• The School for New Learning’s specialized program for students with chronic illness was chosen as one of the “30 Smart Business Ideas” in higher education by a University Business magazine in its December issue.

• Accounting Professor Ron Marcuson, who has made bequests of artwork from his collection to the DePaul Art Museum and $1 million to the School of Accountancy, was profiled and pictured in Pioneer Press’ Skyline newspaper Dec. 14.

• James Shilling, the M.J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies, was interviewed about the Bush administrations subprime mortgage relief plan by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, New Jersey Star Ledger, WGN-TV and WBBM-AM between Dec. 5 and 7.

• The Dec. 18 edition of ABC’s Nightline featured a profile on Theatre School alumnus John C. Reilly, which included a mention of his time at DePaul and a shot of the marquee of DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre. Nightline averages more than 3.4 million viewers nationwide each evening.

• On Nov. 26 Financial Times ran a story about 16 MBA students from DePaul University in Chicago who traveled to New Orleans to help four business-orientated community projects in the city, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The projects, which are part of a long-term plan to promote economic growth in New Orleans, included helping a local entrepreneurs’ centre and projects in the retail and catering sectors.

• Associate Professor Veronica Buckley’s study on women aging vibrantly was discussed in Leslie Goldman’s blog on iVillage on Nov. 29. Buckley is an adjunct professor in the School for New Learning.

• Patricia Werhane, the Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics, was interviewed Dec. 5 by WMAQ-TV on how people make decisions about what is right and wrong. The interview was part of a story about whether shoppers will pay mall-owned parking meters once they learn that there is no penalty for not feeding them.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was among image experts who provided tongue-in-cheek advice to the CTA about how to patch up its relationship with riders in a Chicago magazine January 2008 article that asked, “Can this relationship be saved?”

• The Chicago Tribune’s Charles Storch noted that Sister Frances Ryan of the School of Education received the Alexian Award of Excellence in his Dec.13 “Grants and Giving” column in the Tempo section for her help in securing funding for permanent housing site for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS. Also, the Times of Northwest Indiana reported Dec. 13 reported on the honor.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was interviewed for newscasts on WGN-TV and ABC7 regarding the controversial Internet posting of footage of a Dec. 3 commuter train crash in Chicago. Schwieterman was also a guest on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program on Dec. 19 discussing recent developments at O’Hare International Airport. Schwieterman was also quoted in a Dec. 18 Associated Press story about the startup airline Skybus, which ran in the Akron Beacon Journal.

• DePaul Career Center assistant director and career specialist Melanie Murray was interviewed in a Dec. 2 Chicago Tribune CareerBuilder section article on finding how students can find their first job in sales and marketing. The CareerBuilder section also runs in the Tribune’s nine affiliate newspapers around the country.

• College of Law professor Leonard Cavise was interviewed in a Dec. 18 Chicago Sun-Times article about calls for a special prosecutor in the Drew Peterson case.

• Professor Roberta Kwall, of DePaul’s Center for Intellectual Property Law, was featured in a Nov. 21 story on PBS’ nationally-aired “The Nightly Business Report” discussing the importance of trademarks. The story was also re-broadcast on Nov. 22.

• Crain’s Chicago Business profiled DePaul’s overseas learning opportunities for business and SNL students in a Nov. 26 article exploring the expansion of university study abroad programs.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 27 and a Chicago Tribune philanthropy column Nov. 22 highlighted Accountancy Professor Ron Marcuson’s recent $1 million professorship bequest and pledges of artwork.

• DePaul MBA student Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart was profiled on Nov. 27 in the Downers Grove Reporter for her role in organizing a service trip to New Orleans to work with businesses suffering from post-Hurricane Katrina stagnation.

• A lawsuit against DePaul by a student challenging aspects of DePaul’s academic forgiveness policy was reported on in the Nov. 26 Daily Herald. Caryn Chaden, associate vice president for academic affairs, was included in the story and explained the policy.

• Time Out Chicago on Nov. 22 praised a new book of poetry by Achy Obejas, new Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz chair in the Latin American and Latino Studies Program and the department of English.

• The Los Angeles Times quoted Professor Stephan Landsman, who specializes in tort law, in an article detailing Merck & Co.’s decision to settle the much-publicized Vioxx lawsuit.

• The Daily Herald on Nov. 18 profiled Zach Helm, a DePaul Theatre alumnus and writer/director of the new movie “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium,” who credited his education at DePaul’s Theatre School with helping him get through difficult situations in Hollywood. Helm’s DePaul connections were also noted in a Nov. 19 column by Sun-Times Celebrity columnist Bill Zwecker.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy and director of the Chaddick Institute, was interviewed Nov. 16 on WBBM-AM’s “Noon Business Hour” program about the growing demand for air travel in spite of higher ticket prices.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Nov. 23 issue noted the recent bond-rating increase DePaul received from Moody’s Investor Services.

• Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida B. Wells Barnett professor and Sun-Times columnist, was asked to explain to CBS2 Chicago on Nov. 16 the public’s fascination with the Drew Peterson murder investigation case which she attributed to “the car wreck mentality.”

• Jesus Pando, professor of physics, appeared on Earth & Sky, a fast-growing Web-based radio outlet, on Nov. 22 and shared his thoughts on why basic scientific research is important.

• Susan Bandes, professor of law, was quoted in the Nov.18 Deseret Morning News (Utah) about society’s unwillingness to consider the implications of wrongful convictions on the larger criminal justice system.

• College of Law Professor Leonard Cavise served as an expert on the Conrad Black trial for the 5:30 p.m. edition of the WLS-TV News on Nov. 28th. Cavise discussed the possibility and probability of lowering Black’s sentence following his conviction for fraud. Black is expected to be sentenced next month.

• College of Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith was quoted in a Nov. 26 story in ArtInfo magazine regarding the sale of 18th century Chinese jades that were displayed at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts in 2003.

• The School for New Learning’s Chronic Illness Initiative was the subject of an in-depth Inside Higher Education feature story on Nov. 8. The piece featured testimonials from a student with a chronic illness who has been able to continue her studies because of the initiative.

• DePaul’s graduate entrepreneurship program was ranked No. 5 in the nation by Entrepreneur Magazine/Princeton Review’s annual survey that also revealed that more college students are engaging in hands-on learning in college entrepreneur programs. A Nov. 5 Associated Press report on the ranking appeared the Chicago Tribune Web site.

• DePaul’s Egan Urban Center was profiled in a full-page story in the Chicago Tribune Magazine in the Nov. 4 Sunday edition. The story highlights the unsung urban heroes who are memorialized in sculptures in the center’s windows and how they often lead the public to think the center is a museum.

• In the Nov. 12 RedEye, Alice Stuhlmacher, professor of psychology at DePaul, discussed the pros and cons of multitasking in the workplace and in one’s personal life. The story discusses how multitasking may be unhealthy, unproductive and may affect personal relationships.

• CLTV interviewed Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education, on Nov. 5 on how to screen childcare providers in light of the accusations of student abuse at Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy in South Africa. Radner noted the need to look beyond obvious screening issues. Radner was also quoted in a Nov. 4 Chicago Tribune story on the impact of teacher turnover and other issues on student test scores.

• Rumors of a possible merger between United and Delta airlines on Nov. 15 made Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy, much in demand with the media, and he conducted interviews with news programs at Channels 5, 7 and Fox, WLS radio and the Reuters news service.

• College of Law professor Len Cavise was a guest on WBEZ radio’s “848” program, which aired Nov. 7. Cavise discussed the George Ryan trial and the realities of being incarcerated.

• Law Professor Jeff Shaman was interviewed on WBBM-AM Newsradio Nov.14 regarding the impact of recent court ruling on gun ban issues and its possible impact on Chicago’s handgun ordinance.

• In an Oct. 31 Daily Herald story, Sue Fogel, chair of the marketing department, evaluated Abbott Laboratories’ marketing tactic of encouraging employees and others to give pediatric nutrition bars as Halloween candy. Fogel said the healthy snack might not meet the expectations of trick-or-treaters.

• Marketing Professor Joel Whalen discussed the resilience of the McDonald’s brand through company’s slumps and the health food trend in an Associated Press story published in the Daily Herald Oct. 14.

• The Sun-Times appointments column on Nov. 12 noted the Real Estate Center appointments of Stephen G. Bell as associate director, Marc Smith as director of the data clearinghouse project and Stacie Young as director of the interagency coordinating council.

• Gillian Steele, director of DePaul’s Career Center, provided advice for finding temporary work over the holidays for a news story posted on the bankrate.com Web site.

