Recent media stories featuring DePaul University’s achievements, programs and community involvement include:
A $2 million donation to DePaul’s College of Commerce from Chicago-based investment manager John Keeley and his wife, Barbara, was the subject of a Dec. 12 Crain’s Chicago Business story and a Dec. 5 Chicago Tribune story. As a result of the donation, the Christopher Keeley Endowed Chair in Investment Management has been created in honor of the Keeley’s youngest son, a DePaul graduate who died suddenly at the age of 29 in 2002.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Foundation’s $1 million gift to the Fred Arditti Center in DePaul’s College of Commerce was detailed in the Dec. 12 Chicago Tribune. Stories on the CME Foundation gift also ran in the Chicago Sun-Times on Dec. 13 and in HedgeWorld Dec. 12.
Doug Crocker, the founding sponsor of DePaul’s Real Estate Center and executive in residence in the finance department, was the subject of a Dec. 1 Chicago Sun-Times feature story.
Psychology Professor Sheldon Cotler was quoted about teenage risk-takers in a Dec. 12 Gary Post-Tribune article about teens who break speed limits in order to avoid breaking curfews.
The new Multicultural Marketing-Hispanic Marketplace undergraduate major offered by DePaul’s College of Commerce was the subject of a Dec. 5 Brandweek story and a Dec. 1 Hispanic Business story.
Political Science Professor Larry Bennett was quoted extensively in a Dec. 8 Chicago Tribune story about Mayor Richard M. Daley’s expected announcement to seek a sixth term as mayor of Chicago. Also Patricia Werhane, director of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics and the Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics was quoted in the Dec. 7 Tribune on the propriety of Mayor Daley accepting gifts from staff members in light of heightened federal scrutiny of his administration.
Aminah McCloud, Islamic studies professor, was quoted in a Dec. 10 Indianapolis Star article about Ingrid Mattson, the first woman to lead the Islamic Society of North America.
The Chicago Jewish News remembered Accounting Professor Gary Siegel in a Dec. 6 article. Siegel, founder of Chicago’s Jewish Burial Society, died Nov. 12 at the age of 62. The Chicago Tribune also carried an extensive obituary on Siegel Nov. 23.
The Kalamazoo Gazette featured DePaul student Allie Brinkerhoff and her mother, Stevie, in a Dec. 4 story about the two being 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.
Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, was quoted in a Dec. 4 Crain’s Chicago Business story about the development of Megabus and its effect on Greyhound profits. He also was interviewed Dec. 13 on ABC7 and NBC5 for stories regarding a possible merger between United and Continental airlines and was quoted in a Nov. 28 Daily Herald story about the O’Hare expansion project.
Management Professor Laura Hartman discussed how businesses may respond to a minimum wage increase in an interview with reporter Gary Zidek on WBCD-FM, the national public radio affiliate in Glen Ellyn.
A meeting held by members of DePaul’s master’s of public service graduate program, non-profit agencies, churches and government entities to discuss efforts to assist in the long-term recovery of parishes affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita was mentioned in the Lafayette (La.) Advertiser Dec. 1.
Ruby Mann of DePaul’s mental health center was one of three people profiled in a December Essence magazine story about people who positively shape their world.
Law Professor Jeffrey Shaman was quoted in a Nov. 30 Chicago Tribune story about Illinois Chief Justice Robert Thomas.
Barbara Radner, director of DePaul’s Center for Urban Education, was interviewed in the Nov. 28 issue of Education Week magazine in an article on adjustments to core curricula. She also was featured in a Nov. 9 Education Week magazine story about transforming public high schools.
Accounting Professor Mark McCarthy was quoted in a Nov. 27 Chicago Sun-Times story about consumers and the effects of holiday loans.
Joel Schaffer, DePaul’s senior director of planned giving, was quoted in a Nov. 26 Chicago Tribune story about the rise and popularity of real estate donation.
David Moberg, adjunct professor of history at DePaul, was interviewed on CLTV Dec. 3 regarding emerging trends in Chicago’s manufacturing base and the decline of industrial jobs.
Harold Welsch, the Coleman Foundation Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship at DePaul, was quoted in a Nov. 12 Daily Southtown story about how the re-election of Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration will effect small businesses.
