May was widely reported in newspapers around the world and by the Associated Press. The Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post and the London Guardian were among the papers carrying the story. Inside Higher Education also reported on the situation.

• Jody Raphael, a senior researcher in the College of Law, was quoted in a May 16 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article that discussed family law as a tool for reducing prostitution. The piece also discussed findings of a study of prostitution in Chicago that was conducted by Raphael and DePaul’s Schiller, DuCanto, & Fleck Family Law Center.

• College of Law professor Patty Gerstenblith was interviewed by the NPR station in the Hartford/New Haven Conn. area (WPKT-FM) regarding cultural history and the Yale-Peru dispute. The interview aired May 15.

• College of Law professor Jeffrey Shaman was interviewed May 15 by WKBW-TV in Buffalo, NY regarding cyberbullying. Shaman said that laws established to address cyberbullying need to be “more precisely defined.”

• The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul president, discussed ways that colleges can help students become better educated about private college loans in an op-ed he penned for the Chronicle of Higher Education May 2.

• A DePaul College of Law study and conference that examined the impact of prostitution on the lives of the women it entraps was featured in several news broadcasts including WBBM-AM, Channels 2 and 7 and the Chicago Sun-Times.

• Chicago Cultural Commissioner Lois Weisberg praised The Theatre School’s history of excellence and discussed its 2008 Awards for Excellence in the Arts, where she received a leadership in Arts Award, in a Crain’s Chicago Business story April 21.

• DePaul's trailblazing role in Webcasting its commencement ceremonies was detailed in a May 9 story in the Chicago Sun-Times that noted that many other local schools are now joining the trend.

• Sociology Professor Greg Scott’s theories on what has been driving the recent wave of street violence in Chicago were examined in-depth in a column by Chicago Tribune writer Mary Schmich on April 25.

• The Daily Herald ran an in-depth story on the DePaul Art Museum on May 2 noting the caliber of the museum and its exhibits and the fact that it is free. Also Chicago Tribune Art Critic Alan Artner had an in-depth review of the current “Portraits of Ellis Island” exhibition on April 24.

• Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president for enrollment management, discussed the higher profile of today’s admissions directors in a Chronicle of Higher Education story about a recent survey detailing the rewards and challenges of admission heads.

• Political science professor Michael Mezey was interviewed in a segment on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s comments in a Bill Moyer interview that aired on the 10 p.m. newscast on Channel 7. Mezey talked about the timing of Wright’s comments and their impact on Barack Obama’s candidacy, when the Democratic presidential primary is so tight, as well as the fodder this provides for Obama’s opponents from both parties.

• WBEZ-FM’s “Worldview” program spoke to International Human Rights Law Institute President and Law Professor Cherif Bassiouni on the occasion on his April 25 conference examining the accomplishments of the International Criminal Court on the 10-year anniversary of its founding.

• Channel 7 ran a story on a student group at DePaul, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, conducting an informational campaign at for their cause as a potential way to reduce campus violence. Group leader Mick Paskiewicz, spoke in favor of the concept, though most other students interviewed did not. The issue was also contemplated in a blog posting April 22 by Chicago Tribune religion writer Manya Brachear.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the limitations of the above-the-fray political strategy of David Axelrod, Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential chief campaign strategist, in an April 26 Crain’s Chicago Business profile of Axelrod.

• In an April 22 Wall Street Journal story, Finance Professor Elijah Brewer III discussed the ability of banks to raise capital to stave off losses.

• The Tribune’s business section chose the Center for Financial Services’ inaugural Quarterly Investment Update panel discussion as its “Event of the Week” May 5 and Sun-Times business writer Dave Roeder mentioned the May 6 event in his April 20 column. The Tribune’s May 8 education guide noted another finance department event—a speech that day by distinguished Harvard Business professor emeritus Michael C. Jensen about integrity.

• Chemistry Professor Wendy Wolbach was interviewed for a May 6 story on the Discovery Channel Web site about the theory that the dinosaurs may have perished as a result of a meteor hitting an oil field on earth setting off a tremendous conflagration.

• John Koval, a senior research fellow with the Egan Urban Center and retired professor of sociology, spoke at length in a segment on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program on April 21 about the growing disparity in wealth in the United States, noting that the wealthiest one percent of the population has more economic power than the lowest 90 percent.

