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Rush University Medical Center Continuing Commitment to Health Equity

Medical Center hires equity investment management service

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Pregnancy & Childbirth

Boy Scout Donates 100 Quilts to Rush Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Scout received care in Rush NICU after being born prematurely.

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Community

Sending Aid to Lebanon

After the explosion in Beirut, Rush University Medical Center acte​d quickly to help those affected by the catastrophe

Foreman Award
Community

Rush Medical College Receives Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement

The award recognized the College’s work to protect Chicago’s homeless population from COVID-19

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Community

Live Healthy Chicago Community Grants Available to Chicago Nonprofits Addressing COVID-19

The collective seeks to distribute $2.9 million in community-based grants over the next two years

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Community

Rush Students Awarded Schweitzer Fellowships for Community Initiatives

Four students will direct innovative, community-based projects addressing the health needs of underserved Chicagoans through a yearlong learning program

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Community

Uniéndose para tomar medidas contra el racismo sistémico

Una carta de 36 hospitales y centros de salud que se comprometen a trabajar para mejorar la equidad en salud en toda la ciudad, centrándose en los vecindarios vulnerables de Chicago

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Community

Helping Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors

Rush Medical College students partner with homeless services provider Franciscan Outreach to offer COVID-19 screening and support

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Community

$5 Million Oprah Winfrey Grant Accelerates Rush, Chicago COVID-19 Prevention Efforts on West, South Sides

This donation will accelerate efforts to decrease COVID-19 death rates in Chicago’s Black and Latinx communities

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Community

Rush Announces $1 Million Matching Gift Challenge

Two anonymous donor families are stepping forward in a big way