Hunter’s Human Rights Program aims to give students the tools they need to address human rights problems intelligently and constructively, whether as advocates, scholars, researchers or informed citizens. Via academic… 
Cover Story — Hunter Awards Honorary Degree to Jonathan F. Fanton
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Roosevelt House News
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Hunter Awards Honorary Degree to Jonathan F. Fanton (12/05/2014)
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Call for Nominations: The 2015 Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize (11/10/2014)
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“What Will It Take to End Polio?” Time.com Editorial Spotlights Roosevelt House and FDR (10/03/2014)
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12th Annual Open House New York Weekend at Roosevelt House (09/29/2014)
Public Program Summaries -
Charles M. Blow: “Fire Shut Up In My Bones: A Memoir” (recap) (11/13/2014)
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Arts Across the Curriculum: The Science of Happiness (recap) (11/13/2014)
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Rick Perlstein in conversation with Jack Rosenthal: “The Invisible Bridge: The Fall Of Nixon and The Rise Of Reagan” (10/08/2014)
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Jennifer J. Raab: Why Jackie O Still Matters (05/20/2014)
Faculty Associate News -
Professor Roseanna Flores (Psychology) Participates in UN Briefing on the Status of Children Around the World (01/14/2015)
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Faculty Associate Pam Falk’s Hunter Students Celebrate Family Diversity, Human Rights Day at UN (01/08/2015)
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Professor Peter Kwong (Urban Affairs) in New York Times on Asians and the NYPD (01/07/2015)
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Pam Stone (Sociology) quoted in New York Times on why U.S. women are leaving jobs behind (12/30/2014)
Undergraduate Program News -
Professor Larry Shore’s film, “RFK In the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope,” to air this month on Link TV (09/23/2014)
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Hunter Seniors Emily Apple and Andrew Marcus Win NYC Urban Fellowships (04/25/2014)
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Human Rights Student Alexander Simon-Fox Wins Global Human Rights Fellowship (04/02/2014)
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Public Policy Student Audrey Stienon Wins Prestigious Luce Scholarship (03/28/2014)
Roosevelt House History -
“What Will It Take to End Polio?” Time.com Editorial Spotlights Roosevelt House and FDR (10/03/2014)
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The Roosevelts and John Steinbeck: 75th Anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath (04/25/2014)
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69 Years After His Death, We Remember FDR (04/11/2014)
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A Mysterious Piano at Roosevelt House (04/10/2014)
Roosevelt House Faculty Forum
Does ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Work?
In the past week, people across the country reacted with disbelief as grand juries declined to indict the two police officers involved in the tragic deaths of Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Both men’s deaths once again pointed to the uneasy relationship that ...
In the Spirit of Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans will sit down next Thursday to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal with family and friends without giving much thought to when their next meal might be or where they might have to go to receive some food. The inequality that has come to define America today is ...
Special Projects
CUNY Institute for Education Policy
The City University of New York’s new Institute for Education Policy is New York City’s first university-based policy analysis and research institute devoted solely to understanding the challenges of PK-20…
The Story of Roosevelt House
The story of Roosevelt House, a double townhouse located at 47-49 East 65th Street, begins at the turn of the twentieth century. At Christmastime 1905, Sara Delano Roosevelt promised a new home to her son and daughter-in law Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, nine months after their marriage…
Guided Tours
Roosevelt House Guided Tours
Visit Historic Roosevelt House! Now open and newly restored at 47-49 East 65th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Make your reservation now. Roosevelt House — the former double…
Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, reopened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights, to support faculty research, and to foster creative dialogue.
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