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