DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul.
The student body consists of about 23,100 students (approximately 15,400 undergraduate and 7,700 graduate/law), making DePaul the largest Roman Catholic university and one of the 10 largest private universities in the United States.
Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education to animal species
Pope Francis (in white) at the opening session of a major congress on the Catholic Church’s future on 4 October 2023.
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Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
El Papa Francisco en el Estadio de los Mártires de Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo, en febrero de 2023.
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The Catholic Church practice of granting indulgences, criticized by Martin Luther in the 16th century, still exists, as part of the doctrine – but in a different form.
From Alaska to Alabama, corporations spend money to shape their local business environments, resources and regulations.
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Businesses can spend huge amounts of money to influence Congress. But sizable lobbyist and campaign donations also go to state campaigns and lawmakers to influence policymaking.
A deceptive device?
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A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
People gather at a vigil pray and observe a moment of silence after an attack on author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022, in Chautauqua, New York.
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The attack on Salman Rushdie promptly led to speculation on whether the attacker had been influenced by the 1989 fatwa against the author. A scholar explains what a fatwa is, and isn’t.
Salman Rushdie à Londres en 2017.
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Depuis la publication des « Versets sataniques », Rushdie affirme que les textes religieux devraient être ouverts à la discussion et à la contestation.
El escritor Salman Rushdie fotografiado en Londres en 2017.
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As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
China has more solar power capacity than any other country and makes many of the world’s solar cells, but coal is still its top energy source.
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China has a tendency to underpromise so it can overdeliver.
Young activists used ‘blah, blah, blah’ as their refrain for criticizing governments’ and industries’ slow actions on climate change.
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One scholar spent a decade studying the ways everyday people drew, carved, glued, sewed and baked their own pornography.
Mitt Romney, left, and Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House, in a presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Both men backed some of the original ideas of the ACA.
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Republicans have attacked the Affordable Care Act since it became law 10 years ago, yet Republicans were the ones who came up with the blueprint for the law. How did this twist happen?
Le secteur de l’ESS pèserait actuellement au moins 10 % dans le PIB français.
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Le double impératif de création de valeur sociale et économique complique l’élaboration d’un business model viable. Un travail de recherche vient aider les entrepreneurs sociaux.
Bosnia’s memorial cemetery of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, which is still receiving new remains as more genocide victims are identified.
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In July 1995, Serb forces murdered at least 7,000 Bosnian Muslims – an act so heinous it forced the US and UN to intervene in Bosnia’s war. What has the world learned since then about ethnic violence?
Teachers can suffer abuse on the job.
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