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"The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer. Indeed the measure of our intellectual maturity, one philosopher suggests, is our capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better problems."

~ G.W. Allport

LAS IN THE PUBLIC EYE 
  John McCarron, adjunct professor of journalism, talked to Bloomberg Businessweek about how Saul Alinsky is being evoked in the 2012 elections
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  Kaveh Eshani, assistant professor of international studies, on BBC World News discussing the new EU sanctions on Iran
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  Larry Bennett, political science professor, talked to the Tribune about Chicago's ward remap
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  Clement Adibe provides analysis after fuel subsidy cuts spark protests in Nigeria (WBEZ)
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  James Wolfinger on why strikes are a last resort for teachers (Chicago Tribune)
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  Washington Times, Bloomberg Radio, Crain’s New York and numerous other national media ran stories about Public Service Professor Joe Schweiterman’s study on the growth of intercity bus services. Schweiterman also was quoted in an Associated Press story, in which he explained why a texting ban for drivers will be difficult to enforce. The story ran in over 150 outlets including The Huffington Post, Washington Times and NPR.
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  Laith Saud does a cost-benefit analysis on the U.S. role in the Iraq war. WBEZ
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  Felix Masud explains what new travel sanctions to Cuba mean for U.S. travelers. Daily Herald, Reflejos
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  An archaeology class led by Visiting Assistant Professor Michael Gregory hopes to unearth evidence that the Underground Railroad made a stop in Maywood. The Chicago Tribune featured Gregory and the efforts of his 19 students who have been excavating a site in Maywood where prominent Illinois abolitionist and Underground Railroad "conductor" Zebina Eastman lived in the late19th century.
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  Jane Eva Baxter shares why she enjoys teaching: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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  Wayne P. Steger talks to the New York Times about the upcoming presidential election
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  Michael Mezey, professor of political science, spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times on the likelihood of an Obama-Clinton ticket; the Chicago Tribune about the direction of the 'Occupy Chicago' movement; and with the Associated Press about Electoral College vote changes
 
 
APPLAUSE
  Alex Papadopoulos, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography was the Cortelyou-Lowery Award recipient for 2011
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  Chris Einolf received an Advancing Knowledge in Human Services philanthropy grant from the Kresge Foundation at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy                                                         more
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  Greg Scott won Claude S. Fischer Award for Excellence in Contexts 2011 for the Matrimony photo essay                                                 more
 
 
VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW
Kristen Miller
Director of the CDC’s Question Design Research Lab, Hyattsville, MD
 
IMPORTANT DATES
02.10.2012 - 1:00                              
Faculty Seminar: The Nitty Gritty on Developing and Evaluating a Sexual Identity Measure for the National Health Interview Survey by Kristen Miller, the director of the CDC’s Question Design Research Lab at DePaul's Arts & Letters, Room 403, 2315 N. Kenmore (across from SAC)
Info.   Q&A
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02.13.2012 - Daytime                     
Lab Visits: Faculty are invited to schedule appointments to meet with Miller to discuss their research, questionnaire design, or other research questions              
Q&A
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02.13.2012 - 6:00-7:30 pm             
Public Lecture: Question Evaluation at the National Center for Health Statistics at DePaul's SAC, Room 161             
Info.   Q&A
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02.15.2012 - 6:30 -8:00 pm           
Re-Seeing Religion: (De)Colonizing Images in Hawaii, Zimbabewe and Mexico at DePaul Art Museum, Lincoln Park Campus, 935 W. Fullerton              
Info.
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02.15.2012 - 6:30           
Poetry Slam and Expo at DePaul University Student Center, Room 120 A&B, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago, IL 60614    
Info.
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02.15.2012           
Call for Papers: Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for papers looking at an aspect of boundaries, migration, immigration, or multiculturalism through an interdisciplinary lens              
Info.
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02.17.2012 - 1:00 -3:00 pm           
SSRC Training: Atlas-ti              
Info.
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02.17.2012 - 8:00 pm                       
Literature and Music Series and the New Music DePaul Series by Composer and 2011-2012 Faculty Fellow Kurt Westerberg at DePaul Concert Hall, 800 W. Belden Ave.
Info.
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02.18.2012 - 1:00-4:00 pm             
When Identities Collide: Sexuality and Black Feminism at Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago              
Info.      RSVP
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02.21.2012 - 6:30 -8:30 pm           
Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Still Possible? at DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 314 A&B, 2250 N. Sheffield              
Info.
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02.24.2012 - 6:00-7:30 pm             
Research Ethics Workshop Series: IRB at DePaul by Office of Research Protections Director Susan Loess-Perez
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02.24.2012 - 1:00-3:00 pm             
SSRC Training: SPSS                 
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02.27.2012 - 4:30 pm
Lecture: Inequality, Democracy and the American Promise by Nationally renowned author and political commentator Melissa Harris-Perry at University of Illinois at Chicago
Info.
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02.29.2012 - 6:30 -9:00 pm           
"Budrus" A fillm about the power of non-violence at DePaul Art Museum, Lincoln Park Campus, 935 W. Fullerton               
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03.01.2012 
Indecency: A Graduate Symposium on Women's & Gender History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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03.05.2012 - 6:00-7:30 pm             
Research Ethics Workshop Series: Off the Protocol Page by Greg Scott, Director of the Social Science Research Center
Info.
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03.08.2012 - 5:00 pm                       
Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago presents: Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities at Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N. Fremont St.             
Info.
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03.09.2012 - 1:00-3:00 pm             
SSRC Training: NVivo              
Info.
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03.15.2012
Undergraduate Summer Research Grant proposals: The application deadline is Thursday, March 15th, 2012              
Info.
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04.21.2012 - 04.22.2012
Global Health & Innovation Conference 2012 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA              
Info.
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05.30.2012
Interdisciplinary Student Conference: Movements, Migrations, Crossing Borders              
Info.
 
 

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