Roosevelt University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Robyn Scherr-Wells continued to bolster her 2010-11 roster on Monday as she announced the signing of three-time Daily Herald All-Area guard Maria Tamburrino of Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Ill.

Roosevelt University Head Men's Basketball Coach Joe Griffin announced on Thursday afternoon that Genesee High School (MI) forward Thomas Jean has committed to join the Lakers for the 2010-11 season.

Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery Reading Series will bring award-winning writers from across the country to campus this spring.

Jonathan Kozol, a writer, educator and activist known for his research on inequalities in public education, will give the annual Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation lecture in March.

Roosevelt University Head Women's Basketball Coach Robyn Scherr-Wells announced on Tuesday afternoon that Marian Catholic guard Casey Davis (Country Club Hills, Ill./Marian Catholic) has committed to play for the Lakers next season.

On February 20, in honor of Black History Month, Roosevelt University’s Department of Economics and the Center for New Deal Studies will co-sponsor a panel discussion on the first year of the Obama presidency. The discussion will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in room 232 of Roosevelt’s Auditorium Building. The event is free and open to the public.

Roosevelt University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Robyn Scherr-Wells added the first out-of-state student-athlete to her roster on Tuesday with the announcement that Fort Wayne , Ind., product Tessa Garner has committed to play for the Lakers next season.

Roosevelt University is creating a unique, new bachelor’s degree major in sustainability studies that will focus on critical resources, including food, water, air, energy and green space, particularly in urban areas.

On Jan. 25, the first day of spring semester classes, Roosevelt University is unveiling a modern new logo, updated seal and redesigned website that will present the University in a fresh and authentic manner.

Paul King, a leader in the fight to provide African Americans access to jobs in construction and founder of UBM, Inc., one of Illinois’ largest African-American-owned construction companies, will discuss his new book, Reflections on Affirmative Action in Construction, at 4 p.m. Jan. 27 at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.