The Reality of the Coronavirus Pandemic for the American Medical System Program begins at 6 p.m. with Introductory Remarks by Jonathan F. Fanton Director of Roosevelt House Harold Holzer Glass of wine (supplied by you at home) to follow RSVP: Those who RSVP will receive the ZOOM number and a reminder to join shortly before […]
How do disasters affect different people? What have we learned from the past and what do we need to know about the challenges of COVID-19 for seniors? Ruth Finkelstein, Rose Dobrof Executive Director of the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College and Christian Gonzalez Rivera, Director of Strategic Policy Initiatives, Brookdale Center for […]
Hunter College MFA Distinguished Lecturer and New York Times-bestselling author and Orange Prize winner, Tea Obreht, will read from Inland, her critically-acclaimed bestseller, which Barack Obama praised as one of his favorite books of 2019, and which Entertainment Weekly calls “a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West.” In the lawless, drought-ridden […]
Renowned and prize-winning art historian Michael Lobel, Professor, Art History at Hunter College, shares insights from his ground-breaking research exploring the influences from the period’s print popular culture on the thinking and art of Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most beloved and enigmatic artists of all time. While we’ve all seen the work of […]
What is “progressive rock”? What makes it different from “progressive pop”? In this talk, distinguished music professor, rock historian and keyboardist/vocalist, Mark Spicer, will provide musical analysis and situate the late work of the Beatles—and how musical elements of their swansong album in particular, influenced emerging progressive rock acts of the time, including large-scale and […]
A conversation with top food scientist and expert, Dr. Urvashi Rangan, and nutrition advocate, professor, and Director of NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, Dr. Charles Platkin, about everything you need to know about food and the COVID-19 pandemic. This event will be held online via Zoom.
How can we, how do we, investigate the minds of other animals? Diana Reiss, Director of Hunter’s Animal Behavior & Conservation Program, will discuss how she approaches learning about the nature of dolphin intelligence and communication by “partnering” with the dolphins themselves. These approaches include providing dolphins with interactive systems, an underwater keyboard and a […]
A reading from American Eden by author Victoria Johnson, Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College, in conversation with Gregory Mosher, Chair of the Hunter College Theatre Department Pulitzer Prize finalist Victoria Johnson speaks with Gregory Mosher about her recent book American Eden. Victoria tells the story of the doctor who not […]
