• A study on the resurgence of the intercity bus industry by a team headed by Joe Schwieterman of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development received national media attention during the final week of 2007 with a Dec. 24 story on National Public Radio, a Dec. 31 story on PBS’ “Nightly Business Report” and major stories in the Chicago Sun-Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Star. Schwieterman was also interviewed on WLS Radio on the study and by the nationally syndicated Media Tracks radio program.

• A column by Commerce Dean Ray Whittington about the need for the business community to support affordable housing that discussed the Real Estate Center of DePaul’s involvement in Preservation Compact, a local effort to save affordable housing, was published in the Jan. 8 issue of BusinessWeek Chicago.

• The Tribune ran Dec. 27 and 31 stories about the DePaul Blue Demons women’s basketball team’s 600th victory – a 111-64 over Appalachian State at a Dec. 30 game. According to NCAA records, DePaul is the 42nd Division I program to reach the milestone and was 600-353 overall with the victory. Jean Lenti-Ponsetto, athletic director and a member of the first women’s basketball team at DePaul when she was a student, was interviewed.

• Kurt Westerberg of the School of Music was featured on NBC5’s 4:30 p.m. newscast on New Year’s Eve explaining the history meaning of “Auld Lang Syne” while also playing the song on the piano.

• DePaul Symphony Orchestra conductor Cliff Colnot was listed in the top 10 most noteworthy classical music happenings of 2007 by Chicago Tribune critic John von Rhein, who noted in a Dec. 27 story that “No Chicago conductor worked harder on more projects this year than Cliff Colnot.”

• Two stories in the January/February issue of BizEd magazine featured DePaul College of Commerce professors. One story focused on assistant management professors Patrick Murphy and Bin Jiang’s study, which found that companies that hire former business school professors as executive managers do better than those that don’t have academics in management roles. The other story focused on Podcasts developed by Commerce technology manager James Moore that feature DePaul business professors.

• Economics Professor Michael Miller was interviewed about the 2008 outlook for the U.S. economy and how cold weather affects economic activity in Daily Herald stories Dec. 29 and Jan. 3. He and Marketing Professor Petr Chadraba also were quoted in a Czech Business Weekly cover story Dec. 31 about the U.S. economic forecast and its effect on Europe.

• The Real Estate Center and Chaddick Institute’s conference on mixed-use real estate was mentioned in a Sun-Times real estate column Jan. 2.

• M. Cherif Bassiouni, professor of law and president of DePaul’s International Human Rights Law Institute, stated on Fox News Chicago on Jan. 8 that the U.S. Attorney should examine allegations of torture allegedly committed by former Chicago Police Cmdr. John Burge.

• Joe Cappo, veteran newspaper reporter and editor and an instructor in DePaul’s College of Communication, was interviewed for a story on WBBM-Ch. 2’s 6 p.m. newscast on Jan. 4 about the recent staff cuts at the Chicago Sun-Times and whether it was possible that Chicago might some day become a one newspaper city.

• Joe Schwieterman of the Chaddick Institute was interviewed on WBBM Newsradio 780’s Noon Business Hour program on Jan. 3 about the cause and impact of United Airline’s numerous cancelled flights over the crucial holiday travel season.

• Actor John C. Reilly, busy promoting his new movie “Walk Hard” has made numerous media appearances in recent weeks, during which he often noted his school years at DePaul, where he gained his guitar-playing abilities utilized in the film. WGN television and ABC7 News Chicago were two of the outlets where he touted DePaul during the last week of December.

• Publishers Weekly quoted DePaul English Professor Eric Selinger in a Nov. 19 feature story that examined the bonds between romance novel authors and readers and the impact the Internet has had on that relationship.

• On Dec. 10, the Tulane Freeman, Tulane University’s Business School magazine, ran a story about the DePaul MBA students’ service trip to help New Orleans businesses which took place in early December.

Election 2008 Coverage

Many of DePaul’s faculty members and students have been much sought after by both the local and national news media to provide perspective and context for the unfolding presidential primary campaigns. Among the highlights:

• Seven DePaul journalism students and professor Mike Conklin were profiled on Dec. 29 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette story about using the Iowa caucus as a laboratory for political reporting.

• The Wall Street Journal ran a Dec. 28 column about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, which quoted in the lead from his October speech at DePaul.

• Molly Andolina, assistant professor of police science, and several DePaul students were featured in a story about Barack Obama capturing the youth vote by WBBM-Ch. 2’s Jim Williams that aired on Jan. 4. Andolina was also quoted in an Associated Press article on the same topic that ran in the International Herald Tribune.

• WBBM-Ch. 2 also ran a half hour special report on Jan. 7 on the eve of the New Hampshire primary which included may DePaul angles including a taped interview with Andolina, in-studio discussion with Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida. B. Wells-Barnett professor and on-campus interviews with numerous DePaul students who shared their opinions on the candidates and explained why younger voters were excited about the candidacy of Obama.

• Laura Washington was also interviewed by WBEZ for a Jan. 8 broadcast on what an Obama presidency might mean for local politics in Chicago and Illinois.

• Wayne Steger, associate professor of political science, was quoted in a Jan. 7 Washington Post article on Barack Obama’s Iowa victory by columnist Shankar Vedantam.

• Zachary Cook, an instructor in the political science department, participated in an in-studio discussion on Barack Obama for a piece that aired on CLTV Jan. 4.