• Thomas FitzGibbon, a DePaul adjunct professor who teaches real estate finance, discussed the Chicago real estate market in a Crain’s Chicago Business April 21 story and on the WBEZ program “Eight Forty-Eight” April 25.

• Economics Professor Mike Miller was interviewed on the nationally syndicated “First Business” program on April 30 on how continued interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve could further undermine the U.S. dollar’s value.

• Adjunct Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita discussed how the global economy is becoming more independent from the United States in a “First Business” interview May 8.

• Marisa Alicea’s appointment as dean of the School for New Learnings was included in the May 1 “People on the Move” column in Crain’s Chicago Business.

• A story on how entrepreneurs have a difficult time letting others take on a significant management roles in the April 28 Chicago Tribune included observations from Marty Martin, associate professor at DePaul University's College of Commerce, who has studied the issue.

• Marketing Professor Joel Whalen and Chaddick Institute Director Joe Schwieterman analyzed new requirements for airlines to compensate bumped passengers in an Associated Press report that ran in Daily Herald April 17.

• Real Estate Chair James Shilling discussed the implications of the Bank of America-Countrywide merger on subprime mortgage market during a May 9 interview on the syndicated national business cable news show “First Business, which broadcasts in 160 markets.

• A Chicago Tribune May 8 education guide story about famous local professors lauded the accomplishments of DePaul Law Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, Finance Professor Werner F.M. De Bondt and Psychology Professor Leonard A. Jason.

• College of Law Professor Len Cavise was interviewed April 29 on Fox News Chicago about the Bedard school bus driver accused of harming children. He also was quoted in a May 5 Chicago Tribune story about evidence in the R. Kelly trial.

• The May edition of Chicago Magazine noted that the only three Chicago-area professors who cracked the RateMyProfessors.com Web site’s most recent Top 50 “Hottest Professors” list – all taught at DePaul.

• College of Law Professor Jeffrey Shaman was quoted in an April 30 ABC40 News (Massachusetts) story regarding cyber bullying, where he noted laws prohibiting libelous speech need to be more precisely defined.

• The trip of DePaul President, Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., to Washington for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit generated numerous media appearances including interviews with Chicago's ABC, NBC and CBS television stations, Washington's CBS station, local radio stations WBEZ and WBBM-AM. He was also quoted in coverage by the Chicago Sun-Times and in the blog of the Chicago Tribune's religion writer, Manya Brachear.

• DePaul’s honoring of Earth Month through its enrollment in the eco-friendly I-GO car sharing program was featured on newscasts of Channel 2 and Fox32 on April 5. Father Holtschneider and Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn were among those on hand to unveil the new agreement. Skyline also ran an article in the April 10 edition.

• The online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on DePaul’s newly restructured College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) in an April 14 story that noted that enrollment in the booming digital cinema program was up 30 percent over the past year. The online edition of TimeOut Chicago also covered the CDM announcement, with a focus on digital cinema, on April 16.

• Also Fox 32 ran a segment April 13 on DePaul’s Game Jam 2008, a 30-hour game creation competition featuring CDM computer game development majors and the industry experts who judged the event.

• The Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye featured a front-page story on April 14 exploring the roots and reasons of chronic procrastination in which Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari was the principal expert source. Ferrari also had an op-ed in the April 13 Chicago Sun-Times editorial pages opining on tax filing deadlines and procrastination.

• The DePaul Art Museum’s new exhibition "Ellis Island Portraits" has received numerous media mentions, including an announcement in the April 11 Chicago Sun-Times’ Weekend section, a pick-of-the-week highlight in the April 13 Chicago Tribune Arts Section and an interview with Louise Lincoln in the Terra Foundation’s April newsletter, "American Art, American City."

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the brand messages communicated by the presidential candidates in a National Public Radio "All Things Considered" story that aired April 10.

• On the nationally syndicated business show "First Business" aired locally on WCIU-TV April 8, Economics Professor Mike Miller discussed the message tone and leadership of a Federal Reserve in anticipation of its interest rate meeting.

• Antonio Morales-Pita, adjunct professor of economics, had several recent television appearances including a 20 minute interview on April 1 on Telemundo’s "En Contexto" program about challenges for Hispanic immigrants to learn English. On April 11, he was interviewed by Noticias, a program which airs both in the U.S. and Mexico, about the impact the U.S. recession is having on remittances from the U.S. to Mexico. That same day he was interviewed on "First Business" program about the decoupling of the world economy from the American economy.

