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DePaul University is a Roman Catholic school founded by the Vincentian religious order in 1898. It has a total enrollment of about 23,000, including about 15,000 undergraduates, 7,300 graduate students and 1,000 law students. Students come from all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. It is the nation's largest Catholic institution of higher education, and emphasizes teaching over research. DePaul's main campus is in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Other sites are in Chicago's Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest, O'Hare International Airport and Rolling Meadows. It has nine schools and colleges, including the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; College of Commerce; College of Communication; Col...
DePaul University is a Roman Catholic school founded by the Vincentian religious order in 1898. It has a total enrollment of about 23,000, including about 15,000 undergraduates, 7,300 graduate students and 1,000 law students. Students come from all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. It is the nation's largest Catholic institution of higher education, and emphasizes teaching over research. DePaul's main campus is in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Other sites are in Chicago's Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest, O'Hare International Airport and Rolling Meadows. It has nine schools and colleges, including the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; College of Commerce; College of Communication; College of Law; College of Computing and Digital Media; School for New Learning; School of Education; School of Music and the Theatre School. Its basketball and other athletic teams are known as the Blue Demons.
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: Asia, Justice System, Artists, Prosecution, UNESCO
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} 826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students....Tags: Jack White, Human Rights, Philosophy, Chicago Restaurants, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
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Jimmy Heath and DePaul students set off sparks
One hundred years ago (plus a few months) some visionary educators founded DePaul University's School of Music. Fourteen years later, jazz musician Jimmy Heath was born. To celebrate the school's centennial, Heath – now 86 and a certifiable jazz...
Tags: Education, Music, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Entertainment
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Chicago City Hall, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Jerry Reinsdorf, Rahm Emanuel
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Students split on Prospect High's divided PE curriculum
It's known as the "lower" PE class, but some students at one northwest suburban high school simply call it "fat gym." Sophomore James Farquharson said his peers coined the term after Prospect High School adopted a new physical education curriculum...
Tags: Students, Naperville Central High School, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Weight
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Medical Specialization, Chicago Hotels, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Symptoms
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Editorial: The 'missing piece'
Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent much of Thursday fleshing out the funding details for "Elevate Chicago," his grand plan to raise the city's profile as a tourism and convention destination. With an expanded McCormick Place and a re-imagined Navy Pier coming...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Finance, Tourism and Leisure, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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DePaul arena part of Emanuel's $300 million in projects
Beginning the second half of his term this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to shift the civic conversation away from questions of crime and school closings toward a roster of publicly funded tourism projects, including a DePaul basketball arena at...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, College Basketball, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance
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School closing foes, board members set for showdown
Hundreds of community activists, parents, students and union leaders are expected to converge Wednesday morning at Chicago Public Schools'headquarters to pressure the school board to reject a reform package that includes closing or overhauling 17...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor, Politics, Chicago City Hall, Activism
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Chicago Confidential: Impact Engine debuts Azadi and 6 other do-good startups
Ameet Mehta hooked his audience at the Chase Auditorium on Wednesday with this opening line: "We're two males in our early 20s starting a feminine hygiene business." With that, Mehta launched his "Shark Tank"-esque pitch to potential investors at Impact...
Tags: Auction Service, Menstruation, Arts and Culture, India
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Denise Hibbard taking over as New Trier's Winnetka campus principal
Two years ago, Denise Hibbard returned to her native Illinois after opening a high school in California and leading it to academic success. In July, Hibbard will replace longtime principal Timothy Dohrer at New Trier's Winnetka campus. She's been lauded...
Tags: Students, Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress
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