• The lead story in the Jan. 14 Chicago Tribune Metro section prominently profiled DePaul’s innovative negotiation class taught by Management Professor Steven Briggs. The story followed Briggs and his students to a local flea market where they learned the fine art of bargaining and included two photos of DePaul students in action.

• An article in the Jan. 17 Education Today section, included in both the Chicago Tribune and RedEye, examined tips for college students to avoid credit card debt. The article featured a lengthy interview with Financial Fitness Program Director Brenda Williams, as well as some details of the program’s different educational and workshop offerings.

• DePaul’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations were featured in broadcasts on Jan. 21 by two of Chicago’s local news stations. CBS2 Chicago’s morning program featured live coverage from the breakfast event as guest speaker Rev. Alice Greene was interviewed live about King’s continuing legacy. ABC7 also used footage of the event in its broadcasts later in the day.

• A study on the intercity bus industry by Joe Schwieterman and the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development continued to garner national media attention with an in-depth USA Today business feature that was prompted by and quoted heavily from the study.

• Adjunct faculty member Lisa Pecot-Hebert of the College of Communication was quoted in a Chicago Magazine story examining the long-term challenges facing Chicago’s local television news market.

• A story in the February issue of Business Week Chicago examining the positive impact colleges and universities are having on downtown Chicago prominently featured DePaul in the lead and a photograph of the CTI Building.

• H. Peter Steeves, associate professor of philosophy, was quoted on the front page of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 11 in an essay by cultural critic Julia Keller on the ancient roots of the concept of “change,” which is dominating this year’s presidential election.

• Education Professor Ronald Chennault was quoted in a Jan. 14 article in Education Week about tying cash awards to AP exam scores.

• Wayne Steger, professor of political science, discussed the impact of the faltering economy on the presidential race on First Business on Jan. 23.

• Bruce Newman, professor of marketing, was quoted in a Jan. 10 article in the Daily Herald on presidential candidates’ advertising during the Super Bowl for Super Tuesday.

• Barbara Radner was interviewed for a story on the impact of donations from philanthropic organizations such as the Chicago Community Trust Foundation toward Chicago Public Schools that aired Jan. 17 on Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ-FM).

• Economics Professor Michael Miller discussed the state of the economy in an interview with the nationally syndicated business news program “First Business” that was broadcast Jan. 18.

• Raman Chadha, executive director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul, and Harold Welsch, Coleman Entrepreneurship Chair, discussed the importance of experiential learning in entrepreneur degree programs in a Tribune education guide story Jan. 17.

• Crain’s Chicago Business posted an online photo album Jan. 18 featuring a DePaul- sponsored mixed-use real estate development forecast conference at the Chicago Cultural Center. Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center at DePaul, and Joe Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, were pictured.

• DePaul SNL student Sam Holloway was profiled in the Jan. 17 Chicago Tribune Education Today supplement in a piece on returning students.

• Management Professor Marty Martin discussed the psychological factors that affect how homeowners value their houses in a Jan. 20 Tribune real estate story.

• Jim Doyle, vice president of student affairs, discussed issues involving church officials speaking at Catholic universities in a Tribune story Jan. 18 about controversy stirred by Pope Benedict XVI’s speech at La Sapienza University in Italy.

• Joe Schwieterman, professor of public service, was interviewed for the Jan. 22 NBC5 Chicago 10 p.m. newscast about the City’s need to spend more on crumbling infrastructure in light of the Montrose Avenue water main eruption that day. Schwieterman was also featured in a Jan. 12 newscast on CBS-2 discussing airline safety in the wake of a near collision at Midway Airport.