• College of Law Professor Rodney Blackman was quoted in the April 12 Chicago Tribune regarding the R. Kelly trial, explaining that the emotional sensitivity of the case most likely prompted the judge to keep information from it under seal.

• Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education, was quoted in a story on Chicago eighth-graders scores on national writing tests in the April 4 Chicago Sun-Times.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service and director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted in the April 16 Columbus Dispatch on the ramifications of recent airline mergers. He was also interviewed on April 10 on WTTW’s "Chicago Tonight" and in the April 11 Chicago Sun-Times about American Airlines’ emergency grounding of much of its fleet for safety inspections.

• John Koval, a senior research fellow with the Egan Urban Center and retired professor of sociology, appeared on "Chicago Tonight" April 11 as a panelist discussing the eroding American middle class.

• Dan Bolous, a DePaul University student who started a Facebook group called "Fix the Potholes" to help lobby public support for resurfacing pothole-plagued North Lake Shore Drive, was quoted in the April 17 Chicago Tribune.

• The Chicago Tribune on March 19 published a letter penned by the Rev. Dennis. H. Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul’s president, which urged universities to participate in programs, such as the Bridge Program, that link higher education and the Chicago Public Schools to address low college application rates among half of Chicago Public Schools seniors.

• John Zeigler of DePaul’s John J. Egan Urban Center was quoted in a front page Chicago Tribune story on March 30 on healing racial divisions in conjunction with the center’s efforts to build bridges and ease tensions between Chicago’s Latino and African American communities.

• DePaul’s new game designer-in-residence, Eugene Jarvis, was profiled in the March 23 Chicago Tribune. DePaul was mentioned in the headline of the article, and CTI’s game development program was also discussed. Jarvis and his new position also were featured in the cover story of the April 1 issue of NewCity.

• The School for New Learning’s Adult Bridge Program was featured in an article in the April issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

• College of Law Professor Nanette Elster sponsored a symposium on assisted reproduction that was referenced in a front-page Chicago Tribune story on March 27. She was also interviewed by the “Today” show, People magazine and the Los Angeles Times for upcoming stories.

• CTI Professor Daniel Mittleman was interviewed extensively in the Feb. 15 issue of CIO Magazine for an article on virtual meetings.

• The Sun-Times and Tribune reported March 7 that DePaul Coach Doug Bruno was honored by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association with the Carol Eckman Award, named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, who is considered the “Mother of the Womens Collegiate Basketball Championship.”

• DePaul was featured in a Crain’s Chicago Business March 24 special section on international MBA degree and short-term foreign study programs at Chicago-area business schools. Kellstadt Associate Dean Mike Jedel, director of international outreach, and DePaul MBA student Phillip Capodice, who went on a business school study abroad trip to Lima, Peru, were pictured and quoted.

• Jacqueline Taylor, dean of the College of Communication, was quoted in a March 18 article on communication degrees in Advance, a special section in the Chicago Tribune.

• DePaul’s March 3 panel discussion “Harold Washington, Black Politics and the Media: Then and Now” featuring numerous veteran journalists has been featured on CAN-TV during recent weeks. A podcast of the program was also placed on Chicago Public Radio’s web site.

• Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita was interviewed during the past month on numerous occasions including Telemundo on March 17, Univision on March 18, WCIU 23 on March 20 and the syndicated “First Business” program on April 1 about the economy and interest rates.

• Chicago Public Radio interviewed two DePaul students and Career Center advisor Melanie Murray for their thoughts on the uncertainty in the job market caused by the economy. The segment aired on March 20, and an article accompanied the segment on the chicagopublicradio.org Web site.

• Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari was quoted in the April edition of Psychology Today on the topic of women and the “imposter phenomenon” in which persons subconsciously downplay the importance of their achievements in life.

• Sonia Soltero, associate professor in bilingual-bicultural education, was quoted in the March 18 Chicago Tribune on how students can effectively learn second languages.

• DePaul alumnus and Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Patricia Mendoza discussed how mentors, including a DePaul professor, convinced her to attend and finish her law studies in a March 24 Chicago Tribune business feature.

• College of Law Professor Len Cavise gave expert commentary regarding the family secrets trial for WFLD-TV on March 20.

