Roosevelt Review

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  May 22, 2012

  Faculty Essay: On [Not] Getting to the Moon... and Other Adventures in Science Fiction

  Whether we choose to think about it or not, we’re making the future right now. That’s a good part of what I’ve learned from science fiction, and of what I try to teach.
• May 22, 2012

  Rubenstein Fellowship awarded to expert on biodiversity

  Thanks to a Rubenstein Fellowship awarded to Norbert Cordeiro, assistant professor of biology at Roosevelt University, four or five students can take an active role in his research of Forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania.
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  May 17, 2012

  Roosevelt University's first scientific research grant from the NSF

  The research grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to Assistant Professor Sergiy Rosokha is the first time Roosevelt University has received a scientific grant from the NSF.

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  May 16, 2012

  Change Agents

  Roosevelt courses take students outside the classroom for hands-on experiences that teach powerful lessons while enacting social change.

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  February 3, 2012

  The MET Quartet

  Voice professors David Holloway, Richard Stilwell, Michael Best and Judith Haddon are known as the MET Quartet at Roosevelt University.

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  January 27, 2012

  Roosevelt Review Case Studies: Paralegal

  Career choices abound for Roosevelt paralegal studies alums
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  January 20, 2012

  Roosevelt Review Essay by David Faris: Mass Media

  Assistant professor David Faris, who has been traveling to the Middle East since 2003, returned this summer to find the region transformed by a series of uprising. In an essay, he describes how the changes came about.
• January 18, 2012

  College of Education alumna wins award as nation’s top history teacher

  Emily Weiss, a 2009 graduate of Roosevelt’s master’s program in secondary education, has won the 2011 PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Teacher of Merit Award.

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  January 9, 2012

  Hitting Her High Note

   Alumna Amy Beth Kirsten received a coveted Guggenheim Fellowship to compose music for the Grammy-winning group eighth blackbird

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  December 21, 2011

  Schaumburg campus makes domestic violence awareness a top priority

  Undergraduate psychology major Ruby Nava is a survivor of domestic violence and Schaumburg campus provost Douglas Knerr is a believer in community engagement

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  December 19, 2011

  College of Pharmacy embodies the spirit that has always defined Roosevelt University

  The first class of students in Roosevelt University’s new College of Pharmacy embodies the spirit that has always defined Roosevelt University.

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  December 15, 2011

  Roosevelt breaks ground for Loop Field House

  More than 200 people attended a groundbreaking in July for the Lillian and Larry Goodman Center, the two-story field house that will be the home of Roosevelt’s athletics program and its intramural and recreational activities.

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  December 8, 2011

  Life Imitates Art: Alumnus Vivian Jacobson describes her new book about Marc Chagall
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  November 30, 2011

  Playing his cards right: Alumnus Bob Wattel

  Alumnus Bill Wattel helped build the Lettuce Entertain You empire through innovative gift card and frequent diner programs.
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  November 22, 2011

  English professor co-edits book about Chicago Shakespeare Theater

  Regina Buccola, a Roosevelt University associate professor of English and scholar in residence at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, is co-editing a book of essays about the theater’s first 25 years.

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  November 4, 2011

  Women's and Gender Studies Faculty Essay: Fashion Forward?

  Feminism and fashion are not often considered allies. If feminism is thought to be serious, high-minded and ideological, fashion is considered its very opposite: trivial, superficial and subject to the whims of personal taste. Where feminism concerns itself with ethics, fashion revels in aesthetics. If feminism teaches us to see the deeper forces shaping human experience, fashion directs our eyes outward, to the surface of things.
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  November 4, 2011

  Beating Bullying

  A unique new program offered by the College of Education offers pointers to teachers, youth counselors and others on best techniques for de-escalating conflict.

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  October 17, 2011

  The Man With the Plan: Interview with Schaumburg Campus Provost Douglas Knerr

  In an interview with Roosevelt Review Editor Tom Karow, Schaumburg Campus Provost Douglas Knerr describes his plans for the Campus and explains how it must always be an integral part of the northwest suburban community.

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  August 26, 2011

  Roosevelt Review: The deep influence of Professor St. Clair Drake

  In the early days of Roosevelt University, one of the most popular places to be was Professor St. Clair Drake’s classroom.

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  August 18, 2011

  Roosevelt Review: Chef Shin Thompson of Bonsoiree

  Alumnus Shin Thompson, who has created one of the most tantalizing and acclaimed restaurants in Chicago, Bonsoirée, says that Roosevelt prepared him and fellow alumnus Dozzy Ibekwe well for the real world of hospitality.