DePaul University Newsline > Issue > April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
Main Content
VOL. 53 NO. 29
ASK AN EXPERT
Professor talks fandoms, virtual engagement in a time of social distancing
Isabel Rejto | April 24,2020
Fandoms have played a pivotal role in Paul Booth's professional and personal lives. In this Q&A, the professor of media and cinema studies discusses the ways people have been virtually engaging with each other while practicing social distancing, the role fandoms have played in engagement, and why people are rewatching their favorite classic movies and TV shows.
Read More Articles
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
University announces SUHI-DePaul Research Fellows
Rachel Marciano | April 24, 2020
This month, DePaul announced the first cohort of Sinai Urban Health Institute-DePaul Research Fellows. The program allows faculty to collaborate to understand health disparities and improve health equity in Chicago by translating research into scalable actions.
DEBUZZ
Dean Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco on experiential and project-based learning
University Marketing and Communications | April 24, 2020
Earlier this quarter, Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, conducted a webinar about the ways schools are building unique, high-impact, scalable - and now mostly virtual - industry-integrated experiential learning programs.
DEBUZZ
Kelly Chu earns Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award
Layda Galvan | April 24, 2020
Last month, the American Academy of Advertising awards honored DePaul's Kelly Chu with the Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award. An associate professor of public relations and advertising, the organization recognized Chu for her innovative work in advertising education.
HEY STUDENTS! NEWS YOU NEED
Student Food Pantry available this spring
Rick Moreci | April 24, 2020
The Student Food Pantry, located in the Lincoln Park Student Center, will remain open for student use for the entire spring quarter. Though the original home of the pantry is on the third floor, this spring it will be housed on the first floor and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
DEBUZZ
DePaul Humanities Center creates video library
DePaul Humanities Center | April 24, 2020
As the university community settles in to a spring quarter like we've never experienced before, the center has created a video library of its past events, available on the center's Youtube channel. The videos, which consist of more than 100 hours of recording, can be used by faculty as a resource for remote instruction, or simply enjoyed by audiences.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
DePaul celebrates National Library Week
Rachel Marciano | April 24, 2020
National Library Week kicks off today, April 19. To celebrate this year's theme of "Find your place at the library," DePaul will highlight the university's resources beyond those used for research and study. From video games to films to the Maker Hub, the DePaul University Libraries are a place for everyone, even those with non-academic interests.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Zoom like DIBS: Tips for video conferencing
Visual Services | April 24, 2020
With a vast amount of teaching, learning and operations happening remotely these days, University Marketing and Communications' Visual Services team has some tips to help you look and sound your best while participating in Zoom meetings, FaceTime, Hangouts or Skype.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Mission Monday: The creativity of love
Azucena De La Torre | April 24, 2020
We continue to imagine novel ways to live and be together in facing a new reality. After all, as Vincent de Paul reminds us, "love is inventive to infinity."
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Wellness Wednesday: Refresh Your Sleep
Katrina Wagner | April 24, 2020
Getting enough sleep is always a topic for conversation. We are notorious for not getting enough sleep and/or quality sleep. Despite being at home during the coronavirus pandemic, we hear from many students, staff and faculty alike that sleep has become even worse for them. Falling asleep, getting enough sleep and getting quality sleep pose many challenges for us.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Work from home extended through June 12
A. Gabriel Esteban, Salma Ghanem and Jeff Bethke | April 24, 2020
Almost all university departments and divisions began working remotely on March 16. As the month of April comes to a close, DePaul employees should plan to work from home through at least Friday, June 12.
DePaul In The News