Roosevelt University

Haunted house or spooky graveyard…what's your pick? 🧟🏠👻

Lakers filled the Ida B. Wells Lounge and Fainman Lounge earlier this month to learn about the many majors and minors available at RU during Major Madness! 📚 Explore our academic programs and discover a major that aligns with your interests and goals: roosevelt.edu/academics/prog…

Spooky Season isn’t over! Join us for “Trick or Treat Through RU,” October 29 during the Common Hour. Pick up candy at SEIE, vote for your favorite decorated department, and win a prize if you’re in costume: roosevelt.campuslabs.com/eng…

Our October Roosevelt Preview Day was a success! 🎉 Throughout the day, prospective students and their families learned about our academic programs, chatted with current Lakers about #RULakerLife, and toured our stunning vertical campus.

With the 2026 Midterm Election just a week away, the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences Student Advisory Council (CHESSAC) and a few Lakers took a trip to the Downtown Voting Supersite (137 S. State St.) to make their voices heard. 🗳️

Presented by Professor Jacqueline Loeb, from Rutgers University, the upcoming forum covers the educator’s talk on The Insistence of Nature: Transmission and Transformation in “Raise the Red Lantern.” Explore event: roosevelt.campuslabs.com/eng…

Where would we be without our Social Media Ambassadors? 💚 Introducing this year’s Social Media Ambassadors!

Some controversial answers were given...👀 What’s your favorite Halloween candy? 🎃🍬

Our Lakers clearly understood the assignment for the Fall Ball! ✨ 👑 From elegant gowns to stylish suits, everyone showed up dressed to impress. #ThrowbackThursday

Last week, Roosevelt University hosted its annual American Dream Reconsidered Conference—a weeklong gathering for academics, historians and activists to discuss the nation’s past and how it informs the present moment: roosevelt.edu/stories/news/p… #ADRC2026

Grab your favorite costume and join us for “Trick or Treat Through RU,” October 29 during the Common Hour. Pick up your candy at SEIE (WB 323), vote for your favorite decorated department, and win a prize if you’re in costume. 🎃 Explore event: roosevelt.campuslabs.com/eng…

It’s more of a yap session with a side of studying 🗣️

A photo dump from the first eight weeks of the semester to help you take a break from studying for midterm exams and working on those midterm papers. 📸 Go crush those midterms, Lakers!

This week’s final days of the 3-in-6 Challenge can be wrapped up at a range of events taking place on the Chicago Campus up to October 17. ✅ Verify your attendance by DMing your photos at events to us or emailing your full name and events attended to socialmedia@roosevelt.edu.

Want to help showcase what #RULakerLife looks like to our RU community? The Office of Marketing & Communications is currently searching for students to participate in upcoming photo and video shoots this semester. 📸 Interested? Sign up today: federation.ngwebsolutions.co…

After 10 years in the workforce, Usman Mahammad came to Roosevelt to level up. Through the MS in Business Analytics + RISE internship, he’s applying classroom knowledge to real-world projects—and preparing to lead bigger initiatives! 📈 Read Usman’s story: roosevelt.edu/stories/news/l…

It’s spooky season! 👻 Did someone mention YOUR favorite scary movie?

Join Roosevelt’s students for a conversation about their experiences as activists, the causes that have motivated their involvement, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. RSVP: americandreamconference.com/…

Food brings everyone together! Last week, Lakers learned how to make tortillas from scratch with the Laker Union Pantry in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The Laker Union Pantry is Roosevelt’s free food and hygiene pantry, located in WB 309: roosevelt.edu/current-studen…