• An Oct. 31 Tribune story about the academic performance of student athletes competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1998-2001 noted that DePaul’s six-year graduation rate was 80 percent, 20 points above the goal set for all colleges by NCAA President Myles Brand. Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto noted that many athletes are also first generation students.

• In an Oct. 22 Chicago Tribune story about managing growth of new businesses, Raman Chadha, executive director of DePaul University's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, discussed the need to hire qualified people who can adapt to changes so that company’s can meet new demand.

• An upgrade in DePaul University’s bond rating by Moody’s due to the university’s strong balance sheet was noted in Crain’s Chicago Business and the Bond Buyer the week of Oct. 29.

• A DePaul class in negotiation skills taught by Management Professor Steven Briggs was referenced in an Oct. 21 Tribune story about innovative college courses.

• Planned weekly concerts by college bands including the DePaul Jazz Ensemble as part of the scheduled reopening of the Jazz Showcase in the South Loop was revealed in a Tribune story Oct. 19.

• Management professor Robert Rubin commented on how professionals should handle lunch with the boss in a Crain’s Chicago Business feature story Oct. 22 about the implications of lunch with people from work.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education on Oct. 24 and Financial Times on Oct. 29 ran stories about a study by DePaul Assistant Professors of Management Patrick Murphy and Bin Jiang which found that companies that employ former business professors as executives better than their corporate peers.

• Law Professor Cherif Bassiouni appeared in an ABC7 News story on Oct. 24 telling reporter Chuck Goudie that the men on trial for plotting to attack the Sears Tower were extreme amateurs operating in the realm of fantasy.

• Law Professor Sioban Albiol was quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times on Oct. 29 discussing a recent study that noted there was little statistical evidence to suggest higher rates of crime among illegal immigrants.

• DePaul’s multicultural marketing certificate program was discussed in a National Society of Hispanic MBA-Chicago online newsletter in October.

• The October issue of Fitness magazine featured a story on the new Sports Management MBA concentration at DePaul.

• DePaul Law Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni appeared in a Newsweek article on Oct. 8; the article discussed the views of international law experts and human-rights activists about bringing former dictators to justice for corruption and “gross human rights violations.”

• DePaul’s economic impact on the South Loop was detailed in a story in the September issue of University Business Magazine, which also noted DePaul’s role in studying the economic impact it and other local schools have had on the economy of downtown Chicago.

• Rania El-Sorrogy, a 2007 DePaul alumnus who developed two businesses last year as an entrepreneur student, was featured in a WMAQ-TV story Oct. 18 about young women entrepreneurs.

• In an Oct. 8 Crain’s Chicago Business story about entrepreneurs growing their businesses, Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, discussed acquiring another business as a tactic for quick growth.

• DePaul’s entrepreneurship program was cited among the top 10 in the nation in Entrepreneur magazine and Princeton Review’s fifth annual “Best Schools for Entrepreneurs,” which was released in mid-October and will appear in the November issue of the magazine. DePaul was rated fifth in the graduate entrepreneur program category and seventh in the undergraduate category of the rankings. WLS-AM reported the rankings in an Oct. 17 newscast.

• Political science professor Mike Mezey appeared on a Wisconsin public radio show on Oct. 11 to discuss the movement to nominate Al Gore as a Democratic presidential candidate.

• Law Professor John Decker was quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times Oct. 14 on the possible defense strategies that Jeanette Sliwinski, a local woman who killed three men with her car during a failed suicide attempt, might be able to invoke during her upcoming trial.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy and director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, was featured on WBBM-AM’s “Noon Business Hour” program Oct. 10 discussing Boeing’s latest announcement on the delay in its new jetliner.

• Political Science Professor Larry Bennett was featured Oct. 14 on the British Broadcasting Company radio program “Mind Maps” providing a guided tour of Chicago’s riverfront and how it ties to the city’s history.

• Bruce Newman, DePaul marketing professor and author of several political marketing books was quoted in an Oct. 12 Associated Press article that illuminated how the presidential candidates are working to define themselves “in the minds of the voters” instead of letting their competitors define them. The story was carried by the Washington Post. This story also led to Newman being interviewed by 1800, a new XM satellite political talk show.

• The Oct. 18 Chicago Sun-Times ran a story on the “Out There” conference, which drew academics and administrators involved in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues at Catholic universities in the United States and Canada.

• Crain’s Chicago Business ranked DePaul’s MBA program third in its annual ranking of the competitive local business school market, which appeared Oct. 15. Recruiters polled by Crain’s rated the human resources MBA concentration No. 1 and DePaul’s marketing, management, accounting and real estate programs No. 2 among the seven schools included in the ranking.

• A study by DePaul Management Professors Bin Jiang and Patrick Murphy which concludes that business professors who take executive jobs do better than their peers, was the subject of a story in the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail Oct. 19.

• Numerous national and local newspapers and broadcasts noted that DePaul served as the setting for Sen. Barack Obama’s Oct. 2 campaign speech on foreign policy to the DePaul College Democrats, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and National Public Radio. C-SPAN broadcast the speech in its entirety. Over 40 media representatives came to DePaul’s campus for the event.

• Joe Schwieterman, public policy professor and director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, had an op-ed published in the Sept. 28 Chicago Tribune calling on the Chicago Transit Authority to reform its fare structure to a distance-based system.

• A Sept. 21 Tribune philanthropy column noted that the National Science Foundation gave a $1.1 million grant over three years to a partnership of DePaul, Harold Washington and Harry S. Truman College to boost the number of science and math majors, especially minorities and women.

• Geography professor Clara Orban’s course, “The World of Wine,” was featured in Chicago Tribune writer Bill Daley’s column on Sept. 23 which detailed how to pick the right glass for serving wine.

• Loft-Right and its DePaul residents were featured in a CBS “Morning Show” story Sept. 21 about student housing with high-end amenities.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Web site reported on DePaul’s innovative approach to introduce students in our overseas programs to their professors via podcasts accessible through the Internet.

• The lead item in a Sept. 21 marketing column by Lewis Lazare of the Chicago Sun-Times discussed DePaul’s “Become” advertising campaign and its role in differentiating the university from others in a competitive market.

• Felix Masud-Piloto, director of the DePaul University's Center for Latino Research, was quoted in the Oct. 2 Miami Herald on reforms that are being made to the Cuban government by Raul Castro.

• Kenneth Saltman, associate professor of educational policy, was quoted in an Oct. 3 Chicago Tribune story about the separation of church and state issues involved in a conflict in Oak Lawn public schools about Muslim parents requesting acknowledgement of Ramadan.

• Marketing Chair Sue Fogel was quoted in a Sept. 3 Tribune story about how makers of upscale goods price their products.

• Management professor Kathy Dhanda was interviewed at length Sept. 24 by the New Zealand television news program NZone about sustainable approaches to cutting carbon emissions and carbon emission trading programs.

• Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell in her Oct. 3 column quoted psychology professor Midge Wilson, an expert on sexual harassment issues, on the challenges African-American women often face when bringing charges of sexual harassment against African-American men.

• Law professor and judicial ethics expert Jeffrey Shaman was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer on whether and how judges can appropriately address topics of current political debate.

• Marketing professor Joel Whalen was quoted in a Sept. 22 story by the Associated Press, which was subsequently picked up by the New York Times and other newspapers, about the durability of the McDonald’s brand.

• DePaul legal writing instructor Ben Alba, who authored a 2006 book on entertainment legend Steve Allen, was featured on the morning news programs of Channels 7 and 9 the week of Sept. 24 discussing the 53rd anniversary of the launch of “The Tonight Show.”

• Michelle Goodwin, former director of DePaul’s Health Law Institute, was quoted the March issue of Reason magazine in an in-depth examination of the issue of the trafficking of body parts retrieved from cadavers.

• CBS2-Chicago’s “Eye on Chicago” with Antonio Mora featured an in-depth profile of DePaul’s Hispanic marketing degree on Sept. 16 that featured interviews with marketing faculty members Steve Kelly, Loida Rosario and Luis Larrea, as well as a DePaul student.

• Alan Salzenstein, an assistant professor who leads the performing arts management program in DePaul’s schools of Music and Theatre, had an op-ed published in the Sept. 7 Chicago Tribune that suggests ways Chicago can further capitalize on its vibrant music scene.

• The Sept. 17 Crain's Chicago Business special section on women in business featured an interview and photo of Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, who discussed the growing interest for entrepreneurship study among women students. Recent alumna Rania El Sorrogy, who has won two business plan competitions and is working to found several businesses, was profiled in the section. April Lane, assistant director of center, and students Natalie Lech and Alex White also were quoted in the stories.

