We are proud to continue our tradition of public conversations and lectures in the name of legendary investigative journalist and Hunter alumnus Jack Newfield, illuminating his enduring relevance and influence. To do so, Hunter College is additionally proud to welcome back the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and author Maggie Haberman. She will be in conversation […]
CENTRO has launched a new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at the Silberman School of Social Work for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is The Journey of Pura Belpre's Tales by Manuel Morán, a story […]
Please join us for a book discussion as we mark the release of Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India by Human Rights Faculty Member and Women and Gender Studies Professor Rupal Oza. The author will be in conversation with Vasuki Nesiah, Professor of Practice in Human Rights and International Law at the NYU Gallatin School. In this […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the historic repeal of the 18th Amendment in December 1933—a signature early reform of FDR’s New Deal. Not that Roosevelt had ever renounced spirits himself, ordering four cases to be delivered, legally, right here to his home on East 65th Street just before Prohibition began. But for 13 […]
Known as the island donde hasta la piedras cantan – “where even the rocks sing” – Puerto Rico is home to a dizzying breadth of musical expression. From the lyrical boleristas of the 1930s, to the electric salseros of the ’70s, to the reggaetoneros of today who have taken music from the margins and made […]
Please join us for the launch of here4HER, a new initiative spearheaded by Human Rights Program student Charlie Le Grice, dedicated to supporting the most underserved even among underserved women. here4HER is re-igniting conversations about critical women's issues that demand a space in the center of human rights discourse, by campaigning for human rights organizations […]
Start planning your future now! Join us for Major Day — your opportunity to connect face-to-face with faculty and students representing Hunter's academic departments and get expert advice on where to focus your studies. Think about your career goals, bring your questions, and learn about your choices for majors, minors and certificates. All students who […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. In this chronicle of the rise of environmental activism, Brinkley tells the story of an indomitable generation that worked to […]
Kiese Laymon is the author of Long Division, which won the 2022 NAACP Image Award for fiction, and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, named a notable book of 2021 by The New York Times critics. Laymon's bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for […]
Despite Puerto Rico’s fertile land and year-round tropical climate, the archipelago has poor conditions for farming. Beginning with the displacement of farmers and destruction of farmland to make way for a wave of industrialization coupled with natural disasters that are growing in intensity as a result of climate change, it’s easy to see how we’ve […]
