App Developed by Three From DePauw Featured in Indianapolis Star
"In a tight spot where a 911 call would be overkill, but you sure could use a helping hand?," asks the Indianapolis Star's "Biz Buzz" column. Jeff Swiatek writes, "You guessed it: There’s an app for...
View ArticleClemson Head Coach Brad Brownell '91 is Excited for His Friend, New NBA Coach...
"They are not each other’s best friends forever but as former backcourt players at DePauw University, Brad Stevens, the new coach of the Boston Celtics, and Brad Brownell, the third-year coach at...
View ArticleFormer English Prof. Nic Pizzolatto Creates New HBO Show, True Detective
"True Detective is going to be HBO’s next great drama," writes Dave Walker in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The new show -- which stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and won't debut until...
View ArticleFortune Spotlights Angie Hicks '95 and Her Highly Successful 'List'
"When Angela Hicks first met venture capitalist Bill Oesterle in 1994, she was an introverted economics major at DePauw University," notes Fortune magazine. "Oesterle hired her as an intern because he...
View Article"It's About Love," J. Nichols '89 Says of His Efforts to Save Sea Turtles
Wallace J. Nichols, the 1989 DePauw University graduate who has spent his career researching and working to protect sea turtles, is asked what motivates him. "It's about love," he says in a segment of...
View ArticleInterviewing Celebrities and Teaching DePauw Students Makes Prof. Tom...
"People tell me that all the time, that I’m lucky," writes Tom Chiarella, visiting professor of creative writing at DePauw University, in Indianapolis Monthly. "I have a contract with Esquire, with the...
View ArticleProf. Emeritus Forst Fuller '38 Dies at Age 97
Forst D. Fuller, professor emeritus of zoology at DePauw and a 1938 graduate of the University, died July 6 in Greencastle. Dr. Fuller, who served on the faculty of his alma mater for more than forty...
View ArticleRichard Peck '56 Creates "A World of Dazzling Hierarchy" in Latest Book for...
"Children love the idea of tiny, hidden worlds -- of pixie, fairy or animal societies that exist alongside our own," writes Meghan Cox Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal. "Richard Peck taps into this...
View ArticleLee Hamilton '52 on Americans' Waning Confidence in Government
Lee H. Hamilton, the 1952 DePauw University graduate who served 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, is alarmed by a Gallup poll last month which found that only 10 percent of Americans trust...
View ArticleColumn Turns to Tracy Stevens '99 for Parenting Advice
With Kate Middleton and Prince William expecting their first child to arrive imminently, the Indianapolis Star's Cathy Kightlinger "asked a handful of the city’s high-profile mothers what they didn’t...
View Article35 Years After Debut, Musical by 1957 Graduates Nancy Ford & Gretchen...
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road, which was written by 1957 graduates Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer and made its Off-Broadway debut in 1978, will be staged July 24-27 by Encores!...
View ArticleTV Station Profiles Tracy Stevens '99
As Brad Stevens joked when he accepted the Boston Celtics head coaching job earlier this month, "I am the only coach in the country who pays 100 percent to his agent, that's how that goes and how it's...
View ArticleRising Senior Leads Summer Writing Workshops for Local Kids
Jessica Maginity, who will be a senior at DePauw University this fall, is leading summer writing workshops for children at the Putnam County Museum and the Putnam County Public Library.
View ArticleTV Industry is Being 'Revolutionized,' as Prof. Amanda Lotz '96 Predicted
"It was 2007 when Amanda Lotz of the University of Michigan wrote a book entitled The Television Will Be Revolutionized," notes Michigan Radio. The NPR broadcaster adds, "The professor of communication...
View ArticleNathan Sprenkel '12 Eyes Roster Spot on New Pro Soccer Team
Nathan Sprenkel, a 2012 graduate of DePauw University where he was a standout on the men's soccer team, is among those trying to earn a spot on the roster of the new Indy Eleven. The team, which is...
View ArticleStory Examining Controversy Over Rolling Stone Cover Quotes Prof. Mark Tatge
"Rolling Stone’s decision to feature Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its Aug. 1 cover has kicked up a social media and real world dust storm," begins a Christian Science Monitor...
View ArticleKaitlin Klose '13 Awarded Academy of Television Arts & Sciences...
Kaitlin F. Klose, a May 2013 graduate of DePauw University, has been awarded a competitive summer internship by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. The program provides more than...
View ArticleMigration of TV Viewers to Non-Traditional Outlets Analyzed by Prof. Jeff...
"The era of Internet television is officially here," reports Scott Collins in this morning's Los Angeles Times. The article quotes Prof. Jeff McCall '76.
View ArticleProf. Kevin Howley Pens 'Notes on the Occasion of Philip Roth’s...
"Last October, a few months shy of his 80th birthday, Philip Roth, America’s most celebrated living novelist, quietly announced his retirement," writes Kevin Howley in the latest edition of The Ryder.
View ArticleProf. David Gellman Co-Authors American Odysseys: A History of Colonial North...
David N. Gellman, professor of history at DePauw University, is co-author of American Odysseys: A History of Colonial North America, which is being released this week.
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