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By Meredith Carroll /
April 18, 2024 /
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Ignacio Luri and Jennifer Tatara have been appointed co-directors of the Beta (Business Education in Technology and Analytics) Hub.... read more
By Meredith Carroll /
March 6, 2024 /
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If you know where to look, you'll find evidence of the Halperin Emerging Company Fund across Chicago.On State Street, a... read more
By Meredith Carroll /
December 20, 2023 /
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The Institute for Housing Studies (IHS), an applied research center situated in the Real Estate Center at the Driehaus College of... read more
By Meredith Carroll /
October 20, 2023 /
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The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) has received the
Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.... read more
By Robin Florzak /
April 27, 2023 /
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DePaul Assistant Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship Khadija Ali Vakeel is a trained computer scientist who uses her... read more
By Robin Florzak /
April 13, 2023 /
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The Driehaus College of Business opened a
new resource center in January, 2023, that is infusing emerging technologies into student... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
March 7, 2023 /
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DePaul Accountancy Professor Kelly Richmond Pope, a nationally known expert on fraud, has published a new book on the subject.Professor... read more
By Robin Florzak | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
December 1, 2022 /
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Women-owned businesses were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, closing nationally at a rate that was much higher than ventures owned by men.... read more
By Robin Florzak /
October 17, 2022 /
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Executive education has become an increasingly important factor in business success, both for individuals seeking career advancement and... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma /
August 2, 2022 /
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Three students in the
Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program at DePaul – Mona Pearl, Despina Guthrie and Ian Nelson –... read more
July 27, 2022 /
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The new Chicago Digital Equity Fund and Tech Desk initiative will help support women-owned businesses launched through... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
June 9, 2022 /
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When Helen Ezenwa enrolled in the
Doctorate in Business Administration program at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, she... read more
By Robin Florzak /
May 13, 2022 /
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The
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) and partner
WorldChicago welcomed 42 young European entrepreneurs to DePaul... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
May 12, 2022 /
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The
Arditti Center for Risk Management was founded in 2006 to honor the late Fred Arditti, an acclaimed economist with the Chicago... read more
By DCOB Marketing & Communication Team | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
May 12, 2022 /
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Check out these stories in the just-issued spring/summer 2022 issue of
Business Exchange, the Driehaus College of Business alumni and... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Diane M. Smutny /
March 18, 2022 /
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The
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) is teaching entrepreneurship the DePaul way by uplifting entrepreneurs... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
March 11, 2022 /
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Each year, DePaul’s Institute for Housing Studies releases research that informs housing policy and practice in the Chicago region. Among... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma /
January 4, 2022 /
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Since DePaul’s Doctorate in Business Administration program launched at the Driehaus College of Business six years ago, it has... read more
By Robin Florzak /
November 16, 2021 /
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DePaul University is among the best places to study entrepreneurship, according to two recent rankings that surveyed hundreds of college... read more
October 29, 2021 /
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Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship William “Marty” Martin joined the first cohort of the
Research and Innovation Leadership... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma /
June 15, 2021 /
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This spring the
Women in Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI) at the Driehaus College of Business joined forces with the nonprofit YWCA... read more
By Robin Florzak /
May 21, 2021 /
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Check out the latest issue of
Business Exchange, the Driehaus College of Business alumni and friends newsletter. The spring-summer... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
May 6, 2021 /
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Several years ago, DePaul Assistant Professor Sina Ansari rushed to NorthShore Evanston Hospital’s emergency department after tearing... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
March 19, 2021 /
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The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) recently teamed up with community partner Sunshine Enterprises to deliver the bi-annual Hackathon... read more
By Russell Dorn | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
March 8, 2021 /
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A well-run small business can help lead the resurgence of a neighborhood and become an anchor for the community. Entrepreneurs may... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
January 25, 2021 /
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DePaul’s
Women in Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI) launched the Business Accelerator Program two years ago, welcoming 11 founders of... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
December 16, 2020 /
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Fifteen years ago, four business faculty members came together at a Chicago Thai restaurant to hatch a plan to teach sales classes to... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma /
May 27, 2020 /
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The Fourth Annual Purpose Pitch Competition, hosted by the
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, took place virtually this year like... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
May 22, 2020 /
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend the economy and drastically impact the lives of millions of Americans, the U.S. health care... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma /
April 17, 2020 /
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the news, shake the economy and affect the way we’re living and working, there’s one... read more
March 11, 2020 /
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DePaul University has received a significant, eight-figure gift from the estate of the late William E. Hay, a DePaul MBA alumnus and... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
February 24, 2020 /
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Nezih Altay, a professor of management who teaches operations management at the Driehaus College of Business, has been named a Fulbright... read more
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
February 17, 2020 /
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The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center in the Driehaus College of Business hosted its 10th Annual Innovation Expo... read more
By Robin Florzak /
January 21, 2020 /
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Intense competition leads employers – such as retailers – to set high expectations for employee performance outcomes. “For some... read more
By Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
January 16, 2020 /
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The Women in Entrepreneurship Institute at DePaul welcomed seven women founders to its Business Accelerator Program on... read more
By By Robin Florzak /
November 26, 2019 /
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Fashion marketing is at its height this time of year as retailers eagerly prepare for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year.... read more
By By Robin Florzak /
October 3, 2019 /
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Associate Professor of Economics Brian Phelan's research, which was published by the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago,... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
August 21, 2019 /
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For most high school students, being an actuary may not appear to be their dream job, but DePaul’s Actuarial Summer Academy is hoping to... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
May 23, 2019 /
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Six DePaul alumni and students pitched their purpose-driven businesses at the
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center’s... read more
By Robin Florzak /
April 22, 2019 /
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For more than three decades DePaul University Professor Thomas Mondschean has taught students the fundamentals of economics and how they... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
February 22, 2019 /
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Abigail Ingram (MA ’15, JD ’18), assistant director at the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, has been named the director of the
Women... read more
By Robin Florzak | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
February 18, 2019 /
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DePaul University MBA students learned about a different kind of ROI – how to turn their business education investment into career... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
October 10, 2018 /
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When retired Marine and undergraduate business student Charlie Jones tried to write a letter to the son of a colleague who was killed while... read more
By Robin Florzak /
September 6, 2018 /
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DePaul University finance students will benefit from innovative academic and co-curricular
programming at the newly named John L. Keeley... read more
By Robin Florzak | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
July 2, 2018 /
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Nick Thomas has been promoted to director of the School of Hospitality Leadership.
