The mission of Rush University is to teach, study and provide the highest quality health care, using a unique and multidisciplinary practitioner-teacher model for health sciences education and research, while reflecting the diversity of our communities in its programs, faculty, students and service. Rush is a unique academic health science center, which will become the preferred destination for outstanding and committed faculty and students dedicated to excellence, innovation and leadership in health care. Equal Opportunity, Diversity, and Affirmative Action, for over three decades, the Rush approach to equal opportunity and diversity has not wavered.