• Joe Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted in a March 10 Daily Herald story about the ramifications of reconstruction on the Chicago area’s Tri-State Tollway. Schwieterman also was interviewed on various transit developments on WBEZ-FM’s “Eight Forty-Eight” program on April 2.

• Chaddick’s study on the resurgent U.S. intercity bus industry – released in December – continued to generate news coverage around the country with a story in The Boston Globe on March 10.

• Mark Weber, professor of civil law, commented in the March 9 Daily Herald on the mounting legal defense fees being incurred by the Elgin School District in connection with a discrimination lawsuit.

• Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education in the School for New Learning, was quoted about whether educators were failing high achievers in a story in the March/April issue of Instructor magazine.

• CTI professor Greg Brewster was interviewed in the March 28 Daily Herald about the future of Motorola’s mobile devices division.

Election 2008

DePaul’s political science faculty and other experts continued to provide insight and commentary in numerous national and local news stories in recent weeks including:

• Laura Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett University professor, was among the panelists interviewed about Barack Obama’s speech on race and politics on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer March 18.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was interviewed by National Public Radio for a March 30 “All Things Considered” story about political marketing micro-targeting of voters and how some have observed that Barack Obama appeals to “Starbucks Democrats” while Hillary Clinton appeals to “Dunkin Donuts Democrats.”

• Political Science Professor Christina Rivers, an expert on black political thought, commented on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright issue to the Christian Science Monitor on March 19 noting that Wright’s comments were well articulated though not original.

• Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean was a guest on Jesse Jackson’s cable talk show March 22 where he discussed the economy and the election.

• Political Science Professor J. Harry Wray discussed Obama’s race in America speech in a March 19 article in the Daily Herald.

• College of Communication faculty members Mike Conklin and Barbara Willard were both on Good Day on WFLD-TV to discuss Obama’s speech on March 19. Conklin was on the 7 a.m. newscast, and Willard was on the 8 a.m. newscast.

• Political Science Professor Michael Mezey discussed the need for “Democratic wise men” to step forward and unify the party in a March 14 article in the Chicago Tribune

• Numerous news outlets, including the Chicago Tribune and NBC5, covered the dramatic Feb. 26 story about Layne Morsch, a DePaul chemistry professor, whose wife, TC, delivered their baby girl on a roadside in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows. The dispatcher who talked Morsch through the delivery is also a DePaul student. Mom and the baby are doing fine. Congrats to all for such a newsworthy start to a new life.

• Today’s Chicago Woman’s March issue book column featured “Women In Business” co-written by DePaul management faculty members Patricia Werhane, Lisa Gundry, Margaret Posig and Laurel Ofstein and Darden business school management professor Elizabeth Powell.

• Univision's evening newscast on Feb. 22 featured an advance story on a Latino health care forum, organized by Rafaela Weffer, associate vice president for faculty development and research at DePaul. The Spanish-language station also covered the event and ran a follow-up story on the day of the event, Feb. 23.

• A letter to the editor titled “Kenya’s tragedy,” written by the Rev. John T. Richardson, C.M., DePaul chancellor, ran in the Chicago Tribune’s Voice of the People on March 1.

• A March 6-7 conference on risk management co-sponsored by DePaul’s Center for Financial Services and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago was detailed in the March 3 Chicago Tribune.

• Mark Laboe, associate vice president for university ministry, was quoted in the Feb. 24 Daily Herald providing perspective on how Catholics should try to make sense of the tragic shootings at Northern Illinois University. His was one of several religious perspectives included.

• Political Science Professor Michael Mezey had a one-on-one discussion with Carol Marin on “Chicago Tonight” on March 5 providing analysis of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s victories in Texas and Ohio. Mezey also was interviewed about how Gov. Rod Blagojevich will nominate a new senator to replace Barack Obama if he’s elected president in a story that aired March 2 on NBC5.

• Ronald Chennault, associate professor of education policy studies, was quoted in a Feb. 20 Education Week article on the impact of providing cash awards to motivate students to perform better on state exams in Ohio.

• Political Science Professor Valerie Johnson was interviewed about what to expect in the future in the presidential primaries on NBC-5’s Morning News March 3.

• Political Science Professor Wayne Steger was interviewed Feb. 25 by the Daily Herald about the characteristics of early voters in the presidential primary.

• In a Feb. 27 interview on the nationally syndicated business news show “First Business,” Economics Professor Michael Miller discussed the growing probability of the American economy experiencing stagflation.

