Accomplishments /

2021 October

Awards and Recognition

Students

Two Students Win New York Women in Film & Television Scholarships

Anne Bien-Aime and Veronika Lucchese are both majoring in film and media at Hunter.
Hunter IMA Student Wins Grant from NBR Film

Neville Elder has won a 2021 student grant from NBR Film for his work “ANAMNESIS (Part One).”
Hunter Student Wins Best Documentary at CUNY Asian American Film Festival

Lidiya Kan took top honors for her film “Morkovcha (Korean Carrot Salad).”
Kalli Siringas is Hunter’s 2021 Pulitzer Center Student Reporting Fellow

Siringas will be traveling to Greece to research how ancient seagrass could help solve present day environmental problems.

Faculty

Jessica Neuwirth Receives Legion of Honor Citation from French Republic

Neuwirth is the Rita Hauser Director of the Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House.
Hunter Professor Named Co-Editor of Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Sandy Shapshay, a philosophy professor, will serve a five-year term at the Journal, which has been in circulation for nearly 80 years.
Professor Said Sayrafiezadeh’s Publishes New Collection of Stories

“American Estrangement” earned rave reviews in the New York Times and made Lit Hub’s list of most anticipated books of the year.
New Study on How Puerto Ricans Self-Identify Cited in Major News Outlets

The study, by Yarimar Bonilla, interim director of El Centro, looked at decades of census data and was featured in NBC News, AP, and the Miami Herald.
Hunter Professor Named Inaugural Latinx Artist Fellow by Mellon Foundation

Art and Art History professor Juan Sánchez was among the recipients of the Mellon Foundation’s inaugural Latinx Artists Fellowship.
Music Professor Shines in Critic’s Poll

Ryan Keberle was voted one of the Best Trombone Players in “Downbeat Magazine’s” 2021 Critics Poll.
Peter Carey Named a "2021 Great Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation

Carey is a two-time Booker Prize winner and the director of Hunter’s MFA Creative Writing program.

Alumni

Patricia Bath Posthumously Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

A 1964 graduate of Hunter and a pioneering ophthalmologist, the late Dr. Bath becomes first Black woman to receive this honor.
Now Playing: My Name is Pauli Murray

Alumna and civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray ‘33 is the subject of a feature-length documentary film released on Amazon Prime.
Two Alumni Named Inaugural Latinx Artists Fellows by Mellon Foundation

Guadalupe Maravilla (MFA ‘13) and Elia Alba ’94 were among the recipients of the Mellon Foundation’s inaugural Latinx Artists Fellowship.
Jessica García (MSW '12) Named to Board of Office of Cannabis Management

The Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management will create and implement a regulatory framework for New York's cannabis industry.
Alumna to Play the First Deaf Superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Lauren Ridloff ‘05, an actress who has been deaf since birth, will star in “Eternals,” in theaters on November 5.
Alumnus’ Work Showcased at PageNYC-Petzel Gallery Collaborative Exhibit

Through his art, Ravi Jackson ’12 explores race, class, and sexuality.
Melissa Colon-Bosolet ’03 Named to Bloomberg Law’s 40 Under 40 List

A partner at Sidley Law, Colon-Bosolet serves in their white collar and investigations practice.
Alumna Named Vice President of Corporate Communications at ESPN.

Cecile Cross-Plummer ’99 interned at HBO while attending Hunter and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in communication and media studies.
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Recent Graduate Ayisha Siddiqa ’21 Awarded Coro Fellowship

The fellowship prepares individuals for effective and ethical leadership in public affairs.

Diana Liu (MA ‘17) Named an English Early Career Educator of Color Honoree

Liu, a School of Education alumna, received the honor from the National Council of Teachers.
“To Breathe Full and Free,” a Monumental Sculpture by Firelei Báez, MFA ‘11

The installation, covered on PBS Newshour and in the New York Times, is on view at the ICA Boston’s Watershed.
Zach Haberman ’03 to Serve as Managing Editor (News) of the New York Post

Haberman joins the Post after having served at several other top news outlets, including, NBC News, ABC News, and the New York Daily News.
In the Heights: Alumni Shine on the Big Screen

Lin Manuel Miranda (HCHS ’98)’s “In the Heights,” starring Dascha Polanco ‘08, opened in theaters this summer to rave reviews.
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