• The College of Commerce’s undergraduate and graduate entrepreneur programs, the School of Music’s performing arts management program, initiatives by the Coleman Entrepreneur Center and Creativity and Innovation Center, and Management Professor Gerhard Plaschka all were cited for their excellence in Fortune Small Business’ rating of entrepreneur education programs, “America’s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs,” which appears in the September issue of the magazine. The Chicago Sun-Times and Fox News Chicago ran stories about DePaul’s showing in the rankings Aug. 28.

• In a Sept. 17 USA Today story, Mike Dohm, assistant director of public safety, discussed how DePaul prevents textbook theft and buyback abuse by buying used textbooks only from DePaul students.

• The management techniques of Cliff Colnot, music professor and conductor of the DePaul Symphony Orchestra, were profiled in the Sept. 10 issue of Crain’s Chicago Business.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entreprenuership Center, was quoted in the Aug. 5 Small Business column of the Wall Street Journal on the topic of succession planning for small businesses.

• The Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, DePaul president, and Ray Whittington, Commerce dean, were listed in the education section of Crain’s Chicago Business’ annual “Who’s Who in Chicago Business” Sept. 3.

• DePaul’s service learning programs were again recognized by U.S. News & World Report among the 23 best programs in its annual “America’s Best Colleges” edition. Also, DePaul’s top ranking by the Princeton Review among the most diverse universities in the nation was reported on by the Chicago Tribune on Aug. 23.

• Julie Brosnan, a staff psychologist at the DePaul Mental Health Clinic and an adjunct faculty member, explained differences in the way parents grieved the loss of children at the turn of the century and now in an Aug. 24 Tribune story about a church erecting a gravestone at a recently discovered, previously unmarked south suburban gravesite for child victims of the 1918 flu epidemic.

• Jim Shilling, MJ Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies, and Tom FitzGibbon, adjunct professor of real estate, were quoted in Sun-Times editorials Aug. 26 that gave two views of the sub-prime mortgage loan issue.

• In a Sept. 19 Chicago Tribune story, Associate Economics Professor Tim Opiela analyzed the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point.

• Joe Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, was quoted in a Sept. 19 story in The Daily Herald commenting on a new study that showed the Chicago area has the second worst traffic congestion in the nation.

• The Tribune’s philanthropy column on Aug. 16 noted that DePaul raised a record high of nearly $34.9 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, more than double the $15.3 million raised in the prior year. The column mentioned that the campaigns for DePaul’s new science building and Real Estate Center took in $14.5 million and $14 million, respectively.

• Psychology professor Gary Harper joined WBEZ’s “Worldview” program on August 8 to discuss his recent AIDS education and prevention work in Kenya.

• History professor and terrorism expert Tom Mockaitis was featured in a one-on-one interview with Phil Ponce of “Chicago Tonight” on July 23 discussing the possibility that the nation may be facing a heightened risk of terrorist attacks.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education, BusinessWeek and The Financial Times posted online stories in early August about a study by DePaul assistant professors of management Robert S. Rubin and Erich C. Dierdorff, which found a gap in what recruiters want business schools to teach – people-oriented skills like leadership and communication – and the technical skills that students want to study. The study was also reported in the Kankakee Daily Journal.

• Jon Boeckenstedt of DePaul’s Enrollment Management division was quoted in the Aug. 12 Chicago Tribune Magazine about the use of new technology in the college application process.

• DePaul’s ranking by the Princeton Review as the fifth best “college town” and its 20th place “most diverse student body” ranking were noted by the Chicago Tribune in a feature on Aug. 21.

• National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” featured an interview with law professor Patty Gerstenblith about the Getty Museum returning stolen exhibit items to Italy. She observed that the move was an important step to prevent the looting of antiquities.

• Marketing professor Joel Whalen was interviewed by NBC News for a “Today Show” segment July 30 about questionable marketing practices by bottled water companies.

• In a New York Times story Aug. 1, Wayne Steger, assistant professor of political science, described how a recent foreign policy speech by presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barrack Obama would be an asset to his campaign.

• In a July 23 Wall Street Journal “MarketWatch” online news story about adult students, Rob Ryan, assistant dean and director of DePaul’s part-time MBA, advised professionals who want to return to college to use good work habits acquired in their professional lives to succeed in graduate school.

• Professor of philosophy Jason Hill had an in-depth commentary published in the Frankfurter Rundshau, a leading German newspaper, on how the ancient Greek concept of a “cosmopolitan” could help pave the way for smoother relations among the world’s varied cultures.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, was interviewed about small business owner succession planning in an Aug. 5 Wall Street Journal online column, Small Talk.

• The August issue of Chicago Lawyer profiled law professor Andrea Lyon, director of the DePaul Center for Justice in Capital Cases.

• Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, founder and president emeritus of the International Human Rights Institute at DePaul, was the subject of an in-depth profile by The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in July which was occasioned by his recent receipt of prestigious Hague Prize for his advocacy of international criminal justice. The award also was noted by the August issue of Chicago Lawyer magazine.

• Psychology professor Lenny Jason was quoted in the Aug. 7 edition of The Oregonian discussing recent issues in substance abuse recovery.

• Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul, was profiled in an Illinois Real Estate magazine listing of prominent local women in real estate in June.

• Today’s Chicago Woman profiled assistant marketing professor Nina Diamond and discussed the business school’s new morning MBA program in an August feature story.

• J.D. Bindenagel, vice president for community, government and international affairs, reflected on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and future prospects for peace in an essay about a DePaul delegation visit to Jordan that he penned for the Globalist daily online magazine July 23.

• In the wake of the deadly Aug. 1 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Joe Schweiterman, director of DePaul University's Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development, discussed aging urban infrastructure and the possibility of a similar catastrophe happening with local bridges in interviews with the National Public Radio, Fox News, Daily Herald, WBBM-AM and WLS-AM.

• Ann Russo, director of women's and gender studies, was interviewed by the Tribune Aug. 17 about the greater sense of economic independence among women, leading to an increase in home sales among single women.

• English professor Hugh Ingrasci was quoted in the July 20 Daily Herald on the topic of whether the Harry Potter series will eventually pass into the realm of classic children’s literature.

• Professor of economics Thomas Mondschean discussed the role of, and challenges facing, new Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans in a Daily Herald story July 31.

• Law professor Len Cavise was interviewed on “Chicago Tonight” on Aug. 13 on the decline of the Chicago mob and on WBBM-AM NewsRadio 78 on Aug. 23 about potential political pressure federal appellate judges may feel to overturn Gov. Ryan’s conviction.

• Associate professor of marketing Al Muniz commented in an Aug. 8 story in the Daily Herald about the Internet marketing trend of people posting Web sites and seeking online advertising to pay for tuition.

• A July 21 story in The Business Times Singapore discussed a study co-authored by DePaul assistant professor of finance Sonya Seongyeon Lim, which found that stock price reaction to a company’s earnings announcement was lessened if a number of other companies released their results on the same day.

• Two DePaul Theatre School alumni - Charlette Speigner and Kevin Douglas - were among four young Chicago actors profiled by Sun-Times theatre critic Hedy Weiss Aug. 3 because they “demonstrated exceptional versatility and polish in recent productions.”

• Antonio Morales Pita, adjunct professor of economics, was interviewed on several occasions in mid-August on Telemundo and Univision on various issues on the status of Cuba and the Castro regime.

• Alan Salzenstein, professor of music management, was quoted in an Aug. 15 Chicago Tribune story on a new study that shows that Chicago is not fully capitalizing in its significant resources in the music industry.

• DePaul CTI’s new bachelor’s degree in interactive media was featured in the Aug. 22 technology column in MidwestBusiness.com

• An initiative by DePaul’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI) to recruit more women to study information technology through a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant was the subject of an in-depth Chicago Sun-Times Tech Scene column July 4. CTI Professor Lucia Dettori, senior Takyrica Styles and recent graduate Alia Bashir were featured. Today’s Chicago Woman also covered the topic in its current issue.

• The July 13 Chicago Reader profiled a program conducted by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development that teaches high school students in the Chicago Public Schools how to think about revitalizing economically depressed inner city neighborhoods.

• DePaul College of Law Senior Research Fellow Jody Raphael was a guest on WBEZ’s “848” program on July 13 discussing the root causes of prostitution and the growing numbers of women who are being coerced into prostitution and efforts that are being made to stem the tide.

• The lighting design work of Theatre School Dean John Culbert was profiled in the July 19 Pioneer Press. Culbert is re-uniting with famed director Mary Zimmerman for a new show at the Goodman Theater.

