• Law Professor Stephen Landsman was featured in the Jan. 21 issue of the National Law Journal for his pioneering work in the development of “disaster law” which details how the rule of law can be preserved when major disaster occurs. Landsman’s principles were recently accepted by the American Bar Association.

• DePaul’s Student Legal Services program was covered in the Feb. 1 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The story included interviews with the program’s director, the Rev. Thomas Croak, C.M., as well as with students who volunteer with the program.

• Psychology Professor Gary Harper and one of his students, Andrew Riplinger, were interviewed on WBEZ’s Worldview program on Jan. 31 on their AIDS education and prevention work in Kenya. It is the second time in the past year that Harper has discussed the issue on the program.

• Susanne Cannon, director of the Real Estate Center, was quoted Jan. 26 by the New York Times about a potential thaw in the residential real estate market as buyers take advantage of bargains and lower interest rates on mortgages.

• Jane Rutherford, professor of law and faculty director of the Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck Family Center in Chicago, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times advice column on Jan. 25 approving of a policy of the U.S. State Department to deny foreign travel passports to parents in arrears on child support. “If you can play, you can pay,” she noted.

• A presentation at the Las Vegas convention of the Far West Popular Cultural Association on the state of pop culture in America by H. Peter Steeves, professor of philosophy, was covered by the Las Vegas Sun on Jan. 29.

• Negocias, a Brazilian economics magazine, picked up news of the study by Commerce professors Patrick Murphy and Jiang Bin that showed that contrary to popular assumptions academics actually make good business managers.

• Law Professor Andrea Lyon was quoted in a Jan. 31 Chicago Reader column that addressed the issue of how lawyers responded when they knew Alton Logan had been wrongly convicted of murder. The attorneys for the alleged, actual killer knew that Logan was most likely innocent, but remained silent because of attorney/client privilege and remained silent.

• Cellist Michelle Morales, a recent graduate of DePaul’s School of Music, was profiled in the Feb. 1 Chicago Sun-Times after winning a national competition to appear on the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards broadcast. Morales cited her DePaul education and Professor Stephen Balderston for her success.

• Adjunct Economics Professor Antonio Morales-Pita provided his insights on the state of the U.S. economy for a four-part February series about the economy broadcast by Univision. He discussed the same subject in a Jan. 31 column in the community newspaper La Raza, where he is a regular contributor.

• The Chaddick Institute’s study on the rebound in intercity bus service continued to generate news coverage around the country with a story appearing in the Erie Times-News (Pa.) on Jan. 25.

• Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean was quoted in a Jan. 29 Daily Herald story about the economics proposals discussed in President Bush’s State of the Union address.

• Student Liz Tracy, a senior in political science, was part of a panel of citizens convened on Jan. 28 by Channel 2 Senior Correspondent Jay Levine to watch and review President Bush’s final State of the Union address. Her comments were featured on that day’s 10 p.m. newscast.

• Economics Professor Michael Miller was interviewed Jan. 29 by the syndicated business cable show “First Business” about how long it takes Federal Reserve benchmark interest rate actions to affect the economy.

Election 2008

• Sociology Professor Grace Budrys helped explain the differences among the competing health care proposals by the major presidential candidates to CBS2 Chicago’s Mary Ann Childers in a news segment that aired Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman analyzed the Florida primaries in an Arizona Republic story and was interviewed Associated Press for a about how political parties handle campaigning in districts considered safe on Jan. 30.

• Laura Washington, DePaul’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, explained to the Reuters news service in a Feb. 5 story how Sen. Barack Obama’s non-traditional family background has helped shape him as a candidate.