Year in Review
Roosevelt celebrates 75 years
In honor of its 75th anniversary, Roosevelt hosted a week of meetups, webinars and panels where the Lakers community reflected on our past and future.
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Piano student wins emerging artist award
Pianist Andrew Cannestra will elevate his concert career as the winner of the prestigious Aeolian Classics Emerging Artist Award. The competition gives one the opportunity to record a professional debut album on a major international label. Read more.
A generous gift from the Mansfield Foundation launches activist fellowship
The Mansfield Fellowship for Activism and Community Engagement will help place 15 students a year in paid summer internships. The program, led by the Mansfield Institute of Social Justice, will prepare students to create social change on the issues they care about. Read more.
Illinois’ top doctor reflects on leadership during COVID-19
Illinois residents have come to rely on Dr. Ngozi Ezike’s coronavirus briefings for trustworthy information and encouragement during the pandemic. On December 3, Ezike shared some of her best practices and tools for growth during a virtual holiday event with the Women’s Leadership Council. Read more.
Honors student wins civic engagement award
Kaitlyn Greenholt was named a 2020 Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. The award recognizes outstanding seniors from colleges in Illinois who exemplify a “desire to make a difference in the world through civic engagement.” Read more.
Student journalists tell stories of 51 murdered Chicago women
Professor John Fountain and his journalism class reported on the lives of 51 women, mostly Black women, whose murders had gone unsolved by Chicago police. The project was featured on WGN News, the Columbia Journalism Review and People magazine. Read more.
Rebuilding trust in health care
As the only pharmacy student to win the 2020-21 Schweitzer Fellowship, Tanya Ghannam will help rebuild the relationship between health care providers and the refugee community in Chicago’s southwest suburbs. Read more.
Students solve real-world problems with design thinking
Professor Mei-Fen Chen’s international course walks students through how to turn a creative idea into a practical business plan through design thinking. Each year, the class asks students to solve a real-world problem. This year’s students tackled food waste. Read more.
A trustee’s transformative gift will support the next women leaders
With a scholarship named in honor of her mother and all mothers raising strong, successful women, Roosevelt University trustee Larissa Herczeg hopes to create new opportunities for future women leaders. The Joan Deutsch Herczeg Women Leaders Scholarship will connect ambitious women students with paid summer internships. Read more.
Pharmacy students and faculty administer 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Lakers were among the first to administer the COVID-19 vaccine when doses arrived in Chicago in December. During rotations at Mount Sinai Hospital, Rush University Medical Center and other providers, students answered questions about side effects and gave thousands of doses. Read more.
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Science labs foster collaboration and creativity
When plans were being drawn up for the new Wabash Building, they made sure to include state-of-the art laboratories to house the university’s chemistry, biology, biochemistry, health sciences and physics labs
Mixing it up with the city
Living, learning, working and volunteering in the Wabash building gives Sullivan a unique perspective on this glass and steel vertical campus.
Building as teacher
Professor Michael Bryson, PhD, has sweeping views about sustainability from his 27 years at Roosevelt.