• History Prof. Tom Mockaitis, who also serves as a terrorism analyst for WGN-TV News, has made a number of on-air appearances in recent weeks to discuss the recent thwarted terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom and the renewed threats to the U.S. by Al Qaeda.

• A July 8 San Francisco Chronicle op-ed penned by Law Professor Barry Kellman discussed how modern bioscience has the potential to raise a security paradox, including the development of ethnic-specific biological weapons. Kellman is the director of the College of Law’s International Weapons Control Center.

• Law Prof. Len Cavise was featured in a National Public Radio story on July 11 regarding the still pending statutory rape trial of R&B signer R. Kelly five years after his being charged.

• In Belgium for an investment seminar, Werner DeBondt, Driehaus Behavioral Finance Chair at DePaul, discussed psychological factors affecting investors and was profiled by two Belgium newspapers, DeStandaard and DeTijd, June 21.

• Philosophy Prof. Jason Hill had an opinion column published in The Frankfurter Landshau, one of the top daily newspapers in Germany, regarding the meaning of global citizenship and responsibility in the 21st Century. The article is also slated to soon appear in a Dutch newspaper.

• In a page 1 Washington Post story July 5, Marketing Professor Bruce Newman, editor of the Journal of Political Marketing, discussed when the concept of micro-targeting voters by political campaigns first emerged in marketing textbooks.

• Psychology Prof. Joe Ferrari was quoted in a June 29 Washington Post story about the decline of altruism apparently stemming from the decline of smaller communities.

• Psychology Professor Lenny Jason was quoted in a July 17 New York Times story about the emerging official recognition by the medical community about chronic fatigue syndrome.

• DePaul Law Professor Stephan Landsman was quoted in a July 17 Sun-Times story about an investigation by defense attorneys into whether a conversation about a news story among jurors in the Conrad Black fraud trial may present an opportunity for challenging the trial’s verdict. Landsman was also quoted in the July 19 Sun-Times on whether Black was a flight risk.

• Items about the School of Accountancy’s partnership with RSM McGladrey to offer an onsite master of science degree program to the firm’s employees appeared in Accounting Today July 7, as well as in ENewsline, the newsletter of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and Accounting SmartPros.com in June.

• The Chicago Defender’s “Teesee’s Town” column June 15 noted that the College of Commerce presented Lester McKeever, managing principal and head of Washington, Pittman & McKeever, an honorary degrees at this year’s commencement.

• College of Law professor M. Cherif Bassiouni was quoted in a June, 2007 ABA Journal story that discussed the ABA’s newest international initiatives in the Middle East. Bassiouni discussed how the ABA is perceived as having government ties which may hinder its impact on international law. Also, Prof. Bassiouni’s recent Hague Prize award was noted in Chicago Tribune writer Charles Storch’s July 19 philanthropy column.

• In a July 16 Daily Herald story, Marketing Professor Joel Whalen was quoted about YouTube’s affect on advertising strategies.

• In a Crain’s Chicago Business commentary July 16, Julia Stasch, co-chair of Preservation Compact and vice-president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, used statistics provided by a Real Estate Center of DePaul study to discuss the dearth of affordable rental housing for Chicago-area workers. The center is part of the MacArthur-funded Preservation Compact initiative to save affordable rental housing in Cook County.

• In a May Chronicle of Philanthropy story about how universities are teaching charitable giving, Management Professor Laura Hartman described how she teaches her ethics students about philanthropy through a class exercise in which students are asked to research and make the case for a charity to receive a donation.

• Accountancy Professor Edwin Cohen, who surpassed his 50th year teaching at DePaul and was presented with this year’s Illinois CPA Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, was featured in the Sun-Times’ “This Much I Know” column June 13 and also was profiled by Pioneer Press and Inside community papers this month.

• Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith, who also serves as president of the Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, was quoted in the June 9 New York Times on a trial in Rome on an alleged scheme by antiquities thieves to mask their crimes.

• During an interview on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” June 20. Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul, discussed the center’s recently released study on affordable rental housing in Cook County and the center’s involvement in Preservation Compact, a multi-organization effort to save rental housing. She was also featured on the same day in stories about the research initiative in the Illinois Real Estate Journal and Pioneer Press.

• Sociology Prof. Deena Weinstein was quoted in The Guardian of London newspaper on June 20 on how The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper” album helped the Fab Four become the primary transmitter of the English language globally, supplanting William Shakespeare.

• Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted in the Times of London on June 18 on a controversial ruling by the judge in the on-going Conrad Black business fraud trial.

• Islamic Studies Department Chair Aminah McCloud was quoted in a June 22 Chicago Tribune story on a first-of-its-kind Muslim youth celebration held in Chicago’s Marquette Park community.

• The June 16 Chicago Sun-Times ran a story on Jaleesa and Jessica Garcia – two sisters who overcame significant odds through mentoring in high school to attain their dream of attending college at DePaul. The sisters will be first in their family to attend college.

• CIO Magazine’s recent designation of DePaul as one of the Top 100 organizations in the country for innovative use of technology was noted by the Daily Herald on June 25.

• Marketing Prof. Bruce Newman was quoted in a May 29 Associated Press story about Michelle Obama’s campaign-trail razzing of her husband, Barack, to broaden his appeal among professional women voters.

• Hispanic Business, Hispanic Market Weekly and HispanicAd.com ran stories in June about DePaul’s Hispanic marketing students partnering with advertising/PR firm San Jose Group to provide consulting advice to Hormel about reaching Hispanic consumers. Adjunct marketing professor Loida Rosario, director of partner relations for the DePaul program, was quoted.

• Marketing Chair Sue Fogel discussed overindulged young consumers in a June 13 Daily Herald story about young shopper trends.

• James Moore, director of distance learning for the College of Commerce, was quoted in a June 13 Newhouse News Service story about college lectures made available on I-pods.

• A June 20 Daily Herald column noted that DePaul presented a Via Sapientiae Award, its highest faculty-staff honor, to College of Commerce faculty member Philip Kemp, who retired this spring after 40 years at the university

• DePaul’s groundbreaking and plans for the new McGowan science building on the Lincoln Park Campus were profiled in a Chicago Tribune story on June 6. The story highlighted DePaul’s “Campaign for Science.” The Associated Press also ran a story, and the groundbreaking also was mentioned on numerous television and radio newscasts.

• Environmental science Professor Jim Montgomery’s forensic science class was detailed in a feature story in the CBS 2 10 o’clock newscast on June 11. The class, which is for seventh and eighth graders from Chicago, is patterned after the hit television show “CSI” and involves life science, earth science, chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, constitutional law and psychology. DePaul was mentioned numerous times throughout the segment.

• The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ-FM and WBBM-AM ran stories May 31 about the Preservation Compact, a new, comprehensive affordable rental housing preservation project launched by a coalition of organizations including the MacArthur Foundation and DePaul. The stories about the initiative cited a DePaul study by Real Estate Center Director Susanne Cannon and finance Professors Rebel Cole and Jonathan Dombrow, which forecasts the loss of two units of affordable rental housing for every one built in Cook County by 2020 if no action is taken.

• During his weekly commentary on June 3, WFMT-FM arts critic-at-large Andrew Patner lavished praise on the DePaul Symphony Orchestra for its oncert performance on May 30, crediting Dean Don Casey and conductor Cliff Colnot. He also noted the orchestra’s incredible diversity.

• The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times and numerous ethnic and community publications and Web sites ran stories on political science Pofessor Norman Finkelstein’s failure to gain tenure.

• College of Communication Dean Jacqueline Taylor was featured in WBEZ-FM’s “Eight Forty-Eight” program on June 12 discussing her new book “Waiting for the Call.”

• The recovery efforts of history department Chair Daniel Goffman, who suffered a major stroke last year, were detailed in a NBC 5 news report that aired May 31 and again on June 3.

• DePaul’s Sales Leadership Program in the College of Commerce and its partnership with 3M was prominently featured in a story about sales education in Sales and Marketing Management magazine’s June issue. Program director David Hoffmeister and marketing Executive-in-Residence Daniel Strunk were quoted.

• Time Out Chicago magazine noted DePaul’s Digital Cinema Premiere Film Festival in its June 7 edition. The event also was listed on the Tribune’s Metromix June 4.

• The appointment of Jeffrey Kroll of Clifford Law Offices to DePaul’s board of trustees was noted in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin June 6.

• Marketing Professor Al Muniz was quoted in a June 6 Crain’s Chicago Business story about the strong growth of the Potbelly sandwich shop franchise.

• The Indianapolis Star featured a story on June 13 about emerging trends in student housing that prominently featured Loft-Right, the private residence hall in Lincoln Park that houses DePaul students.

