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Roosevelt received $1.16 million for federal McNair Scholars program

Roosevelt University has been awarded a five-year $1.16 million grant for a new scholars program that will prepare st

92% of McNair Scholars land grad school offers

As a first-generation science student, Victoria Lopez said that she “always used to question whether she could reach

McNair Scholar Paige Pannozzo stands in front of her research poster

Pharmacy student granted Schweitzer fellowship for refugee community project

Roosevelt University pharmacy student Shams Azzawi won a Schweitzer Fellowship to improve health care access in refug

Class of 2021: Failures, not success, spark gratitude for Roosevelt grad

Senior Mohammad Samra had pledged to skip his own graduation ceremony.

Roosevelt University graduate Mohammad Samra

Class of 2021: Through CPS residency, grad achieves decades-long dream

Roosevelt University senior Anthony Rodriguez is comfortable in front of an audience, doing his standup routines or l

Roosevelt University special education graduate Anthony Rodriguez

What does music have to do with birds or Cold War diplomacy?

More than you might think.

Chicago College of Performing arts student plays piano

Latino Policy Forum CEO Puente to give Commencement speech

Sylvia Puente, president and CEO of the Latino Policy Forum, will receive an honorary doctorate and address new Roose

Roosevelt University graduation speaker Sylvia Puente

Mentor awards: students, alumni get a little help from their friends

This year, Roosevelt University students and their mentors logged thousands of hours of Zoom meetings, phone calls an

Pharmacy program partners with City Colleges on dual enrollment

City Colleges of Chicago students now have a direct pathway to earn their Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Roosevelt Univ

Two Roosevelt pharmacy students next to the Roosevelt Wabash Building

Class of 2021: After eight-year hiatus, grad earns "transformative" degree

Graduating senior LaShaundra Barnes only studied at Roosevelt University for two semesters.

Graphic design graduate LaShaundra Barnes

Deutsch Herczeg scholarships welcomes first cohort of women leaders

Roosevelt University welcomed its first Deutsch Herczeg Scholars to a new community of women leaders.

From top left to right: Kaltra Demiri, Elizabeth Sprecher, Kennedy Gale O'Connor, Maria Rivera, Sariah Bolden, Poonam Rahman, Adaly Navarro, Lilly Pribish, Sunyata Courie

Roosevelt to require student COVID-19 vaccination by fall 2021

Roosevelt University will require on-campus students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 for the 2021-22 academic year. All undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students will need proof of vaccination to return to any Roosevelt campus in fall 2021.

Two women in masks hold RUVaccinated stickers