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August 7, 2020

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VOL. 53 NO. 44

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Digital Demons: Rising Up Remotely — Communication students lift their voices in TEDx-style talks

Kristin Claes Mathews | August 7,2020

​Watching a TEDx talk might make you wonder what you might speak about if given the chance . At DePaul, there's a class for that. Working remotely, communications students launched short, inspiring talks to an online audience.

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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

On-Campus Quarantine Move-In Guide

Department of Housing | August 7, 2020

​The university has developed a guide for on-campus residents coming from COVID-19 surging states.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Campaign matches gifts to Student Emergency Assistance Fund

Office of Advancement | August 7, 2020

​​A generous donor has stepped forward to double the impact of contributions to DePaul's Student Emergency Assistance Fund. From now through Sept. 8, all gifts to SEAF will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Sanitization 101: Face coverings

Michelle Patrick | August 7, 2020

​One simple, but critical, way to take care of each other during the ongoing pandemic is to wear a face covering. It protects others in case you are infected with COVID-19 but don't have symptoms and helps slow the spread of the virus.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Commit to DePaul's community health and safety pledge

Michelle Patrick | August 7, 2020

​To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and its devastating effects on people and communities, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to review and commit to DePaul's Community Health and Safety Pledge.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

DePaul names 2020-21 Wicklander Fellowship Recipients

Driehaus College of Business | August 7, 2020

​Earlier this summer, DePaul named Rebecca Feinberg, a teaching assistant professor of health sciences, and Michael Naas, a professor of philosophy, as the recipients of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics' 2020-21 Wicklander Fellowship.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Lawful Assembly podcast: Portland, What border are we defending?

Division of Mission and Ministry | August 7, 2020

​The Rev. Craig B. Mousin discusses the deployment of federal officers to Portland in reaction to the ongoing protests. He discusses the problem of relying on federal immigration officers for local law enforcement and links some of Chicago's responses to federal interference in local matters.
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SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Poet invites readers to a world where the mundane and spiritual intersect

Richard Jones | August 7, 2020

​Guided by the poet's voice -- precise in his descriptions, trustworthy in his insights -- readers of Professor Richard Jones' "Avalon" experience a receptivity to all life offers and imposes.
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DEBUZZ

Library book drops now open

DePaul University Library | August 7, 2020

​If you still have overdue books, you can now return them to the Library book drops. Equipment such as DVDs, video games and consoles, and other technology cannot be returned via the book drops.
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DEBUZZ

Information Services introduces BlueKey

Information Services | August 7, 2020

​Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11, some login screens for various DePaul services will switch to BlueKey, a new seamless and secure login experience for university applications.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Mission: Pilgrimage through the pandemic

Abdul-Malik Ryan | August 7, 2020

​Muslims around the world just observed Eid al-Adha which comes at the end of the Hajj Pilgrimage season. What if we thought of the challenges of the pandemic as a season of pilgrimage, a journey of the heart that comes with hardship, and as an opportunity to grow, learn, and transform?
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Wellness: Mental health during COVID-19

Christine Augustin | August 7, 2020

​​Watching the rising rates of COVID-19 across the country can cause us worry, stress, fear and anxiety. There are many things we cannot control, but there are things we can. Focusing on what is in our sphere of influence can help lessen our stress.
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DePaul In The News

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Kathleen Rooney's love letter to pigeons

August 3, 2020

Accounting Today • Joe Adams, Thomas Donley and Ray Whittington

RSM US gifts $1M to DePaul University's School of Accountancy

July 31, 2020

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