Dear Roosevelt Community, Thank you everyone for your hard work, understanding and resilience during this time of COVID-19. Your progress and dedication to working and teaching remotely have been commendable. I would like to give a special thanks to those who have been on our campuses in order to teach or serve our students while […]

Dear Roosevelt Community,   This afternoon, a Kentucky grand jury ruled that no officers will be charged directly in the murder of Breonna Taylor. We are outraged at this gross miscarriage of justice. We mourn with Breonna’s family and friends. Words can do little to fill the hole in their hearts.   As I have […]

Dear Roosevelt Community, Like the rest of our country, I am shocked, saddened and angered at the events unfolding in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The police shooting of Jacob Blake and subsequent murder of two protesters are other examples of the polarization of our country and desperate need for systemic reforms in our criminal justice system. My […]

Dear Roosevelt Community, Roosevelt University joins those across the nation in grieving for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and the many other Black people killed by police. As a University, we stand in solidarity with those affected by police brutality and with the protesters who raise their voices against systemic racism. In the wake […]

Dear Roosevelt Community, We are one University grounded in the mission of social justice. I support those who peacefully protest and are committed to bending the moral arc away from the structural racism that happens every day. While many of you may have participated in the organized protests throughout the City last night, unfortunately, like […]

Roosevelt mourns the loss of George Floyd and the many other Black men, women and children, who have lost their lives to police violence in this country. We mourn the loss of those whose names we know and for those whose names have been lost to time. America has a dark history of state sanctioned […]