News and Events

• Jan 15
  Interested in a Career in Energy Policy?

  Please join us for an information session with DePaul public policy alumna Sarah King.

  Sarah King is a policy and regulatory expert in the energy industry. Her work focuses on engaging regulators, policy makers, governors, and state energy officials on the issues and nuances of the energy industry to support them as more effective leaders. She has specialized in a variety of states, including California where she lives, and technologies such as transportation electrification. Sarah’s work at Advanced Energy United focuses on direct engagement with key decision-makers in the energy industry and advising them on the political and policy issues. Sarah graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Public Policy, and minors in Environmental Science and Geography (GIS concentration).

  This is a hybrid event - you’re welcome to attend either in person at Arts & Letters Hall, Room 207 on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus, or virtually via Zoom.

  Arts and Letters Hall

  5pm CST

   

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• Jan 21
  Philosophy Circle Social

  Join the Department of Philosophy for an informal get-together with faculty and students. 

  Feel free to bring your favorite game!

  Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 6:00-7:30 pm

  Department of Philosophy Conference Room, Clifton Hall, 2352 N. Clifton Ave., Room 150.33

  RSVP: philosophy@depaul.edu

  For more information: Professor Smaranda Aldea, Undergraduate Driector, AALDEA@depaul.edu

   

  Clifton Hall

  6pm CST

   

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• Mar 6
  Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium

  The Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium is an annual presentation of the work being done by current PhD students. This year's colloquium will feature Alex Steele, Kathleen Loftus and Mary LeBlanc.

  Friday, March 6, 2026, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Levan 100

  For more information contact Professor Kevin Thompson, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy, kthomp12@depaul.edu.

  Levan Center

  4pm CST

   

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• Apr 30
  Pope Leo XIV: From the Americas, For the World (Day 1)

  April 30-May 1
  Registration required: PopeLeo.eventbrite.com
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  For full details, including the Thursday and Friday schedules,
  visit worldcathweek.depaul.edu.
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  With the new pope's hometown (and ours!) of Chicago as the backdrop, this year's World Catholicism Week conferences delves into the first year of Leo XIV's new papacy, exploring the unique way that his biography bridges continents. Speakers from around the world will join us to examine 

  • Leo’s formative influences 
  • his connections between the Americas and other parts of the world
  • his continuities and discontinuities with Pope Francis
  • the future of the Church under his leadership, especially in terms of pressing issues like AI, synodality, sexual abuse, and climate change​

  
  SPEAKERS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 30

  • Greg Grandin (Yale University | Author, America, América: A New History of the New World)
  • Afe Adogame (Princeton Theological Seminary | Author, Topographies of African Spirituality)
  • Emilce Cuda (Pontifical Commission for Latin America | Author, Para Leer a Francisco: Teología, Ética y Política [Reading Francis: Theology, Ethics, and Politics])
  • Christopher White (Georgetown University | Author, Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy)

  Student Center (Lincoln Park)

  11am CDT

   

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• May 1
  Pope Leo XIV: From the Americas, For the World (Day 2)

  April 30-May 1
  Registration required: PopeLeo.eventbrite.com
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  For full details, including the Thursday and Friday schedules,
  visit worldcathweek.depaul.edu.
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  With the new pope's hometown (and ours!) of Chicago as the backdrop, this year's World Catholicism Week conferences delves into the first year of Leo XIV's new papacy, exploring the unique way that his biography bridges continents. Speakers from around the world will join us to examine 

  • Leo’s formative influences 
  • his connections between the Americas and other parts of the world
  • his continuities and discontinuities with Pope Francis
  • the future of the Church under his leadership, especially in terms of pressing issues like AI, synodality, sexual abuse, and climate change​
     

  SPEAKERS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 1

  • Michael J. Baxter (University of Notre Dame | Cofounder, Peter Claver Catholic Worker—South Bend, IN, USA)
  • Daniel P. Castillo (Loyola Marymount University | Author, An Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology)
  • Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, SJ (Arrupe Center for Research & Formation—Lubumbashi, DRC)
  • Philip Larrey, SJ (Boston College | Author, Artificial Humanity: An Essay on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence)
  • Steven P. Millies (Catholic Theological Union | Author, A Consistent Ethic of Life: Navigating Catholic Engagement with U.S. Politics)
  • Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández (Catholic Theological Union | Author, Theologizing en Espanglish) 
  • César Piscoya (Latin American & Caribbean Bishops' Council [CELAM] | Former executive secretary, social vicariate of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, under Bishop Robert Prevost) 
  • Paola Ugaz​ (Diario ABC, Peru | Coauthor, Mitad Monjes, Mitad Soldados [Half Monks, Half Soldiers]) 
  • Shannen D. Williams (University of Dayton | Author, Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle) 

  Student Center (Lincoln Park)

  10am CDT

   

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• May 27
  LAS Honors Convocation

  Each Spring Quarter, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) honors students in its majors and free-standing minor programs with a range of awards celebrating academic excellence. The event takes place at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 1010 West Webster Avenue, Chicago, IL., 60614 with a reception to follow in the Student Center.

  St. Vincent de Paul Parish

  5:30pm CDT

   

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