DePauw News & Stories

On February 12, 2025, Dr. Jennifer Heaven Mike, Global Studies Scholar, Assistant Professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at DePauw University, and Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, delivered a keynote lecture for Black History Month. The event, titled Deconstructing Accusation and Domination in the Africana World: Building a More Inclusive ‘Ubuntu’ Future, was hosted by the African Studies Department and explored the enduring impact of accusations on marginalized racial communities, examining how these social constructs continue to perpetuate domination, exclusion, and inequality.

The 2025 Boswell Symposium once again proved to be a powerful platform for critical dialogue, bringing together scholars, students, and community members to engage in one of the most pressing conversations of our time. This year, we were honored to host Dr. Carrie Booth Walling, a distinguished scholar and human rights advocate, whose thought-provoking lecture challenged us to reconsider our collective responsibility to justice, freedom, and dignity.

It was a triumphant fall for DePauw athletics, with four different teams claiming conference championships and making a splash in postseason competition.

DePauw University is pleased to announce the exceptional scholars who have attained Dean's List honors for the Fall 2024 term.

For the 16th time in the last 21 years, a DePauw University Ethics Bowl team has qualified for the national competition. The team earned the bid through its outstanding performance at the Central States Regional Ethics Bowl on November 16.

The DePauw University football team secured a dominant 42-21 victory over Wabash College in the schools’ 130th meeting, keeping the Monon Bell in Greencastle for the third straight year.