Nicholas J. Thomas, interim associate director... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery /
July 2, 2018 /
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The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul University is launching the
Women in Entrepreneurship Institute, the nation’s first... read more
By Robin Florzak | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
March 5, 2018 /
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Fat shaming by bullies doesn’t just happen in the school
yard – it’s a growing problem in the workplace, too.
How this form of... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
February 16, 2018 /
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More than 350 people attended the
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center’s symposium “Diverse Entrepreneurs: Changing... read more
By Andrew Zamorski /
January 24, 2018 /
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Will the 2018 local real estate
market be like January in Chicago—frigid? Or will it be like a Chicago
summer—hot and steamy?
We... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
January 23, 2018 /
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Nineteen DePaul University students will spend the next four months developing businesses during a startup launch program hosted by the... read more
By Robin Florzak /
December 13, 2017 /
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Science fiction
is full of stories about robots that become so lifelike that people can’t tell
they’re not human. As our digital products... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photos by Kathy Hillegonds /
December 13, 2017 /
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Eileen Williamson (BUS ’04) represented Breakthru Beverage Group during Branding Day.
Business students interested in entering... read more
By Jaclyn Lansbery | Photo by Kathy /
December 13, 2017 /
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Since joining DePaul University more than 30 years ago, Accountancy
Professor Mark L. Frigo has taught thousands of students how to create... read more
By Andrew Zamorski /
November 14, 2017 /
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DePaul University Marketing Professor
Bruce Newman is one of the world's leading experts on political marketing. He has
published... read more
By Andrew Zamorski | Photo by Kathy Hillegonds /
October 24, 2017 /
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Assistant Professor of Finance Lamont BlackLast week marked the 30-year anniversary of Black Monday, a notorious day in... read more
By Andrew Zamorski. Photos by Kathy Hillegonds. /
March 6, 2017 /
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Alyssa Nagy noticed a need in the marketplace when her grandmother, Clara, became sick with pneumonia and required nursing services at... read more
By Jon Cecero, Newsline /
June 27, 2016 /
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A new $1.8 million grant from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation will be used to help establish The J. Willard and Alice S.... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
April 18, 2016 /
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The
Coleman Entrepreneurship Center (CEC) has fostered innovation at DePaul and among the Chicago business community since it began in... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
April 18, 2016 /
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Bruce Leech likes to joke that he started his own business after getting his MBA because the job market was tough back then. It was the... read more
By By Ovetta Sampson /
February 22, 2016 /
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In August of 1999, Nezih Altay had everything he wanted. He was in Istanbul, about to marry the woman of his dreams. He was getting his PhD... read more
By Andrew Zamorski /
February 22, 2016 /
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The sixth annual DePaul University Student Innovation Awards were held Feb. 11 to reward students for proposing creative solutions to... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
December 14, 2015 /
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In 2013, the Center for Financial Services (CFS) at DePaul University hosted Sheila Bair, fresh from her stint as chair of the Federal... read more
By Robin Florzak /
August 19, 2015 /
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Daryl Koehn's appointment as the Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics this past July marks a DePaul University homecoming for the... read more
By Robin Florzak /
July 20, 2015 /
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It was a trip to the library in the mid-1970s that led Charlie Wurtzebach (BUS '71) to his future career. Then a PhD candidate in... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
May 13, 2015 /
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Peikang Hu spent more than three years in his hometown of Beijing learning English. Soon after arriving in the United States and... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
March 9, 2015 /
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The statement from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in January had barely been made public before DePaul University finance... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
October 15, 2014 /
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A recent Wall Street Journal article informed the world of something DePaul University MBA candidate Ryan Lombard already knew. The... read more
By Robin Florzak /
September 9, 2014 /
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What motivates Molly Mercer to teach and conduct research at DePaul? "Making a difference in someone's life," the associate... read more
By Robin Florzak /
September 8, 2014 /
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Thomas Edwalds, an actuary with 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, has been named the executive director of the Arditti... read more
By Jennifer Leopoldt /
September 8, 2014 /
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DePaul University's Sales Leadership Program crafts its curriculum to unite the interests of businesses and students, allowing both... read more
By Ovetta Sampson /
June 18, 2014 /
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French artist Henri Matisse once said, "Drawing is putting a line 'round an idea."
Now DePaul students can go beyond just... read more