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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 exposure.  Information about where and when the testing will take place will be communicated with the ...

Parishioners show support for Father Pfleger, who faces second abuse allegation Jan 28, 2021 catholic news service Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, is seen in this 2015 file photo. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago asked the priest to step aside from ministry Jan. 5, 2021, after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an allegation he sexually abused a minor over 40 years ago. (Credit: Jim Young/Reuters via CNS.) Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, faces a second sexual abuse allegation, from the brother of the first alleged vict...

DePaul falls short as local universities announce vaccine roll-out plans As universities around Chicago announce their plans to help vaccinate their students and faculty members against Covid-19, DePaul revealed it has no such plan at this time.  “DePaul encourages all faculty, staff and students to get vaccinated when it is their turn. By getting vaccinated, you will put our Vincentian mission into practice by living in service of the common good,” spokesperson Kristin Mathews told The DePaulia.  The statement was later expanded on in a Newsline post.  Other universities around the ci...

Spring quarter to remain remote, plans underway to return in-person for fall Nadia Hernandez, Assistant News Editor|January 22, 2021 DePaul plans to maintain similar remote circumstances for the upcoming spring quarter, with the hopes of holding in-person classes by fall quarter of the 2021-2022 academic year. Spring quarter will be similar to winter and fall quarters with a small percentage of classes being offered in person, according to a Friday Newsline announcement. The article was written by university President A. Gabriel Esteban, interim Provost Salma Ghanem and interim Executive Vice...

The 71-year-old priest has led the historically African-American parish since 1981