Recent media stories featuring DePaul University’s achievements, programs and community involvement include:
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.
