Feb 20, 2008
DePaul in the News
• The DePaul Art Museum’s new exhibition of paintings of detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison camp in Iraq drew strong praise in a WBEZ-FM Radio feature on Feb. 20 and in a Feb. 21 review by Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner. The DePaul Museum’s Santeros exhibit also was profiled in the Sante Fe New Mexican.
• The Feb. 7 Chicago Tribune prominently featured news on a newly established scholarship for intellectual property law students at DePaul. The $5,000 annual award is named for College of Law alumnus Allen J. Hoover, who was tragically murdered by a disgruntled client in 2006. The new scholarship also was covered by the ABA Journal in its Feb. 4 online edition.
• Carlene Klaas, dean of undergraduate admission, was interviewed at length for a Fox News Chicago segment on the myths of the college admission process. The segment, which aired Feb. 10, also featured shots of the Loop admission office and the Loop Campus Student Center.
• WBBM-TV’s Feb. 15 evening newscasts featured students signing the condolence books that DePaul plans to share with the Northern Illinois University community as a show of sympathy and support.
• In a Feb. 18 Daily Herald story, Psychology Professor Ralph Erber discussed why students shared their feelings on the social networking site Facebook after the Northern Illinois University mass shooting.
• Joe Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute, spoke one-on-one with Phil Ponce on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program on Feb. 5 in which he discussed United Airlines’ recent decision to start charging passengers for second checked bags and other recent developments in the aviation industry.
• Schwieterman also was interviewed on the WBBM-AM’s “Noon Business Hour” program on Feb. 19 about the impact of the proposed merger between Delta and Northwest airlines.
• Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith was interviewed on WBEZ’s “Worldview” program on Feb. 8 discussing the international legal framework designed to thwart those who deal in stolen antiquities. • The Real Estate Center at DePaul’s Feb. 8-9 conference on sustainable building was the subject of stories in the Tribune Feb. 4 and the Inside newspaper Jan. 16. • Assistant Professor Brooke Fisher Liu, who teaches crisis communications in the College of Communication, was quoted in a Feb. 12 SouthtownStar story on when the Tinley Park Lane Bryant store might reopen in the wake of the Feb. 2 shooting of five women in the store. • The Business Times of Singapore published a Feb. 15 story that discussed a study by DePaul assistant professors of management Robert S. Rubin and Erich C. Dierdorff that found a gap in what recruiters want business schools to teach. • Barbara Radner, director of the Center for Urban Education in the School for New Learning, was quoted in a Feb. 13 Chicago Sun-Times article on Latino parents from Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood protesting giving students who are still learning English an achievement test in English. Radner criticized the proposal and said it was a prime example of what’s wrong with the No Child Left Behind Act. • Radner also was quoted in a Feb. 18 Washington Post story about the national focus by school districts to develop students’ critical thinking skills.Politics
• James Wolfinger, an assistant professor of education and history, discussed his new book, “Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love,” during a live phone interview Feb. 5 on WNPV-AM’s “Comment Please” program hosted by Darryl Berger. The radio station, located outside Philadelphia, Pa., has about 23,000 listeners.
• Marketing Professor Bruce Newman discussed the tight race between presidential contenders in an Atlanta Journal article Feb. 6 and strategies for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to attract voters in a Daily Herald story Feb. 5. He also was quoted in a Feb. 12 Associated Press story that ran in the Springfield Journal-Register about GOP legislator Kirk Dillard being featured in a Barack Obama television ad.
• A Feb. 6 New York Times article on young voters flocking to the polls mentioned how non-voters outnumbered voters at the computer bank of the DePaul University student center.
• Communication Professor Bruce Evenson analyzed the use of the word “look” by presidential candidates in a Feb. 4 Crain’s Chicago Business story about campaign buzzwords.
• Political Science Professor Michael Mezey appeared on WMAQ-TV’s morning show Feb. 20 to explain the nuances of the super delegate process in the current presidential election.
• The resignation of Cuban President Fidel Castro on Feb. 19 generated media commentary from several DePaul professors, including Felix Masud-Piloto on Fox News. Adjunct economics professor Antonio Morales-Pita also also was interviewed on Telemundo and in the Feb. 20 edition of The Daily Herald on the limited impact for U.S. business of the potential opening of the Cuban market. He also was interviewed for the Feb. 21 “First Business” program which is nationally syndicated.