Students

Alan Han
HCHS Student Alan Han Named NY1 Scholar Athelete Of the Week

Senior Alan Han was recognized by NY1 for his academic and athletic achievement as co-captain of the HCHS badminton team.
Jennifer Nikole
Two Hunter Students Named New York Times College Scholars

HCHS senior Jenifer Weng & incoming Hunter College freshman Nikole Rajgor each won New York Times College Scholarships.
Ayisha Siddiqa
Recent Graduate Interviewed at New York Times’ Women Leaders Event

Ayisha Siddiqa '21 was interviewed for “The Changing Face of Female Leadership,” a program which also featured Hillary Clinton and Greta Thunberg.
Chloe Lee
Hunter Graduate Student Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Chloe Lee, a student in Hunter's IMA MFA program, is the sixth Fulbright winner from Hunter this year.

Faculty

Yarimar Bonilla and the CUNY chancellor
Interim Director of El Centro Kicks Off National Puerto Rican Day Parade

Yarimar Bonilla opened the yearly celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage, which was hosted this year by El Centro at Hunter’s Silberman campus.
Two people standing in front of LGBTQ flags
Professor Contributes to DOE Curriculum Supplement Centering LGBTQ Voices

Daniel Hurewitz is the lead historian on a new social studies curriculum supplement for the Department of Education that centers LGBTQ voices.
Elizabeth Cohn
Hunter Nursing Professor Nominated for United Way’s Wall of Heroes

Nursing professor Elizabeth Cohn was nominated for United Way’s Wall of Heroes after volunteering at vaccination sites throughout the New York area.
Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein
Hunter Professors Publish Study On Growing Inequality In Respiratory Health

Public health Professors Steffie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein published a study on the growing inequality in respiratory health, covered in the NY.
Carrie Moyer's exhibit
MFA Professor’s Work Showing at Museum of Arts and Design

“Tabernacles for Trying Times,” the first major museum survey of Professor Carrie Moyer and her partner, sculptor Sheila Pepe, will show through 2021.
Roseanne Flores and Book Cover
Professor Roseanne Flores' Book Wins Ursula Gielen Global Psych Book Award

“Cambridge Handbook of Psychology & Human Rights" explores the role of psychological science in addressing the world's most pressing problems.

Leah Garrett
Jewish Studies Director Publishes New Book on World War II Commandos

Leah Garrett’s "X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II” follows a group of Jewish refugees who took the fight to Hitler.
Mandë Holford
Chemistry Professor Talks Snail Venom on NPR’s “The Ted Radio Hour”

Professor Mandë Holford discusses her cutting-edge research on snail venom and its potential as a non-addictive form of pain management.

Alumni

Firelei Baez
Alumna Firelei Báez (MFA ‘11) Wins Prestigious Artes Mundi Prize

Báez is one of six artists to be awarded the esteemed prize. Her paintings were described by critics and jurors as “great, hectic, explosive things.”
photo of a cat
Hunter Researchers Publish Widely-Covered Study on Cat Cognition

Researchers at the Thinking Dog Center led by alumna Gabriella Smith (MA ‘20) published the first major citizen science study on cat cognition.