(Postponed) Single Molecule Dissection of Cytoplasmic Dynein Motion and Force Generation
Hosted by professor Yujia Xu with professor Arne Gennerich of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine as a special guest speaker.
Hosted by professor Yujia Xu with professor Arne Gennerich of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine as a special guest speaker.
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire is the first in-depth look at the experiences of Puerto Rican migrant workers in continental U.S. agriculture in the twentieth century. The Farm Labor Program, established by the government of Puerto Rico in 1947, placed hundreds of thousands of migrant workers on U.S. farms and fostered the emergence […]
The Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College welcomes a reading by Creative Writing professor and award-winning author, Téa Obreht. Téa Obreht’s debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, and was a 2011 National Book Award finalist and an international bestseller. Her second novel, Inland, also received widespread critical acclaim, including […]
Patria examines the activities and ideals of Puerto Rican revolutionaries exiles in New York City at the end of the nineteenth century. The study is centered in the writings, news reports, and announcements by and about Puerto Ricans in the newspaper Patria, of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. The book looks at the political, organizational and […]
We are pleased to continue encore online presentations of Roosevelt House public programming—to inform and inspire us during these challenging days. In recent years, Roosevelt House has presented dozens of extraordinary, in-person talks and conversations with public policy and human rights experts, historians, writers, and leaders in business, culture, and government. Now, recognizing […]
COVID-19 has had significant impacts to our local food system and food around the world. This panel conversation will discuss what is happening in NYC to protect our food system, farmers and local food-related business owners and to ensure that our most vulnerable populations have access to nutritious food during this challenging time. This event […]
This internationally respected philosopher’s specialty is philosophy of the mind, and he has made significant contributions to understanding consciousness and cognitive science. Dr. Block’s book, Consciousness, Function, and Representation, elucidates on his theories on contemporary philosophical thinking about consciousness, functionalism, representation and symbols. He earned his PhD at Harvard University, and he is a professor […]
The Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College welcomes Bruce Smith. Bruce Smith is the author of six volumes of poetry including The Other Lover -- which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize -- and Devotions, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book […]
Hosted by Hunter professor David Mootoo with Dr. Xuhong Cheng of Janssen Pharmaceuticals/Johnson & Johnson as a special guest speaker.
We are pleased to continue encore online presentations of Roosevelt House public programming—to inform and inspire us during these challenging days. In recent years, Roosevelt House has presented dozens of extraordinary, in-person talks and conversations with public policy and human rights experts, historians, writers, and leaders in business, culture, and government—as well as on-site and […]