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The DePaulia Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|March 14, 2021 FILE- Katherine Baloff (right) performs with the DePaul Symphony Orchestra. The group rehearses three days a week for two hours, though only counts for one credit hour per quarter. (Kirsten Onsgard / The DePaulia) “I have never thought of myself as a female trombonist,” said Megumi Kanda, principal trombone and one of two female brass players in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. “I’m a trombonist the same as anybody else.” The cl...

CMPD units stop, search & arrest disproportionate number of Black people, data shows CMPD units stop, search & arrest disproportionate number of Black people, data shows By Nick Ochsner | February 15, 2021 at 4:30 PM EST - Updated February 15 at 7:52 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Anthony Caldwell was pulled over by a car full of officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department while driving after dark in the area of Tryon Street and Billy Graham Parkway in December 2019. When the CM...

College of Science and Health secures grant to provide scholarships for low-income STEM students Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|February 7, 2021 DePaul secured a $1 million grant to help provide resources to a group of incoming science, technology, engineering and math freshmen that will make up the Engage and Persist in STEM Project (EPISTEM).  The effort to secure the funds was led by DePaul College of Science and Health professor Jim Montgomery with assistance from his CSH colleagues  Bernhar...

As DePaul University plans to increase in-person class options this coming summer and fall quarters, DePaul is introducing a surveillance Covid-19 testing process, but students remain disappointed in the schools Covid-19 response. DePaul will launch a surveillance Covid-19 testing program this February with a limited number of students as a trial for a full-scale testing program. Students selected for the testing program will be enrolled in on-campus courses and at a higher risk of Covid-19 exp...

The DePaulia Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|January 24, 2021 Dr. Kenshu Shimada, a DePaul professor of environmental and biological sciences, completed a study finding patterns in birth size, continued growth and reproductive mode of the extinct Megalodon shark. Shimada and his team — consisting of Dr. Matthew Bonnan of Stockton University, Dr. Martin Beck, Michael Giffiths from William Paterson University and undergraduate research assistants — found that some of the sharks would hatch earlie...

The DePaulia Corey Schmidt, Staff Writer|January 10, 2021 The High Roads Kitchens Program is coming to Chicago with goals to obtain higher wages for restaurant workers, bring meals to those in need and help stabilize restaurants from the Covid-19 pandemic.  The program is a collaboration between RAISE High Road Restaurants, One Fair Wage and the City of Chicago. The program will give restaurants grants to help provide relief centered around three goals — free community meals, job restoration...