• DePaul’s Chronic Illness Initiative, designed to accommodate the needs of students battling chronic and debilitating illnesses, was examined in-depth in a two-page story that appeared in the May 28 Chicago Sun-Times, which noted the program is the first of its kind in the nation.

• Glen Weissenberger, dean of the College of Law, was prominently profiled by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on May 18. The story outlined Weissenberger’s accomplishments since taking over the law school and discussed his strategy for leading the college as a first-time dean.

• Cliff Colnot, conductor of the DePaul Symphony Orchestra and director of the School of Music’s orchestral program, was featured in an in-depth profile in the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday Show section on May 27. He also was interviewed by arts critic Andrew Patner in a one-hour interview that aired on WFMT on May 21. Both mentioned the upcoming annual DSO concert at Symphony Center on May 30 and reviewed Colnot’s approach to music and education.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was quoted in a May 21 Wall Street Journal story about politics and economics. He also was quoted in an Associated Press story May 29 about political marketing strategies in a story about presidential hopeful Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle.

• College of Law Professor Michele Goodwin was interviewed by Chicago Tonight on May 21 for a story about the ethical questions raised by genetic research. She noted that placenta cell tissue is commonly used to make cosmetics and that pregnant women have a right to know. Goodwin also discussed the National Organ Transplantation Act.

• James Wolfinger, DePaul labor historian, was quoted on CNBC May 21 about the current state of labor and the economy.

• Marketing Professor Sue Fogel was quoted in a May 19 Washington Post story about a psychological phenomenon known as mental accounting, which affects how people spend money and how they save.

• DePaul’s admission of more students off its waiting list was noted in a May 29 Chicago Sun-Times story on the national trend of more students being admitted to elite universities after being placed on their waiting lists. Northwestern, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and University of Chicago were also cited in the story.

• Marketing Professor Al Muniz was featured in the May 27 New City about an essay he co-authored with Thomas O’Guinn of the University of Wisconsin in 2001 entitled “Branded Community.” The essay was just named the most-cited research paper in the field on business and economics worldwide by Thomson Scientific. Muniz was also quoted in a May 16 Medill News Service story about street art and advertising.

• DePaul chemist Wendy Wolbach was interviewed for a May 26 New Scientist article about how firestorms from space wiped out prehistoric Americans.

• Kevin Stevens, director of DePaul’s School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems was quoted in a May 23 Daily Herald story about Motorola and its pension fund.

• DePaul student Aric Zonta was interviewed in DePaul’s Career Center for the May 17 broadcast of First Business Morning News, a nationally-syndicated television news program which airs daily in 150 markets nationwide and locally on WCIU-TV, Channel 26. Zonta, who is due to graduate in June and has received multiple job offers, was interviewed about his success in this year’s job market for graduates.

• DePaul senior Maria Jose was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story on May 15 about the “soft” skills students learn during their college careers that can be highlighted on resumes and during job interviews.

• DePaul English Professor Michelle Morano’s new book “Grammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain” was mentioned on WBEZ-FM on May 25.

• According to Crescent-News.com, Dr. Laurie Worrall has been named associate vice president and dean of Defiance College's McMaster School for Advancing Humanity. Worrall is currently associate vice president for academic affairs at DePaul University in Chicago. She will begin her new job on July 2.

• Gillian Steele, director of DePaul’s Career Center, was featured in a front-page business section story in the Chicago Sun-Times about DePaul students receiving multiple job offers and an increase in salaries in a healthy job market for graduates.

• Management Professor Laura Hartman appeared live on CNBC May 4 to discuss ethical decision making in relation to several ethical lapses in the news, including an insider trading scandal involving an investment bank. Hartman also appeared on Canadian Global TV on May 10 discussing the Conrad Black trial.

• An editorial written by Assistant History Professor James Wolfinger about the Employee Free Choice Act appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times May 12.

• The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times featured stories about the tenure decision of Assistant Political Science Professor Norman Finklestein May 11 and 14 respectively.

• A $500,000 grant awarded to DePaul’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems from the National Science Foundation was mentioned on MidwestBusiness.com May 11. The grant will fund the Mentoring Project, a college-wide program to support and retain students across the school’s 14 majors.

• Psychology professor Joe Ferrari was quoted in a May 12 story by the Associated Press that looked at the issue of whether cars with many safety features tend to encourage more reckless driving.

• Allison McCraken, assistant professor of American studies, was quoted in a May 11 Gary Post Tribune story about the roles of television mothers and fathers and how they have evolved over the years.

• The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times noted May 10 the retirement of Larry Combs from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Principal Clarinet with the CSO since 1978, Combs plans to continue to teach at DePaul’s School of Music.

• Shayla Theil Stern, assistant communications professor, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune May 9 about suburbs that stream board meetings on the Internet.

• Sociology Professor E.C. Hedberg was quoted in a May 7 Crain’s Chicago Business story about the reasons behind elaborate bachelor parties and getaways.

• 19-year-old DePaul student Mark Corece, co-founder of the campus organization Act Out, was interviewed on National Public Radio May 2 about a roundtable discussion with political and social commentator Jasmyne Cannick.

• Vice President for Information Services Vince Kellen was interviewed in a May 6 Chicago Tribune article about campus technology that appeared on the front page of the Education Today section. The article also included a full-color photo of students working on computers in the CTI Building's wireless lounge.

• Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Management Professor Laura Hartman was interviewed May 1 by CNBC about ethics education research nationally in the wake of cheating allegations against students at Duke University’s business school.

• Brian Spittle, assistant vice president for enrollment management, was quoted in an April 25 Chicago Sun-Times story about the increase of Chicago public school graduates entering DePaul. DePaul has moved up, from the No. 11 to the No. 10 destination.

• Bill Obenshain, executive director of DePaul’s Center for Financial Services was profiled by Crain’s Chicago Business April 30.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was quoted in a front-page April 25 New York Times story about automated phone calls – or “robocalls” – an increasingly popular form of political communication used in campaigning.

• Islamic Studies Professor Aminah McCloud was quoted about gender equality in an April 29 Chicago Tribune story about the Saudi Embassy’s decision to allow American Muslim girls to make pilgrimages.

• Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education and Assessment at DePaul University, was quoted at length in an April 25 Chicago Tribune story debating the merits of cram sessions for high school students preparing to take standardized college entrance exams.

• David Miller’s appointment to dean of DePaul’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems was mentioned in the online edition of the Chicago Tribune April 22 and on MidwestBusiness.com April 20.

• Pat Werhane, executive director of DePaul’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, was quoted in an April 29 Norwich Bulletin article about Utopia Studios.

• A $64,788 grant given to DePaul from the National Endowment for the Humanities was mentioned in an April 26 Chicago Tribune article. The grant is for a program to improve poetry instruction in middle schools. A $7,000 grant given to DePaul from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Foundation also was mentioned in the April 25 edition of the Hollywood Reporter.

• Marketing Professor Joe Marconi was quoted in an April 24 Daily Southtown article about the return of Peter Pan peanut butter to the shelves after a salmonella outbreak and total recall of the brand.

• Stories about Bank of America’s purchase of LaSalle Bank featured two finance faculty members this month. Finance Chair Ali Fatemi was quoted in a Crain’s Chicago Business online story April 23 and Finance Professor Elijah Brewer was interviewed by the Daily Herald April 24.

• The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times reported respectively on April 20 and 23 on Damon Kiely leaving his position as artistic director of the American Theatre Company to join DePaul’s Theatre School faculty.

• An April 20 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story reported on a trip to Africa taken by ten students from Chicago-area law schools, including four students from DePaul’s College of Law. The trip was part of an effort to study laws and conditions in other countries and to do some good.

• Marketing Professor Sue Fogel was quoted in an April 19 Daily Herald story about a study announced by TrendSight Group, a Winnetka consultant, which shows that the population of people over 50 is growing at a much faster rate than the population under 50, and that women between the ages of 50 and 70 are happier, more confident and more socially active than in previous generations.

• Political Science Professor Wayne Steger was quoted in two Gannett News Service articles, April 16 and 5, about the 2008 presidential campaign.

• In his bi-monthly column for La Raza newspaper April 11, Adjunct Economics Professor Antonio E. Morales-Pita discussed why communism is not a solution for poverty.

• Courtney Green of DePaul’s University Library reviewed the book “The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of Modern Delicacy,” by journalist Sasha Issenberg, in Library Journal Reviews May 1.

• DePaul graduate student Kinga Tompos was quoted about the reality television show “American Idol” in an April 26 New York Times story about television programming.

• Bill Obenshain, executive director of DePaul’s Center for Financial Services was profiled by Crain’s Chicago Business online on April 19.

