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By Jade Walker /
April 21, 2025 /
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Between the comic artists and cosplayers, DePaul students from Theatre School, College of Communication and Esports team could be spotted in the crowd at Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.
By Russell Dorn /
April 21, 2025 /
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Every April, hundreds of DePaul students join in dance, music, games and community to cheer, laugh, cry and move with purpose.
By Jade Walker /
April 14, 2025 /
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Since its founding, DePaul’s Catholic
Vincentian mission has always focused on delivering an excellent education that is accessible... read more
By Julia Cremin /
February 3, 2025 /
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The Theatre School and Timeline Theatre are showcasing the history of civil debate in their production “Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley.”
By Russell Dorn /
January 27, 2025 /
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As part of a two-year pilot program, the College of Education will provide a pathway for special education teaching assistants to earn licensure and ultimately lead a classroom of their own.
By Russell Dorn /
September 3, 2024 /
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In 2022, Pakistan experienced catastrophic flooding, which submerged one third of the country, killed nearly 1,800 people and affected over 30 million. Pakistan emits less than 1% of global greenhouse gases, but the country of 240 million is one of the world’s most at-risk for climate change.
By Rachel Wojnicki /
August 14, 2024 /
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The 2024 DNC will take place at United Center and McCormick Place next week.
By Julia Cremin /
June 17, 2024 /
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Take Back the Halls facilitators are working to reduce domestic violence in Chicago by talking to Public Schools students about healthy relationships.
By Julia Cremin /
June 17, 2024 /
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The class created an interactive banned books exhibit at the Gerber/Hart Library.
By Julia Cremin /
April 29, 2024 /
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Sister Helen Prejean discusses her book "Dead Man Walking" with DePaul book club in collaboration with Cook County Jail.
By Jade Walker /
April 22, 2024 /
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A collaborative research project from Little League, the Center for Healing and Justice through Sport (CHJS) and DePaul University psychologist Jocelyn Carter aims to find ways coaches can keep girls playing sports for longer.
By Rachel Wojnicki /
April 15, 2024 /
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Through a grant from the DePaul Migration Collaborative Solutions Lab, Lamont Black connected with Mano A Mano Family Resource Center to study migrant finances from the perspective of money, savings and remittances. Through interviewing migrant community members Black's research may lead to more accessible financial services for migrants.
By Jade Walker /
January 29, 2024 /
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Through a partnership with Telemundo and NBC, student journalists at La DePaulia are gaining industry exposure and mentorship as their work is posted on Telemundo's webpage.
By Mary Hansen /
January 16, 2024 /
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A new dynamic display at 10 S. State Street features Blue Demon basketball
and lends vibrance to the city streets. Clips... read more
By Jade Walker /
December 21, 2023 /
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With a grant from DePaul's Migration Collaborative, faculty member Kate Cooper partnered with a nonprofit organization as part of a communications consulting class.
By Jade Walker /
November 27, 2023 /
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Alumna of DePaul's PRAD program fulfills her dream of art featured in a museum. Lupe Casas and sister Angela Casas collaborate on a piece displayed in the National Museum of Mexican Art's 2023 Dia de los Muertos exhibit.
By Jade Walker /
November 20, 2023 /
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DePaul Art Museum curator, faculty participate in a $3.5 million public art installation in O'Hare international airport. Chicago artists bring joy, beauty and fun to the long corridor to customs.
By Russell Dorn /
November 6, 2023 /
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Chicago’s historic Pullman neighborhood was built in the 1880s as a planned industrial community. Now, it is famed for its urban design and architecture and is Chicago’s only National Park. Over the course of 140 years, families have come and gone from Pullman homes, while celebrating events like birthdays, promotions and weddings.
By Jade Walker /
October 26, 2023 /
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In Big Shoulders Book's new release, Chicago Mosaic, over 40 Chicago immigrants from around the world share their stories through the objects they kept, lost, or left behind.
By Russell Dorn /
June 30, 2023 /
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A devoted baseball fan from the Southwest side of Chicago, it didn’t take long for Angelina Davila to fall in love with motorsports after beginning a summer internship with NASCAR in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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June 14, 2023 /
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The City of Chicago will host the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race on July 1-2. In preparation, street closures and parking restrictions are already in place and will increase around DePaul's Loop Campus as the event approaches.
