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Accomplishments /

2022 March

Awards and Recognition

Students

Thomas Hunter Hall
Five Hunter Students Win Dept. of State’s Critical Language Scholarship

The recipients are Abdulla Ahmed and Dodie Weingberg ( Arabic); Samantha Carter and Jakub Goclon (Chinese); and Joseph Pavlisko (Turkish).

Chloe Mueller
Student Wins Fulbright Research Scholarship

Cloé Mueller, who is working towards a combined BA/MA in Economics at Hunter, will spend her Fulbright year in Paris.

Dave Basnet Honored by Town of Oyster Bay
Rhodes Scholar Dave Basnet Honored by Town of Oyster Bay

Basnet was presented a citation by Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board.

Victoria Li
Hunter College H.S. Student Named Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist

Victoria Li earned $25K and a chance at the top prize for her algorithm that "outperformed existing prediction tools for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.”

Yamila Martinez
Hunter Student Wins Public Policy and International Affairs Scholarship

Yamila Martinez will attend the PPIA Summer Institute at Princeton.

Philosophy Student Receives Youth Build’s Helene D. Stoneman Scholarship
Philosophy Student Receives Youth Build’s Helene D. Stoneman Scholarship

Jude Steffers-Wilson was selected for excellence in civic engagement, community leadership, and academic achievement.

Faculty

Anita Raja
Hunter College-Columbia University Team Win NIH Data Challenge

Professor Anita Raja, 3 Hunter students, and their Columbia teammates won the innovation prize at the NIH’s Decoding Maternal Morbidity Challenge.

Mandë Holford
Chemistry Professor Mandë Holford Named an Allen Distinguished Investigator

Holford is One of 23 New Allen Distinguished Investigators Across the World named by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.

Harold Holzer
New York State Library Acquires Complete Works of Harold Holzer

Holzer is the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College and one of the nation’s pre-eminent Lincoln scholars.

Jill Bargonetti
Jill Bargonetti Awarded a METAvivor Grant for Breast Cancer Research

Professor Bargonetti’s research in our Belfer Lab could lead to targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer.

Dave McKenzie
Professor Dave McKenzie Will Participate in the Whitney Biennial

McKenzie is a visual artist. His exhibition "The Story I Tell Myself" was at the Whitney in 2021.

Bill Solecki
Professor Co-Authors Major Climate Change Report, Testifies Before Congress

Professor Bill Solecki co-authored the 2022 IPCC climate change report and delivered testimony to the US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

Jonathan Rosenberg
A Hunter Professor Writes on Art and War

Writing for the “L.A. Times,” Jonathan Rosenberg, author of “Dangerous Melodies,” explores whether music transcends politics.

Nancy Foner
Professor Nancy Foner Publishes New Book on Immigration

“One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America" is the 20th book by Foner, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology.

James Cantras
Hunter Professor James Cantras Appears Jeopardy!

Cantras, a Professor in Hunter’s Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Department, appeared on the February 9 episode.

Nari Ward
Nari Ward ’89 Exhibition Coming to Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Ward is a Hunter alum and a Distinguished Professor of Art. The exhibit, opening April 28, is a “must see,” according to Avenue Magazine.

Charles Platkin
Charles Platkin Discusses Food Insecurity Crisis (Cheddar News)

Platkin, Executive Director of Hunter College’s NYC Food Policy Center, explains what government, non-profits, and individuals can do to help.

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Why Science Fiction Speaks the Language of Anxiety

Professor Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, writing for “Psychology Today, explains how science fiction can help us make sense of our anxiety.

Harold Holzer
Harold Holzer Featured on Major Abraham Lincoln Documentary

Holzer, the director of Hunter’s Roosevelt House, appeared on the History Channel special along with Barack Obama, Doris Kerns, and others.

Andy Polsky
Dean Andy Polsky on Wartime Leadership of Ukraine’s President

Commenting in the “A.P.,” Polsky, the Ruth & Harold Newman Dean of Arts & Sciences, praises Zelensky, contrasts his style with Winston Churchill’s.

Peters and Graves
School of Education Professors Release In-depth Study on Pre-K Assessment

Lacey Peters and Sherryl Graves explored the adoption of Authentic Assessment Systems (AAS) in NYC’s Pre-K for All.

Benjamin Hett
Benjamin Hett in “L.A. Times”: Putin and the Desperation of Tyrants

Hett, a professor of History and author of “Death of Democracy,” assesses the danger of dictators when they fear they are losing.

Chitra Ganesh
Studio Art Professor’s Work Showing at Cleveland Museum of Art

The exhibit, "Women in Print,” includes four works by Professor Chitra Ganesh.

Institution

NYC Mayor, Eric Adams with Hunter College President, Jennifer J. Raab
Mayor Adams Visits Hunter to Speak About Black Health and Wellness

The mayor spoke at a community event at Hunter’s Kaye Playhouse.

Hunter College Exterior
Hunter Named Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars

Hunter has received this recognition from the U.S. Department of State 14 out of the past 16 years.

Hunter College Exterior
Hunter Recognized for Promoting Upward Economic Mobility

The Third Way’s “economic mobility index” evaluates which U.S. colleges do best at moving students up the economic ladder.

Hunter College Exterior
Hunter Partners in Multi-Disciplinary Effort to Address Health Disparities

COMMUNITY Center, funded by the National Institute for Minority Health Disparities, seeks to eliminate health disparities in the New York region.

Alumni

David Guzman
Alum Wins Prestigious Public Service Award

David Guzman ’00, NYC Health&Hospitals/Elmhurst COO, Receives Sloan Foundation Public Service Award, regarded as the Nobel Prize of city government.

Adolfo Carrión Jr.
Mayor Adams Appoints Hunter Alumnus to Major Housing Post

Adolfo Carrión Jr. (MUP ’90) will serve as commissioner of New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Genesis Belanger
Alumna’s Ceramic Art Featured in the “New York Times”

Genesis Belanger (MFA ‘12)’s Ceramic Sculptures are “finding beauty and strangeness in the everyday.”

Charly Evon
A New Show From Hunter Alumna and Award-Winning Playwright

“Sandblasted,” by Charly Evon Simpson (MFA '17), grad of Hunter’s Rita & Burton Goldberg MFA Playwriting Program, is showing at the Vineyard Theatre.

Firelei Báez
Alumna Firelei Báez (MFA '11) Selected for Prestigious Venice Biennale

The exhibition—titled The Milk of Dreams—opens April 23 in Venice, Italy. This follows a year in which Baez won both the Artes Mundi and Rome Prize.

Heidi Bevins
Alumna Nominated for Major Costume Design Award

Heidi Bivens was nominated by the Costume Designers Guild for for Excellence in Contemporary TV for her work on HBO’s “Euphoria.”

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