• Commemorative vigils and prayer services that DePaul held on Tuesday, April 17 to remember those who lost their lives at Virginia Tech University was covered by several media outlets including Channels 2, 7 and 9.

• Religious studies Professor Aminah McCloud was featured in the April 18 segment of the PBS series “America at a Crossroads” in which she discussed the history of Muslims in America.

• Master of Public Services Professor Woods Bowman was interviewed for an April 17 Chicago Tribune story about his column, “The Nonprofit Ethicist,” which appears in the Nonprofit Quarterly magazine.

• Actress Pam Grier’s visit to DePaul to host a Q&A session with students in the Theatre School was mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times April 17. Grier is also receiving an Excellence in the Arts Award from the Theatre School at its 19th Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts gala.

• Journalism Professor Bruce Evensen was featured in an April 17 Chicago Sun-Times story about the PSA blood test, a commonly used screening tool for prostate cancer. He also appeared on Chicago Tonight on April 19 to discuss the media ethics issues surrounding the NBC’s airing of the Virginia Tech killer’s self-made videos.

• Joe Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted in an April 16 Crain’s Chicago Business article about the O’Hare modernization program.

• In an April 15 Associated Press story, Joe Marconi, marketing instructor, discussed corporate crisis communications in the wake of a peanut butter salmonella scare. The story ran in the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Buffalo News, among other dallies.

• Law Professor Len Cavise was quoted in an April 13 New York Times story about the 1993 Brown’s Chicken Massacre.

• DePaul was mentioned in an April 12 New York Times story about students who receive multiple acceptance letters from colleges and universities and have to narrow their choices down to one.

• The New York Times reported on the tenure decision process for DePaul Political Science Professor Norman Finklestein on April 12. Several Web based publications also reported on the situation.

• The Chicago Sun-Times quoted Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari at length about procrastination in a story that ran on the tax filing deadline. Ferrari was also interviewed about procrastination on Wisconsin Public Radio April 12 and was recently featured in the Italian magazine “OK.” Ferrari discussed the causes, consequences and possible cures for chronic procrastination among adults. A photo of Ferrari also accompanied the article.

• The student chapter of the Campaign to end the Death Penalty held a protest rally at a hearing for convicted murderer Brian Dugan. The story was covered in the April 10th Daily Herald, which featured a prominent interview with DePaul student Elliot Slossar, and the April 11th Chicago Tribune.

• A panel discussion held at DePaul, titled “The Future of Futures,” was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune April 8. Executives from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other finance industry experts explored the outlook for the futures industry.

• The Chicago Tribune mentioned DePaul’s College of Computer Science, Telecommunications & Information Systems’ degree program in Jordan as part of an article on local colleges’ overseas academic options April 6.

• A DePaul Art Museum exhibition, “Blood and Ink: Disasters of War from Goya to the Chapman Brothers,” which shows powerful war images, was featured in the April 5-11 issue of Time Out Chicago magazine.

• Law Professor Andrew Gold was quoted in a March 27 Wall Street Journal article about politics and economics and Supreme Court cases.

• DePaul’s MBA program offered in Prague in partnership with the Czech Management Center was featured in a story in the Feb. 28-March 6 Prague Post. Management Professor Michael Jedel, associate dean of international programs for the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, was quoted about the growing awareness of these programs in Eastern Europe.

• Kelly Gribbin, a coordinator of First-Year Experience in DePaul’s Office of Academic Enhancement, was profiled in a Feb. 27 Wall Street Journal story about her experience as a college senior searching for employment and career opportunities in a story about the job-hunting anxieties seniors face upon approaching graduation.

• James Shilling, DePaul’s new Michael J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies wrote the lead op-ed in the April 2 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business discussing prospects for publicly traded real estate investment trusts in the wake of the recent buyout of Equity Office Properties.

• A March 30 online story by Crain’s Chicago Business featured DePaul’s part-time MBA program, which has been ranked ninth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine’s 2008 graduate degree rankings guidebook released April 2.

• An introductory seminar to launch two new joint degree programs by DePaul and the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance was featured in a Bahrain Daily News article April 1.

• DePaul’s Theatre School’s 19th Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which will present actor Alec Baldwin with an Award for Excellence, was mentioned in a March 30 Chicago Sun-Times story.

• The Feb. 20 Chicago Sun-Times contained a nearly full-page story about DePaul’s poverty-reduction-through-commerce initiative and Institute for Business and Professional Ethics Abbott lecture series. A photo of Commerce Dean Ray Whittington, Wicklander Ethics Chair Patricia Werhane and Management Professor Laura Hartman accompanied the story.

• The Daily Herald reported on April 2 that a team of students from DePaul University's School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI) recently won the Illinois Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

• Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith was quoted in a March 28 New York Times story about stolen artwork and lawyers who work to reclaim it.

• Law Professor Bruce Ottley was quoted in a March 27 Chicago Tribune article about Derek Monroe, a self-employed consultant who has filed numerous small claims cases against companies in his battle for better customer service. The story also ran in the Arizona Republic and the Kansas City Star.

• Environmental Science Professors Thomas Murphy and Liam Heneghan were featured in a March 15 Vernon Hills Review article about partnering with the village of Mettawa and the Mettawa Open Lands Association on a six-year project, which will turn a former farm field into a native savanna.

• Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita appeared March 23 on Mega TV’s “Polos Opuestos,” the hour-long, top-rated talk program serving Miami’s Latino community to discuss his recent book and the economic issues of Cuba moving toward a market economy.

• Journalism Professor Mike Conklin was quoted at length in the April 3 Daily Herald discussing the ramifications of the sale of the Chicago Tribune, where he had previously worked for over 30 years.

• Psychology professor Joe Ferrari was featured in a series of stories in La Presse, Montreal’s largest paper, discussing the prevalence of procrastination in Canada.

• The appointment of William Obenshain as executive director of the College of Commerce’s new Center for Financial Services was mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. He was also interviewed about small banks on CLTV March 25.

• Management Professor Marty Martin was featured in a March 25 Chicago Tribune story about the connection between psychological and financial health. Martin has teamed up with Cicily Maton, president of Chicago-based Aequus Wealth Management Resources, in an effort to take a more holistic approach to financial management.

• DePaul CTI Professor Daniel Mittleman was interviewed by WFLD-TV for a story on the phenomena of political ads spreading through social media Web sites like YouTube. The segment aired on the evening of March 22 and the March 23 noon newscast.

• Management Professor Laura Hartman was quoted about company exit packages in a March 20 CNNMoney.com article about Blockbuster’s chairman and CEO John Antioco’s payout after his decision to step down.

• Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, was quoted in a March 30 Washington Post story about the Chicago police department and the videotaped beatings by Chicago police officers.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of DePaul’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, was quoted in a March 18 Scranton Times-Tribune story about the challenges retail entrepreneurs face.

• The Loft-Right residence hall, which houses DePaul students, was positively featured in the Sunday edition of the New York Times on March 18 in a story about high-end student residences.

• An article written by History Professor Tom Mockaitis, titled, “The Iraq War: Learning From the Past,” which appears on the Army War College’s Strategic Institute Website, was featured in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story March 17.

• DePaul Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto was featured in Chicago Daily Herald, Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune stories March 14 and 15 about receiving a five-year contract extension, which runs through the 2011-12 academic year.

• Adjunct Finance Professor Tommy FitzGibbon, who teaches real estate, was quoted in a March 16 Chicago Sun-Times story about the mortgage brokering industry.

• Steve Kelly, marketing professor, was quoted in a March 16 Reflejos article about a seminar held at DePaul that was geared toward business professionals who want to learn how to reach and advertise to the growing market of young Latinos.

• A feature story, that profiled DePaul’s former dean of Education Barbara Sizemore, appeared in the April 1 addition of the Indiana Tribune Star. Sizemore, who passed away in 2005, served as dean from 1992-1998.

• Political Science Professor Molly Andolina was quoted about presidential candidate and Ill. Sen. Barack Obama in a March 14 Chicago Daily Herald story about crossing the color barrier.

• DePaul was mentioned in a March 12 Inside Higher Ed story about the national student unit record system.

• The promotion of David Kalsbeek to senior vice-president for enrollment management and marketing was mentioned in the “On the Move” section of Crain’s Chicago Business March 12.

• DePaul associate professor of environmental sciences and biology Kenshu Shimada’s research on sharks and shark fossils drew national coverage on March 14 when he partnered with radiologists at Children’s Memorial Hospital to produce C.T. scans of various shark specimens. The Chicago Sun-Times featured a story with photos and all Chicago television stations also ran stories. Additionally, the story was picked up by network affiliates in a number of markets around the country.  

