DePaul University will host an Oct. 15 panel discussion and an Oct. 29 film screening and lecture on Tom Wolfe’s book “The Right Stuff” as part of “One Book, One Chicago.” The events are free and open to the public.

In the panel discussion “Outer Space, MySpace, and the Distance In Between: Redefining Exploration of Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Right Stuff,’” DePaul faculty will explore Wolfe’s book from interdisciplinary perspectives and conclude with an audience discussion starting at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in Room 120 of the DePaul Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus.

Speakers and topics include:

• English Professor James Fairhall will explore how Wolfe’s achievement helped open up new narrative and stylistic possibilities for serious journalistic history writing.

• History Professor Benton Williams will discuss how a fuller knowledge of America’s post-war period enhances our appreciation of “The Right Stuff.”

• History Professor Robert Garfield will explore how the acceleration of technology paved the way for the nation’s first manned space flight project.

• Management Professor Patricia Werhane, Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics and author of “Women in Business: The Changing Face of Leadership,” will discuss the possibilities of redefining the term “right stuff” for today’s leaders and trailblazers, especially women.

At 6 p.m. Oct. 29 in Room 120 of the Student Center, view the opening installment of the Discovery Channel’s recent mini-series “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions,” which features never before seen material from NASA’s archives. A brief lecture by Mathematics Professor Carolyn Narasimhan, director of DePaul’s Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center, will introduce the screening and help the audience appreciate the film in light of Wolfe’s book. A discussion with the audience will follow the screening.

The “One Book, One Chicago” program at DePaul University is designed to promote exploration and appreciation of the city’s “One Book” selection in a way that connects the DePaul community to the city. The program is sponsored by the Department of English in DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the DePaul Libraries.

For more information about these events, please contact English Department Chair Anne Clark Bartlett, professor of English, at (773) 325-1768 or abartlet@depaul.edu, or visit www.depaul.edu/~oboc.