Media Mentions

"Barbosa is a Brazilian-born runner who was raised in England and moved to Chicago in 2022 to pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology at Roosevelt University. In June 2026, he became the first person known to have run every street in all 77 Chicago neighborhoods, covering more than 5,000 miles over 680 days. He also holds a Guinness World Record for the fastest time visiting all 146 CTA stations."

"Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award–winning and International Latino Book Award–winning author and poet — the first Latina and the first Puerto Rican to win the Bram Stoker Award. She writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. Chicago is not her setting. Chicago is her cosmology. She holds a Master of Science from Roosevelt University."

"Paramount Theatre's production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, staged in the new Stolp Island Theatre designed to immerse audiences in the world of Sun Studio, continues its long run.

Among the cast is Madison Palmer, an original cast member who has played Dyanne since the production first opened in July 2024. A graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Palmer has been with the show through more than 670 performances and countless cast combinations."

"An award-winning artist, author, activist, and creative mindfulness mentor, Rae has devoted more than 35 years to exploring one transformative question: How can we turn life’s challenges into meaningful purpose?"

"Throughout her career, Zoe Heller, director of CalRecycle, has been focused on the human connection to environmental effects. That focus continues today through her work leading an agency with a 2026/2027 annual budget of $2.2 billion and an ambitious agenda of sustainability and circularity in the world’s fourth-biggest economy. "

"Dr. Hart’s work has spanned from behavioral neuroscience to cell metabolism and oxidative stress, and most recently to topics in cancer, including mechanisms of chemoresistance and cell–cell signaling within the tumor microenvironment. At the time of writing, he holds an h-index of 36, owing to his contributions to over 50 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and has authorship in multiple Q1 journals including Nature, PNAS, Cell Reports, and MDPI Cancers."

"Looking back on more than four decades with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, violist Dale Hikawa Silverman reflects on a lifetime devoted to music. The first Asian American woman to join the orchestra, Hikawa advanced through the ranks to become acting principal of the viola section, paving new roads as a Japanese American musician."

"It was there that she decided she “could do more” and joined CPS’ teacher residency program, which helps school staff and others earn a teaching license. Cox took classes while working and caring for her 14-year-old and 5-year-old."

"he came across Chicago Public Schools’ teacher residency program, which offers full-time, paid training for aspiring educators.  He filled it out and began taking classes at Roosevelt University in 2024. In May, he graduated with honors, an achievement he acknowledges was helped by encouragement and discounted tuition."

"Roosevelt University and the village of Schaumburg Tuesday launched a new business incubator program to assist suburban entrepreneurs at the now 30-year-old campus just north of Woodfield Mall.

The occasion was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Roosevelt Incubator for Schaumburg Enterprises (RISE) program, followed by a full-day symposium of nationally recognized business leaders and innovators."