• Antonio Morales-Pita, adjunct professor of economics, was the sole guest on UnaME, a half hour Spanish-language public affairs program on WCIU where he spoke of recent political changes in his native Cuba and his recent book on his work as an economist there. He was also recently interviewed by a Brazilian television station on related topics.

• Economic Professor Gabriella Bucci talked to Fox News Chicago on March 1 about how the Cook County Board’s one percentage point increase in the sales tax would likely hurt those least able to pay it.

• Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education in the School for New Learning, was quoted about evaluating your child’s school in a story on education.com on March 3.

• Skyline newspaper featured a news brief Feb. 1 about an Accelerated Transfer Admission session for transfer students at Wilbur Wright College on Feb. 7.

• The DePaul Art Museum’s new exhibition of paintings of detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison camp in Iraq drew strong praise in a WBEZ-FM Radio feature on Feb. 20 and in a Feb. 21 review by Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner. The DePaul Museum’s Santeros exhibit also was profiled in the Sante Fe New Mexican.

• The Feb. 7 Chicago Tribune prominently featured news on a newly established scholarship for intellectual property law students at DePaul. The $5,000 annual award is named for College of Law alumnus Allen J. Hoover, who was tragically murdered by a disgruntled client in 2006. The new scholarship also was covered by the ABA Journal in its Feb. 4 online edition.

• Carlene Klaas, dean of undergraduate admission, was interviewed at length for a Fox News Chicago segment on the myths of the college admission process. The segment, which aired Feb. 10, also featured shots of the Loop admission office and the Loop Campus Student Center.

• WBBM-TV’s Feb. 15 evening newscasts featured students signing the condolence books that DePaul plans to share with the Northern Illinois University community as a show of sympathy and support.

• In a Feb. 18 Daily Herald story, Psychology Professor Ralph Erber discussed why students shared their feelings on the social networking site Facebook after the Northern Illinois University mass shooting.

• Joe Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, spoke one-on-one with Phil Ponce on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program on Feb. 5 in which he discussed United Airlines’ recent decision to start charging passengers for second checked bags and other recent developments in the aviation industry.

• Schwieterman also was interviewed on the WBBM-AM’s “Noon Business Hour” program on Feb. 19 about the impact of the proposed merger between Delta and Northwest airlines.

• Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith was interviewed on WBEZ’s “Worldview” program on Feb. 8 discussing the international legal framework designed to thwart those who deal in stolen antiquities.

• The Real Estate Center at DePaul’s Feb. 8-9 conference on sustainable building was the subject of stories in the Tribune Feb. 4 and the Inside newspaper Jan. 16. 

• Assistant Professor Brooke Fisher Liu, who teaches crisis communications in the College of Communication, was quoted in a Feb. 12 SouthtownStar story on when the Tinley Park Lane Bryant store might reopen in the wake of the Feb. 2 shooting of five women in the store.

• The Business Times of Singapore published a Feb. 15 story that discussed a study by DePaul assistant professors of management Robert S. Rubin and Erich C. Dierdorff that found a gap in what recruiters want business schools to teach.

• Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education in the School for New Learning, was quoted in a Feb. 13 Chicago Sun-Times article on Latino parents from Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood protesting giving students who are still learning English an achievement test in English. Radner criticized the proposal and said it was a prime example of what’s wrong with the No Child Left Behind Act.

• Radner also was quoted in a Feb. 18 Washington Post story about the national focus by school districts to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

Politics

• James Wolfinger, an assistant professor of education and history, discussed his new book, “Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love,” during a live phone interview Feb. 5 on WNPV-AM’s “Comment Please” program hosted by Darryl Berger. The radio station, located outside Philadelphia, Pa., has about 23,000 listeners.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the tight race between presidential contenders in an Atlanta Journal article Feb. 6 and strategies for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to attract voters in a Daily Herald story Feb. 5. He also was quoted in a Feb. 12 Associated Press story that ran in the Springfield Journal-Register about GOP legislator Kirk Dillard being featured in a Barack Obama television ad.

• A Feb. 6 New York Times article on young voters flocking to the polls mentioned how non-voters outnumbered voters at the computer bank of the DePaul University student center.

• Communication Professor Bruce Evenson analyzed the use of the word “look” by presidential candidates in a Feb. 4 Crain’s Chicago Business story about campaign buzzwords.

