Rush University Medical Center has submitted plans to construct an eleven-story, 530,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art outpatient care center at the northeast corner of Ashland Avenue and Harrison Street on the near west side of Chicago. 

The Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship, a yearlong service learning program that empowers aspiring health professionals to design and direct innovative community service projects, announced five Rush University students have been selected for its newest fellowship class.

Rush’s Health IT Pathways program is helping Chicago high school students find a bridge to college and rewarding work after graduation.

Lynne Braun has worked at Rush for nearly 40 years, focusing on cardiovascular disease prevention through lifestyle changes and drug therapies.

Students from the University’s four colleges built the playground for more than 50 children being cared for at an orphanage in a post-earthquake resettlement community in Haiti.

Daniel Enger combined interests in health care and military service as an Air Force nurse and is looking to add management skills in the College of Health Sciences’ Health Systems Management program.