Roosevelt News

• September 2, 2010

  Award-winning photos documenting global recession featured in new exhibit at Gage Gallery

  A new photo exhibit that puts a human face on the global economic crisis opens Thursday, Sept. 23 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. An opening-night reception for "Crisis and Opportunity: Documenting the Global Recession" will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23.

• August 26, 2010

  Roosevelt University professor receives Fulbright to lead social justice research in Colombia
• August 25, 2010

  Athletic Department Launches New Website - www.RooseveltLakers.com

  Those looking for more information about the Lakers can now visit the official website of the Roosevelt Athletic Department, www.RooseveltLakers.com. The new site, developed in conjunction with SIDHelp, will provide all the latest news on the Lakers, along with up-to-date schedules, rosters, player and coach biographies and more.

• August 17, 2010

  U.S. Surgeon General to discuss state of nation's health and future priorities on Sept. 13 at Roosevelt University

  U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will discuss “Health Reform, Public Health and the Surgeon General’s Priorities” at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13 during Roosevelt University’s 17th annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Lecture.

• August 9, 2010

  Essay by President Middleton: The Virtues of Student and Faculty Shared Governance

  An essay by Roosevelt University President Charles R. Middleton: Student and faculty trustees, with their unique stake in board discussions and deliberations, add credibility and effectiveness to the board, providing a broader perspective.

• August 6, 2010

  Business Sustainability Events at Roosevelt University on Sept. 7, 8, and 9

  Author and entrepreneur Wayne Visser, who has published eight books about sustainability and the role of business in society and is a leading international expert on the topic, will be the featured speaker. Visser is making Roosevelt University his first stop in the United States during his world-wide speaking tour on sustainability.
• July 29, 2010

  Roosevelt professor Charlie Madigan on NPR Radio -- Media Focus: Truth vs. Propaganda

  The Shirley Sherrod story turns a spotlight on big problems in the quality of our national information flow. We ask what’s news, what’s propaganda? Guests include Charles Madigan, presidential writer in residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago where he teaches classes focused on journalism and politics. For forty years, he was a reporter, editor and columnist at the Chicago Tribune and a foreign and domestic correspondent for UPI.
• July 22, 2010

  College of Education provides training for Madrid teachers

  Roosevelt is one of only three universities in the nation, (the other two are Georgetown University and Middlebury College) to partner this summer with the Regional Ministry of Education for the Region of Madrid, providing the ministry’s teachers with intensive English language and teaching methodology training.
  
• July 12, 2010

  Roosevelt University holds High School Teachers Academy on History and Principles of American Founding

  Roosevelt University will conduct its first Summer Academy for High School Teachers, July 12-16.  The Summer Academy, a collaborative effort by Roosevelt University’s Montesquieu Forum for the Study of Civic Life and the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History, is designed to foster a discussion among high school teachers about the history and principles of the American Founding.

• July 6, 2010

  Newsweek Article: Advocates Say ‘Good Samaritan’ Laws Could Save Overdose Victims

  Chicago has the highest number of heroin-related emergency-room visits in major metropolitan areas, followed by New York City, Boston, and Detroit,...