By Russell Dorn /
May 8, 2023 /
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A five-year, $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education aims to prepare more than 800 DePaul University graduates to serve as teachers in high-need Chicago Public Schools.
By Mary Hansen /
April 28, 2023 /
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A winter-quarter class in the College of Communication offered aspiring photojournalists the chance to improve their camera skills while gaining a different perspective on athletic competition.
By Mary Hansen /
December 8, 2022 /
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DePaul President Robert L. Manuel joined Gov. JB Pritzker in congratulating nearly 2,000 new U.S. citizens during at Dec. 7 ceremony at Wintrust Arena.
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October 14, 2022 /
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Rachel Hinton, a 2017 DePaul graduate, is joining the College of Communication’s Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence as... read more
By Mary Hansen /
August 17, 2022 /
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With DePaul becoming the first university to sponsor the Chicago Park District's signature summer series, students will play games, paint faces and entertain crowds at two evening gatherings this month.
By Emerson Sherbourne /
August 12, 2022 /
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The McCormick Internship allows DePaul undergraduate students to apply their knowledge and skills to benefit a community-based organization while simultaneously providing the student with valuable work experience. For a DePaul junior, the internship meant the chance to assist a sustainable urban farming group in Chicago.
By Scott Butterworth /
June 2, 2022 /
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By putting their classroom knowledge to work for community organizations, DePaul students are helping them get more tasks done — everything from building interactive maps for a website to cleaning up the data collected by contact forms.
By Mary Hansen and Lynn Safranek /
April 5, 2022 /
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DePaul students created a year-long public awareness campaign for the Chicago Police Department for citizens to access information and learn about their rights when interacting with police.
By Russell Dorn, DePaul, and Polly Tita, Rush /
December 14, 2021 /
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Building on the success of their partnership in founding and operating the Center for Community Health Equity, DePaul and Rush universities will expand their collaboration into science, education and technology.
By Carol Hughes /
September 1, 2020 /
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Sinai Health System and DePaul will address critical health inequities in Chicago through the creation of a community-driven, applied research institute. Sinai Health System's research arm, Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), and DePaul will collaborate on education, research projects, and development and implementation of clinical and community programs aimed at addressing social and health equity challenges.
By Christina Zaeske /
October 3, 2019 /
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On Friday, Oct. 18, the inaugural Chicago Research Summit will kick off at North Park University. The conference includes a number of faculty and staff from DePaul's Chicago Quarter Program. They will present on Chicago as a classroom tool and research topic.
By Carol Hughes /
December 6, 2018 /
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DePaul and City Colleges of Chicago established the DePaul Harold Washington Academy, a first-of-its-kind partnership to provide Chicago Public School students with an affordable pathway to a bachelor’s degree. The academy will be held on DePaul’s Loop Campus with classes taught by Harold Washington College faculty. It will serve approximately 100 Chicago Star Scholars in its first year.
By Carol Hughes /
November 19, 2018 /
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DePaul University is strengthening its commitment to young people in Illinois with two new scholarship programs that will ease financial burdens in affording a high-quality college education for any Chicago Public Schools graduate or graduate of one of Illinois’ Catholic high schools who has a high school grade point average of 3.7 or higher and is admitted to DePaul as a full-time freshman.
By Carol Hughes /
January 4, 2018 /
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Wintrust Arena at Chicago's McCormick Square is sporting what likely is the largest rooftop image of the Chicago flag anywhere in the world. Measuring 196 feet by 236 feet, installation of the flag image on the event center's roof was completed in late November.
By Russell Dorn /
October 5, 2017 /
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A multi-year public art project to memorialize key figures in DePaul's history now includes four new murals on the pillars under the Chicago Transit Authority's Fullerton 'L' station.
By Lorene Yue /
September 7, 2017 /
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DePaul University is the first higher education member at two-year-old 2112, an incubator which aims to help startups related to the creative arts and technology.
By Rachel Laden /
April 20, 2017 /
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In a continued effort to connect with the Chicago community, DePaul has collaborated with the Fraternal Order of Police to offer programs for law enforcement professionals to earn their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. Read on to learn how the program benefits Chicago police officers.
By Rachel Laden /
April 13, 2017 /
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DePaul's Corporate Employer Outreach program has continued to grow both in size and scope of degree programs, reaching Fortune 500 and 1000 businesses from across the city. While most student cohorts in the program pursue business degrees, some of the new companies to join are completing other degree tracks in science and health.