President Ali Malekzadeh

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 […]

On April 8 President Ali Malekzadeh addressed Roosevelt University with recent news as well as faculty and student successes. We also honored the winners of our Presidential Awards for Social Justice. The transcript follows below. Michael Ford, Chief of Staff: Welcome to the 2020 State of the University Address. If you had an opportunity, you […]