• Political Science Professor Michael Mezey appeared on WMAQ-TV’s morning show Feb. 20 to explain the nuances of the super delegate process in the current presidential election.

• The resignation of Cuban President Fidel Castro on Feb. 19 generated media commentary from several DePaul professors, including Felix Masud-Piloto on Fox News. Adjunct economics professor Antonio Morales-Pita also also was interviewed on Telemundo and in the Feb. 20 edition of The Daily Herald on the limited impact for U.S. business of the potential opening of the Cuban market. He also was interviewed for the Feb. 21 “First Business” program which is nationally syndicated.

• Law Professor Stephen Landsman was featured in the Jan. 21 issue of the National Law Journal for his pioneering work in the development of “disaster law” which details how the rule of law can be preserved when major disaster occurs. Landsman’s principles were recently accepted by the American Bar Association.

• DePaul’s Student Legal Services program was covered in the Feb. 1 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The story included interviews with the program’s director, the Rev. Thomas Croak, C.M., as well as with students who volunteer with the program.

• Psychology Professor Gary Harper and one of his students, Andrew Riplinger, were interviewed on WBEZ’s Worldview program on Jan. 31 on their AIDS education and prevention work in Kenya. It is the second time in the past year that Harper has discussed the issue on the program.

• Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center, was quoted Jan. 26 by the New York Times about a potential thaw in the residential real estate market as buyers take advantage of bargains and lower interest rates on mortgages.

• Jane Rutherford, professor of law and faculty director of the Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck Family Center in Chicago, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times advice column on Jan. 25 approving of a policy of the U.S. State Department to deny foreign travel passports to parents in arrears on child support. “If you can play, you can pay,” she noted.

• A presentation at the Las Vegas convention of the Far West Popular Cultural Association on the state of pop culture in America by H. Peter Steeves, professor of philosophy, was covered by the Las Vegas Sun on Jan. 29.

• Negocias, a Brazilian economics magazine, picked up news of the study by Commerce professors Patrick Murphy and Jiang Bin that showed that contrary to popular assumptions academics actually make good business managers.

• Law Professor Andrea Lyon was quoted in a Jan. 31 Chicago Reader column that addressed the issue of how lawyers responded when they knew Alton Logan had been wrongly convicted of murder. The attorneys for the alleged, actual killer knew that Logan was most likely innocent, but remained silent because of attorney/client privilege and remained silent.

• Cellist Michelle Morales, a recent graduate of DePaul’s School of Music, was profiled in the Feb. 1 Chicago Sun-Times after winning a national competition to appear on the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards broadcast. Morales cited her DePaul education and Professor Stephen Balderston for her success.

• Adjunct Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita provided his insights on the state of the U.S. economy for a four-part February series about the economy broadcast by Univision. He discussed the same subject in a Jan. 31 column in the community newspaper La Raza, where he is a regular contributor.

• The Chaddick Institute’s study on the rebound in intercity bus service continued to generate news coverage around the country with a story appearing in the Erie Times-News (Pa.) on Jan. 25.

• Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean was quoted in a Jan. 29 Daily Herald story about the economics proposals discussed in President Bush’s State of the Union address.

• Student Liz Tracy, a senior in political science, was part of a panel of citizens convened on Jan. 28 by Channel 2 Senior Correspondent Jay Levine to watch and review President Bush’s final State of the Union address. Her comments were featured on that day’s 10 p.m. newscast.

• Economics Professor Michael Miller was interviewed Jan. 29 by the syndicated business cable show “First Business” about how long it takes Federal Reserve benchmark interest rate actions to affect the economy.

Election 2008

• Sociology Professor Grace Budrys helped explain the differences among the competing health care proposals by the major presidential candidates to CBS2 Chicago’s Mary Ann Childers in a news segment that aired Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman analyzed the Florida primaries in an Arizona Republic story and was interviewed Associated Press for a about how political parties handle campaigning in districts considered safe on Jan. 30.

• Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, explained to the Reuters news service in a Feb. 5 story how Sen. Barack Obama’s non-traditional family background has helped shape him as a candidate.

• The lead story in the Jan. 14 Chicago Tribune Metro section prominently profiled DePaul’s innovative negotiation class taught by Management Professor Steven Briggs. The story followed Briggs and his students to a local flea market where they learned the fine art of bargaining and included two photos of DePaul students in action.

