About Rosalind Franklin University

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFU) is a private graduate assistant professor in North Chicago, Illinois. It has more than 2,000 students in five schools: Chicago Medical School, College of Health Professions, College of Pharmacy, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, and School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The academic circles is named for well-known DNA crystallographer Rosalind Franklin. Photo 51, an X-ray diffraction pattern of the B form of DNA, captured by Franklin in 1952, was pivotal in the archives of biology in the 20th Century. The image is depicted in the university’s seal and logo.

RFU offers more than 29 psychotherapy programs in graduate health-related subjects, including PhD programs for medical and basic research. Its facilities supplement a extra innovation and research building (opening fall 2019), designed to promote collaboration in the course of academic and industry scientists and Helix 51, the first bioscience incubator in Lake County, Illinois.

North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 32,574 at the 2010 census making it the 2nd largest city by population in the county after Waukegan.

North Chicago is house to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and Great Lakes Barracks Military housing.

The city is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School, the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Health Professions, and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. North Chicago in the subsequently was an important middle of industry, and that past is reflected within the landscape as the Place is nevertheless heavily industrialized today.