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Commencement Ceremony To Be Held Saturday, June 12; Janet Wolter, MD, to Deliver Keynote Address
Rush University will award 494 baccalaureate and graduate degrees at its 38th commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 12, at 2 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion, 525 South Racine, Chicago. This year's commencement speaker and recipient of the Rush University Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters is oncologist Dr. Janet Wolter, the Brian Piccolo Professor of Cancer Research and professor of internal medicine at Rush. Wolter has practiced medicine for 60 years before her recent retirement. Her address is entitled "Five Things I Believe In."

Three Rush University Students Awarded Prestigious Schweitzer Fellowships
Medical student Vivian Leung and nursing students Saria Lofton and Benson Wright have been awarded the fellowship, which supports exceptional students in health-related fields as they develop and direct year-long projects to improve health and access to care in underserved Chicago communities. Leung will establish a vegetable garden at William H. King Elementary School and involve students in gardening as an after-school program.  The program will provide a hands-on approach for the students to learn about nutrition, plant biology and healthy food choices.

Rush Named One of Nation's Top 100 Hospitals by Thomson Reuters
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks is an annual, quantitative study that identifies the best hospitals, overall, as measured on the 100 Top Hospitals Balanced Scorecard. Hospitals are evaluated against similar hospitals, in terms of size and teaching status.

Fourth-year Rush Medical College students Nicole Friel and Kelly Cushing

Match Day 2010 A Success On March 18, Rush Medical College participated in a celebration following the results of the National Resident Matching Program, when 135 fourth-year students learned the location of the next stage of their medical training. Our students have matched in 19 distinct specialties in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

 Rush Medical College's Rush Remedy Program Featured on the Live Well HD Television Network
The Rush Remedy program helps keep unused surgical supplies out of landfills by distributing them to underprivileged hospitals and clinics around the world. The story appears as part of a segment on ways that health care is going green. Interviewed in the video is Rush medical student Anthony Savino. 

Wear Your Rush Pride

Rush University alumni apparel is now available at the Matthews Rush Bookstore. Visit the bookstore online to view the newest merchandise supporting your alma mater.