• An article in the Jan. 17 Education Today section, included in both the Chicago Tribune and RedEye, examined tips for college students to avoid credit card debt. The article featured a lengthy interview with Financial Fitness Program Director Brenda Williams, as well as some details of the program’s different educational and workshop offerings.

• DePaul’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations were featured in broadcasts on Jan. 21 by two of Chicago’s local news stations. CBS2 Chicago’s morning program featured live coverage from the breakfast event as guest speaker Rev. Alice Greene was interviewed live about King’s continuing legacy. ABC7 also used footage of the event in its broadcasts later in the day.

• A study on the intercity bus industry by Joe Schwieterman and the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development continued to garner national media attention with an in-depth USA Today business feature that was prompted by and quoted heavily from the study.

• Adjunct faculty member Lisa Pecot-Hebert of the College of Communication was quoted in a Chicago Magazine story examining the long-term challenges facing Chicago’s local television news market.

• A story in the February issue of Business Week Chicago examining the positive impact colleges and universities are having on downtown Chicago prominently featured DePaul in the lead and a photograph of the CTI Building.

• H. Peter Steeves, associate professor of philosophy, was quoted on the front page of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 11 in an essay by cultural critic Julia Keller on the ancient roots of the concept of “change,” which is dominating this year’s presidential election.

• Education Professor Ronald Chennault was quoted in a Jan. 14 article in Education Week about tying cash awards to AP exam scores.

• Wayne Steger, professor of political science, discussed the impact of the faltering economy on the presidential race on First Business on Jan. 23.

• Bruce Newman, professor of marketing, was quoted in a Jan. 10 article in the Daily Herald on presidential candidates’ advertising during the Super Bowl for Super Tuesday.

• Barbara Radner was interviewed for a story on the impact of donations from philanthropic organizations such as the Chicago Community Trust Foundation toward Chicago Public Schools that aired Jan. 17 on Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM).

• Economics Professor Michael Miller discussed the state of the economy in an interview with the nationally syndicated business news program “First Business” that was broadcast Jan. 18.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul, and Harold Welsch, Coleman Entrepreneurship Chair, discussed the importance of experiential learning in entrepreneur degree programs in a Tribune education guide story Jan. 17.

• Crain’s Chicago Business posted an online photo album Jan. 18 featuring a DePaul- sponsored mixed-use real estate development forecast conference at the Chicago Cultural Center. Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul, and Joe Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, were pictured.

• DePaul SNL student Sam Holloway was profiled in the Jan. 17 Chicago Tribune Education Today supplement in a piece on returning students.

• Management Professor Marty Martin discussed the psychological factors that affect how homeowners value their houses in a Jan. 20 Tribune real estate story.

• Jim Doyle, vice president of student affairs, discussed issues involving church officials speaking at Catholic universities in a Tribune story Jan. 18 about controversy stirred by Pope Benedict XVI’s speech at La Sapienza University in Italy.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service, was interviewed for the Jan. 22 NBC5 Chicago 10 p.m. newscast about the City’s need to spend more on crumbling infrastructure in light of the Montrose Avenue water main eruption that day. Schwieterman was also featured in a Jan. 12 newscast on CBS-2 discussing airline safety in the wake of a near collision at Midway Airport.

• A study on the resurgence of the intercity bus industry by a team headed by Joe Schwieterman of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development received national media attention during the final week of 2007 with a Dec. 24 story on National Public Radio, a Dec. 31 story on PBS’ “Nightly Business Report” and major stories in the Chicago Sun-Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Star. Schwieterman was also interviewed on WLS Radio on the study and by the nationally syndicated Media Tracks radio program.

• A column by Commerce Dean Ray Whittington about the need for the business community to support affordable housing that discussed the Real Estate Center of DePaul’s involvement in Preservation Compact, a local effort to save affordable housing, was published in the Jan. 8 issue of BusinessWeek Chicago.

• The Tribune ran Dec. 27 and 31 stories about the DePaul Blue Demons women’s basketball team’s 600th victory – a 111-64 over Appalachian State at a Dec. 30 game. According to NCAA records, DePaul is the 42nd Division I program to reach the milestone and was 600-353 overall with the victory. Jean Lenti-Ponsetto, athletic director and a member of the first women’s basketball team at DePaul when she was a student, was interviewed.

