DePaul University entered the New Year attracting local and national media coverage of its academic programs, faculty expertise and research. January highlights include:
Law Professor Roberta Kwall was featured in Chicago Lawyer’s January cover story, “Head of the Class: 10 of the Best Law Professors in Illinois.”
Law Professor Bruce Ottley’s discussion of legal issues was featured in the lead of a Tribune article about potential lawsuits involving fabrications in author James Frey’s memoir, “A Million Little Pieces.”
On Jan. 24 WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” interviewed History Professor Tom Mockaitis about the potential effects of terrorist attacks against American economic targets.
WLS-TV interviewed Ann Russo, chair of Women’s and Gender Studies, about a national study of college students and sexual harassment Jan. 24.
Daniel Rothenberg, deputy executive director of the International Human Rights Law Institute at the College of Law, authored an op-ed about lessons that may be learned from United States foreign policy in Kurdistan that was published in the Tribune Jan. 23.
Raman Chadha, executive director of DePaul’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, discussed the effect of macro-economic cycles on small businesses in a Tribune story Jan. 23 and angel investing in a Jan. 2 Crain’s Chicago Business article.
Workshops offered by the Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation at the College of Commerce were mentioned in a Tribune business section brief Jan. 23.
Should the Italian city hosting the upcoming Winter Olympics be referred to as Turin or Torino? Clara Orban, Italian language professor, lent her expertise to this question in a Jan. 18 Associated Press story published in daily newspapers nationally.
Yingcai Xu, Chinese language professor, discussed the meanings of a Chinese name in Cantonese and English in a Jan. 16 Chicago Sun-Times story about people who change their names.
In a Jan. 15 Tribune Education Today section story, Brian Spittle, assistant vice president for Enrollment Management, discussed a study of DePaul students participating in a high school-level international baccalaureate program in the Chicago Public Schools. The study indicates that such programs can prepare students for college, regardless of the barriers they may face.
Finance Professor Werner De Bondt was quoted about investor psychology and Google’s stock prices in a San Jose Mercury News story Jan. 15.
Law Professor David Franklin analyzed the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on WBEZ-FM’s “World View” program Jan. 12.
Psychology Professor Joe Ferarri discussed his procrastination research in stories published by USA Today Jan. 3, New York Newsday Jan. 12, Hartford Courant Jan. 6 and Money magazine in its January issue.
In a series of weekly articles launched Jan. 11, Chicago Tribune culture writer Julia Keller shared her experiences studying author Jonathan Swift as a student in a DePaul graduate level English course taught by Professor Todd Parker, whom she praised for having an “elegantly furled universe of knowledge at his fingertips.”
School for New Learning online programs and students were featured prominently in a Sun-Times Education Guide story Jan. 10 that discussed the flexibility online programs offer adult learners.
Law Professor Ben Alba, author of the book “Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen and the Original Tonight Show,” discussed his book on WGN-AM Jan. 8 and Dec. 2.
CTI Associate Dean Greg Brewster discussed the use of pod-casting in education in a Jan. 3 Daily Herald story.
In a Sun-Times story Jan. 3, Law Professor Len Cavise weighed whether former governor George Ryan should take the stand in his corruption trial.
In USA Today Jan. 23 and on WBBM-TV Jan. 18, Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted about United Airlines emergence from bankruptcy. He also discussed the impact of federal funding on the Gary (Ind.) airport in a Tribune story Jan. 17 and reflected on the year’s transit news in an op-ed published by Crain’s Chicago Business Jan. 2.
Law Professor Stephen Landsman reflected on the decline in the number of jury trials in a Chicago Lawyer story Jan. 1.