• Alberto Coll, College of Law professor, and the International Human Rights Law Institute, of which he is president, were featured in an in-depth profile story that ran in the March issue of the Chicago Lawyer.

• A national campaign to discourage binge drinking during the NCAA March Madness season resulted in an awareness ad being placed in The DePaulia and local news stories on the issue that featured DePaul by Channels 2, 5 and 7 on March 8. It was noted that DePaul and The DePaulia accept no ads or money from manufacturers or distributors of alcoholic beverages.

• Several news organizations – including the Chicago Sun-Times and Channel 7 – ran stories that looked at DePaul’s new on-campus housing policy, which restricts on-campus housing to freshmen and sophomores.

• Cherif Bassiouni commented on what he saw as a disappointing outcome of the International Court of Justice’s mixed decision in the Serbian genocide trials in a Feb. 28 column by syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer.

• The Bahrain News Agency reported March 6 on the recent visit of the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul president, with Bahraini Crown Prince Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad al Khalifa at his Chicago residence.

• Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, had an opinion column published in the March 5 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business on the topic of jump starting Midway Airport privatization efforts.

• In the same issue of Crain’s, DePaul Marketing Executive-in-Residence Luis Larrea was quoted in a story on differences in how Hispanic customers often interact with commercial call center operators.

• Wicklander Ethics Chair Patricia Werhane, executive director of DePaul University's Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, was quoted in a March 7 Sun-Times story on Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s investments, noting they could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest.

• The March issue of Midwest Construction magazine profiled DePaul’s Real Estate Center as one three universities in the region that is helping to address the shortage of executives in the construction management field.

• The March issue of National Real Estate Investor magazine included a full-page op-ed from James Shilling, DePaul’s Michael J. Horne Chair of Real Estate Finance, on the topic of whether real estate investment trusts have reached their peak as publicly traded companies.

• DePaul English Professor Michelle Morano’s new book “Grammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain” was cited in the March issue of Chicago magazine.

• DePaul's "i-clicker" program was detailed in the business section of the Chicago Sun-Times on Feb. 28. The experimental program - in which students use interactive handheld devices to immediately register answers to questions as a group - is drawing strong approval from students in DePaul's accounting program.

• An innovative DePaul College of Commerce class was prominently featured in a colorful photo essay in the Chicago Tribune on Feb. 28. The class - designed to enhance collaboration skills by having its 95 members play drums, cowbells and other musical instruments - re-enforces concepts of teamwork.

• Kelly Gribbin, a coordinator of First-Year Experience in DePaul’s Office of Academic Enhancement, was quoted throughout an article in The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27. The article explored Gribbin’s unusual early career path as an example in a story about college seniors who have yet settled on a career choice. The column appeared in the paper’s “Career Journal” section.

• A Feb. 28 DePaul town hall meeting featuring former assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle, newsman Bill Kurtis and international Islamic scholars was mentioned in Chicago Sun-Time columnist Robert Feder’s Feb. 27 column. The program was organized by Islamic studies professor Aminah McCloud and included the screening of segments of an upcoming PBS documentary series “America at a Crossroads.”

• Separately, professor McCloud was interviewed for a Feb. 25 Reuters News Service story about the growing number of African Americans who are converting to Islam. On the international wire, this article ran in 14 publications worldwide.

• Political science professor Larry Bennett was quoted in a Feb. 26 Bloomberg News article about Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and his race for a sixth term in the 2007 Mayoral Election. Bennett also was quoted in a Feb. 15 Post-Tribune article about Gary Mayor Rudy Clay and his plans to improve downtown Gary.

• Real Estate Adjunct Professor Tommy FitzGibbon was quoted in a Feb. 25 Chicago Tribune story about home buying and ways to help with down payments. He also was quoted in a Feb. 23 Chicago Sun-Times story about the effects of real estate clubs and schools that help with managing investments.

• Lisa Gundry, director of DePaul’s Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation, was quoted in a Feb. 25 Newsday.com story about innovation and how many companies resist change because it seems overwhelming. A book she co-authored, “Entrepreneurship Strategy (Sage Publication, 2006),” also was featured in a Feb. 20 BusinessWeek.com story about what entrepreneurs need to know.

• Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari is featured with the leading line in the March 2007 issue of Health magazine in an article about procrastination titled, “Why haven’t you started yet?”

• Political science professor Wayne Steger was quoted in a New York Times story Feb. 22 about Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s legislative efforts.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted in a Brandweek.com article about JetBlue Airways.

• Greg Brewster, associate dean of DePaul’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems, was interviewed about Voice Over Internet Protocol calls in a Feb. 22 Daily Herald story.

• DePaul was included in a major Feb. 21 Chicago Tribune Tempo section cover story about the rise in interdisciplinary study programs and students who tailor interesting majors and careers.

• Law professor Patty Gerstenblith was quoted in a Feb. 13 Forbes article about stolen art.

• 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Roxbury, a platoon leader in Baghdad for the Illinois Guard, was interviewed for a Chicago Tribune online story Feb. 18 about troops who are earning credits and degrees while serving overseas. A native of Chicago, Roxbury is hoping to complete a graduate degree from DePaul by taking a final math class online.

• DePaul graduate student Shannon Lersch was the subject of a Chicago Tribune feature story Feb. 16. Lersch, who is working on a master’s degree in education, is a member of the Chicago Luvabulls dance team.

• Psychology Professor Sheila Ribordy was quoted in a Jan. 21 Chicago Sun-Times column about 15-year-old kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck and his family and their appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

• Antonio Morales-Pita, adjunct professor of economics, will be interviewed during a hour-long broadcast on WNTD-AM radio (950) about the impact education has had on his life on March 2 at 2 p.m. He has also had a weekly series of thought leadership articles on Cuba appearing in the La Raza newspaper.

• A $1 million grant awarded to DePaul’s College of Commerce’s Fred Arditti Center for Risk Management by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Trust was featured in the January 2007 edition of eNEWSLINE.

• Psychology Professor Lenny Jason was interviewed by the Miami affiliate of NBC News on the issue of chronic fatigue syndrome in children during a national convention. The resultant story was carried by local newscasts on dozens of NBC affiliates around the country over the following weeks, reaching audiences in the millions.

• Howard Rosing, executive director of the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning, was quoted at length in a Jan. 30 Christian Science Monitor story about the growing social trends in volunteerism. The story was also picked up by the Arizona Republic and CBSNews.com.

• The College of Law's new family law clinic was featured in a Feb. 9 article in the Daily Law Bulletin. Law professor Andrea Lyon, who directs the law school's clinical programs, and two law students were featured in the story.

• Achy Obejas, DePaul’s new Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz chair in the Latin American and Latino Studies Program and the department of English, was profiled in the Feb. 11 Chicago Sun-Times where she explored issues involving Jewish culture in Latin America.

• Alberto Coll, president of DePaul’s International Human Rights Law Institute, appeared on WBEZ’s “Worldview” program on Feb. 14 discussing current developments in Cuba.

• The syndicated news program “First Business” interviewed marketing faculty members Steve Kelly and Loida Rosario and students about DePaul’s new Hispanic marketing concentration. The story ran locally on WCIU-TV and on stations across the country Jan. 25. Stories about the program were also featured on DestinationCRM.com and HispanicBusiness.com Feb. 1 and 9.

• Business Ethics Professor Laura Hartman was mentioned in a Feb. 7 Ethics World article about a study she co-authored on the top 50 global MBA programs and their curriculum. The study was published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Articles about the study also appeared in the Financial Times and Corporate Crime Reporter on Feb. 5 and the San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 28.

• Music Professor Ted Atkatz was profiled by the New York Times Feb. 6. Atkatz is also the principle percussionist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Photos of Atkatz, including one of him teaching a class at DePaul, were also featured along side the article.

• J.D. Bindenagel, vice president for Community, Government and International Affairs, had a thought leadership piece published Feb. 5 in the Chicago Sun-Times reflecting on how the resolution of the “blood diamond” situation in Sierra Leone offered lessons for the resolution of the problems in Darfur.

• The DePaul School of Music’s AmerKlavier concert featuring Georgian pianist Tamar Beraia was selected by the Chicago Tribune’s Jon von Rhein for Critic’s Pick of the day on Feb. 5, helping to attract a respectable audience in spite of record cold weather.

• Mariah Neuroth, chaplain at DePaul, and senior Christine Reh were quoted in a Feb. 1 U.S. Catholic story about bridging the gap between Catholics and Muslims by starting with young people.

• A free DePaul co-sponsored program about eco-friendly practices for building renovations was mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times “Calendar Note” section Jan. 31. The event, sponsored with Shore Bank and the Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance, was held at the DePaul Center.