• Kurt Westerberg of the School of Music was featured on NBC5’s 4:30 p.m. newscast on New Year’s Eve explaining the history meaning of “Auld Lang Syne” while also playing the song on the piano.

• DePaul Symphony Orchestra conductor Cliff Colnot was listed in the top 10 most noteworthy classical music happenings of 2007 by Chicago Tribune critic John von Rhein, who noted in a Dec. 27 story that “No Chicago conductor worked harder on more projects this year than Cliff Colnot.”

• Two stories in the January/February issue of BizEd magazine featured DePaul College of Commerce professors. One story focused on assistant management professors Patrick Murphy and Bin Jiang’s study, which found that companies that hire former business school professors as executive managers do better than those that don’t have academics in management roles. The other story focused on Podcasts developed by Commerce technology manager James Moore that feature DePaul business professors.

• Economics Professor Michael Miller was interviewed about the 2008 outlook for the U.S. economy and how cold weather affects economic activity in Daily Herald stories Dec. 29 and Jan. 3. He and Marketing Professor Petr Chadraba also were quoted in a Czech Business Weekly cover story Dec. 31 about the U.S. economic forecast and its effect on Europe.

• The Real Estate Center and Chaddick Institute’s conference on mixed-use real estate was mentioned in a Sun-Times real estate column Jan. 2.

• M. Cherif Bassiouni, professor of law and president of DePaul’s International Human Rights Law Institute, stated on Fox News Chicago on Jan. 8 that the U.S. Attorney should examine allegations of torture allegedly committed by former Chicago Police Cmdr. John Burge.

• Joe Cappo, veteran newspaper reporter and editor and an instructor in DePaul’s College of Communication, was interviewed for a story on WBBM-Ch. 2’s 6 p.m. newscast on Jan. 4 about the recent staff cuts at the Chicago Sun-Times and whether it was possible that Chicago might some day become a one newspaper city.

• Joe Schwieterman of the Chaddick Institute was interviewed on WBBM Newsradio 780’s Noon Business Hour program on Jan. 3 about the cause and impact of United Airline’s numerous cancelled flights over the crucial holiday travel season.

• Actor John C. Reilly, busy promoting his new movie “Walk Hard” has made numerous media appearances in recent weeks, during which he often noted his school years at DePaul, where he gained his guitar-playing abilities utilized in the film. WGN television and ABC7 News Chicago were two of the outlets where he touted DePaul during the last week of December.

• Publishers Weekly quoted DePaul English Professor Eric Selinger in a Nov. 19 feature story that examined the bonds between romance novel authors and readers and the impact the Internet has had on that relationship.

• On Dec. 10, the Tulane Freeman, Tulane University’s Business School magazine, ran a story about the DePaul MBA students’ service trip to help New Orleans businesses which took place in early December.

Election 2008 Coverage

Many of DePaul’s faculty members and students have been much sought after by both the local and national news media to provide perspective and context for the unfolding presidential primary campaigns. Among the highlights:

• Seven DePaul journalism students and professor Mike Conklin were profiled on Dec. 29 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette story about using the Iowa caucus as a laboratory for political reporting.

• The Wall Street Journal ran a Dec. 28 column about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, which quoted in the lead from his October speech at DePaul.

• Molly Andolina, assistant professor of police science, and several DePaul students were featured in a story about Barack Obama capturing the youth vote by WBBM-Ch. 2’s Jim Williams that aired on Jan. 4. Andolina was also quoted in an Associated Press article on the same topic that ran in the International Herald Tribune.

• WBBM-Ch. 2 also ran a half hour special report on Jan. 7 on the eve of the New Hampshire primary which included may DePaul angles including a taped interview with Andolina, in-studio discussion with Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida. B. Wells-Barnett professor and on-campus interviews with numerous DePaul students who shared their opinions on the candidates and explained why younger voters were excited about the candidacy of Obama.

• Laura Washington was also interviewed by WBEZ for a Jan. 8 broadcast on what an Obama presidency might mean for local politics in Chicago and Illinois.

• Wayne Steger, associate professor of political science, was quoted in a Jan. 7 Washington Post article on Barack Obama’s Iowa victory by columnist Shankar Vedantam.

• Zachary Cook, an instructor in the political science department, participated in an in-studio discussion on Barack Obama for a piece that aired on CLTV Jan. 4.

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