• 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.