• DePaul was mentioned in a Jan. 25 Chicago Tribune story for being one of several area schools that had high rates of return on its endowment last fiscal year. DePaul’s endowment went up 13.2 percent, to $285.2 million.

• Chaddick Institute Director Joe Schwieterman was quoted on the front page of the Feb. 12 Chicago Tribune concerning problems United Airlines had in January with O’Hare flight delays. Schwieterman was interviewed the same day on WBBM-AM radio about potential privatization of Midway Airport.

• The DePaul Real Estate Center’s $16 million campaign announcement was highlighted in the Chicago Tribune Jan. 24, along with a $3 million anonymous donation given to DePaul to boost the campaign. The campaign has already raised $10.5 million, which includes a $2 million donation from Douglas Crocker II, former chief executive of Equity Residential Properties Trust, and his wife Cynthia, and a $1.5 million donation from George Ruff, a principal at New York-based Trinity Hotel Investors LLC. A luncheon celebrating the $3 million anonymous gift, featuring an address by James Shillings, DePaul real estate studies professor, also was mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times Business section.

• DePaul’s new Hispanic Marketing degree program, Multicultural Marketing-Hispanic Marketplace, was prominently featured in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune Jan. 11. The program also was mentioned on WBBM radio and NBC-5.

• Psychology Professor Joe Ferrari was quoted in Jan. 7 New York Times story and a Jan. 22 Los Angeles Times story – both about procrastination. An article on his work on procrastination and "slackers" was also featured in the Jan/Feb issue of "Psychology Today" magazine. Prof. Ferrari was also interviewed on the topic of overcoming guilt for the January issue of VIVmag.com and had an opinion piece on the need for community college faculty to engage in scholarship/research in the "Community College Times," a sister publication of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

• Tribune columnist Mary Schmich interviewed a group of DePaul students for her Jan. 27 column reflecting on a recent survey that showed most college students are now obsessed with wealth and fame. The DePaul students she spoke with repudiated such ideas.

• Finance Professor Werner DeBondt was quoted at length in the Dec. 26 Wall Street Journal on how to find contrarian stock picks in an up-ticking stock market.

• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and two DePaul students spoke on campus on Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Day, about the impact of recent cuts to federal student loan programs. Sen. Durbin had recently introduced legislation to restore funding for the program. Four local television stations and three radio stations covered the event, with most of the coverage prominently featuring DePaul. The story was also used in the national newscasts of National Public Radio.

• A Jan. 24 event sponsored by the DePaul Conservative Alliance that featured former DePaul instructor Tom Klocek and conservative activist David Horowitz was covered by various media outlets including Fox News Chicago, the Associated Press, and WBEZ radio.

• CTI Professor Jacob Furst was quoted in a Jan. 22 Chicago Sun-Times article about the Chicago Board of Elections losing several CDs containing voter information and Social Security numbers. This story ran on the UPI wire along with eight other news outlets nationwide. He also was interviewed Jan. 17 by Illinois Radio Network for a piece on the database security of a new statewide hiring database introduced in Springfield. The piece aired locally on WBBM-AM and as part of a news segment on the network’s 56 affiliate stations across the state and in St. Louis.

• A symposium sponsored by DePaul and the Lyric Opera on issues surrounding Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” was featured in the Chicago Tribune Jan. 19.

• Marketing Professor Joel Whalen was quoted in a Jan. 19 Chicago Tribune online story about CareerBuilder.com and its decision to take their advertising campaign in a different direction. The article also appeared in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

• DePaul professors Curtis Verschoor (accountancy) and Woods Bowman (public service) were quoted in a Jan. 18 Daily Herald story about Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and the “target adjustment” budget.

• Gillian Steele, director of the Career Center, was quoted in a Jan. 17 Orlando Sentinel article about DePaul’s mandatory experiential learning requirement which students can fulfill through internships, community outreach or studying abroad.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman was interviewed in a Jan. 17 Daily Herald article about the role the media plays in politics.

• DePaul’s new MBA Primer program, a 15-week MBA sampler, was featured in the Daily Herald Jan. 15.

• The Theatre School’s presentation of Roald Dahl’s the BFG, or Big Friendly Giant, was noted in the Chicago Sun-Times Jan. 12.

• DePaul student Allie Brinkerhoff was featured in the Pioneer Press Jan. 10 for her participation in Oprah Winfrey’s “Pay it Forward” Challenge. Brinkerhoff was among 314 “Oprah Winfrey Show” audience members invited to take part in the challenge which gave each participant a $1,000 gift card to spend in a charitable way. With the money, Brinkerhoff revamped a reading program at an Uptown outpatient children’s clinic of Children’s Memorial Hospital.

• CTI Professor Xiaoping Jia was quoted in a Jan. 9 Chicago Tribune story on the issues surrounding the vote-tabulation delays following the November election.

• DePaul’s Department of Nursing program was mentioned in a Health Business Week story Jan. 5 for being one of fourteen programs chosen to participate in Transforming Care at the Bedside, an initiative sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. DePaul will partner with Children’s Memorial Hospital as part of this initiative to improve quality of patient care.

• The January edition of Screen Magazine featured DePaul’s Digital Cinema Program, calling it “the film school of the new millennium,” for incorporating classes in 3-D animation and machinima (film making using video game technology), as well as directing, screenwriting and cinematography.

• Psychology Professor Joseph Ferrari was prominently featured in a Jan. 7 New York Times story about overcoming student procrastination.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of DePaul’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, was featured in a Q&A article in Crain’s Chicago Business Jan. 8 about entrepreneurs and how they should manage their businesses.

• DePaul’s Department of Nursing program was mentioned in a Hospital Business Week story Jan. 7 for being one of fourteen programs chosen to participate in Transforming Care at the Bedside, an initiative sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. DePaul will partner with Children’s Memorial Hospital as part of this initiative to improve quality of patient care.

• English Professor Craig Sirles appeared on WGN Radio’s Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg Jan. 5 to discuss the current use and abuse of the English language.

• Religious Studies Professor Frida Furman was featured in an Inside Lincoln Park story Jan. 3 for being named the 2006 winner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Cortelyou-Lowery Award for Excellence and Distinguished Faculty Lecture.

• DePaul’s 2006 enrollment figures were highlighted in a Jan. 3 Inside Lincoln Park article. Some of the figures included total undergraduate enrollment (14,893) and a record prospective freshmen applications (10, 415).

• DePaul was mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times Jan. 2 in a story about a survey conducted showing the number of Chicago area CEO’s who attended Ivy League schools. Along with other local schools, DePaul was well represented among top Chicago area business leaders, showing up on CEO resumes at both public and private firms.

• Lisa Gundry, professor of management and director of DePaul’s Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation, was quoted in a Jan. 1 Chicago Tribune story about innovation. She also was quoted in a Dec. 18 BusinessWeek story about entrepreneurs and stimulating creativity.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public policy and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, had an editorial column published in the Daily Southtown Dec. 29 which looked back at the major changes 2006 brought to Chicago’s aviation scene. He also was interviewed on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program on Dec. 21 regarding Greyhound’s re-emerging bus service and on the airlines and the holiday season for the syndicated First Business television program.

• Economics Department Chairman Michael Miller was quoted in a Dec. 15 Chicago Sun-Times article about the housing market and the upcoming year’s perception.

• M. Cherif Bassiouni, of DePaul’s IHRLI, had an op-ed published in the Chicago Tribune Jan. 5 which explored the manner in which the Saddam Hussein execution was handled. History Professor Tom Mockaitis was interviewed on Fox News Chicago Dec. 29 regarding the Hussein execution.

• Two DePaul programs, the new “Streets of Chicago” management course and the new Hispanic marketing major, were feature in the December edition of eNewsline. Also featured in the November edition of eNewsline, were gifts donated from the Michael J. Horne Education & Healthcare Assistance Foundation and real estate executive George L. Ruff. The gifts, totaling $5.5 million dollars, will create the Michael J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies and fund a new real estate professorship.

• DePaul student Allie Brinkerhoff was featured in the Dec. 21 edition of Skyline. Brinkerhoff was among 314 “Oprah Winfrey Show” audience members invited to take part in Winfrey’s Pay it Forward Challenge. With a $1,000 gift card given by Winfrey, Brinkerhoff revamped a reading program at an outpatient children’s clinic of Children’s Memorial Hospital.

• Carlene Klaas, director of undergraduate admissions, was quoted in a Nov. 5 Chicago Tribune story about steps potential students can take if they receive rejection letter from colleges.

 Back to DePaul in the News Archive