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On Wednesday May 22, the library celebrated three winners of the 2019 Library Research Prize during the annual First Year Program Writing Showcase. The winners were, Deyana Atanasova, for the essay “Spiraling Slacktivism,” Danielle Comp, for “You Can’t Deny Suffering: An Argument for the Existence of Chronic Lyme Disease,” and Kacie
This fascinating story of the rise and fall of Theranos was recently made into a movie for HBO: The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley. Theranos is the Silicon Valley start-up that set out to revolutionize medicine. Elizabeth Holmes, the brilliant, charismatic CEO, promised to reinvent the way patients
Shortlisted for the National Book Award last year, Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers tells a story of devastation and loss in Chicago during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Interwoven with this narrative is a connected story set in modern day Paris, as a woman in her 50s, Fiona, searches for
Are you a first-year student and want to show off your research skills? If so, you should apply for the First-Year Writing Program Library Research Prize! The DePaul University Library is offering the Library Research Prize in conjunction with—and in addition to—the existing First-Year Program Writing Showcase from DePaul’s College
Did you know that the Chicago municipal election is just around the corner and there are currently 14 candidates running for mayor? Did you know that there are aldermanic races and other city offices open for election as well? Overwhelmed? Check out the library’s Elections Research Guide, which is here to
Named a New York Times and New Yorker Top 10 Book of 2018, Small Fry is the story of Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ childhood, as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. She chronicles her early years spent bouncing between her emotional, at times unstable mother, and her distant,
Lethal White is the fourth novel in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The lead character, Cormoran Strike, is a war veteran turned private detective with a practice in London. You might also know the characters and story-lines from the BBC Crime
The Feather Thief tells the strange but true story of how hundreds of rare bird skins and feathers – many collected during the 19th century – were stolen in 2009 from the Tring Museum, a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. The thief, 20 year old Edwin
Classroom instruction is one important way that librarians engage with DePaul students, as we collaborate with faculty to teach how to find and evaluate information pursued both for course-related research and lifelong learning. This past academic year, the library participated in a university-wide process to revise and update our instruction
In the autobiographical I Am, I Am, I Am, Seventeen Brushes With Death, Maggie O’Farrell chronicles 17 personal near-death experiences. Each of the events is recounted in its own essay; some stories are short and fleeting, some are more complicated, with far-reaching consequences. In telling these tales, she creates a full narrative