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New York Times: “Before That Gilded Tower, Another President-Elect Had a Manhattan Home Base”
A Faculty Journal Opinion Series on the Trump Presidency
View Online: See How They Ran! FDR & His Opponents: Treasures from the New-York Historical Society
Faculty Journal: Minority Communities & Law Enforcement Edition
Faculty Responses to Brexit
Roosevelt House’s Public Policy students visit Washington D.C. for a day of meetings at the State Department, Representative Maloney’s office, The Brookings Institution and a little sightseeing in between...
Human Rights Program students meet with Dr. Kyung-wah Kang, ASG and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at Roosevelt House
Visit Roosevelt House: Historic Home of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Roosevelt in New York City
Recent Speakers: David France, Heather Ann Thompson, John Dickerson

Undergraduate Programs

Public Policy Program
The Program in Public Policy is an 18-credit undergraduate minor open to students in all disciplines. Students also have an option to receive a Certificate in Public Policy by taking…
Human Rights Program
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…
Faculty Research

Roosevelt House Faculty Associates
Hunter’s distinguished Roosevelt House Faculty Associates provide the backbone for the important work that takes place at Roosevelt House. Roosevelt House Faculty Associates develop, guide and teach in the Public Policy and Human Rights Programs.
Recent Faculty Publications
Issues of Equity and Justice in Education Policy
New Policy Brief from May 2016 Colloquium on Race & Class in Special Ed Policy
Roosevelt House Faculty Journal – Minority Communities and Law Enforcement Edition
Public Programs

Upcoming Programs

Currently, there are no upcoming events scheduled. Here is a selection of recent events:
Recent Programs
June 13, 2017 | MANAL AL-SHARIF Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
Recent Programs
May 24, 2017 | Judy Collins – Cravings: How I Conquered Food – a Fireside Chat with Harold Holzer
Recent Programs
May 23, 2017 | Eleanor Roosevelt’s It’s Up to the Women – A Conversation with Jill Lepore, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Amanda Foreman
Recent Programs
May 18, 2017 | Not the Enemy of the People: The Future of Local Investigative Reporting
Recent Programs
May 16, 2017 | Promoting Resilience and Transformation in Cities: A Conference for a Public Policy of Urban Climate Governance
Recent Programs
May 11, 2017 | The New Deal in New York Exhibition Opening
Recent Programs
May 9, 2017 | Nancy Isenberg – White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America
Recent Programs
May 4, 2017 | New Perspectives on the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Agency, Resilience, and Creativity
Recent Programs
May 3, 2017 | Lynne Olson – Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
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May 2, 2017 | Moral Transformation and War with Jesse Prinz and Dr. Brett Litz
Recent Programs
May 1, 2017 | America: Equity and Equality in Health
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April 27, 2017 | Lewis E. Lehrman – Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft
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April 27, 2017 | The Trump Era: The First 100 Days
Recent Programs
April 25, 2017 | Morality In Relief – Crossing the Divide: Homecoming as a Collective Responsibility
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April 24, 2017 | The Futurists: What City Transporation Will Look Like in 20 Years
Recent Programs
April 19, 2017 | The Global Impact of the Refugee Crisis: Journalists Report from the Field
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April 6, 2017 | Geoffrey R. Stone – Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America’s Origins to the Twenty-First Century
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April 4, 2017 | Chris Whipple – The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
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March 28, 2017 | Afterwar: Unmasking the Trauma of War with Nancy Sherman
Recent Programs
March 27, 2017 | NY Women Lead Panel Discussion

Recent Public Programs

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Roosevelt House Faculty Forum
The Promise of Better Economic Outcomes for Workers with Musculoskeletal Conditions
- By: Priyanka Anand Yonatan Ben-Shalom
Introduction
Disability due to musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is a serious and growing problem among American workers. Since 1981, the number of individuals with MSK conditions who enter Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)—a federal social insurance program that provides cash benefits to workers if they meet certain work and disability criteria—has more ...
The Effect of the Housing Crisis on the Finances of Central Cities
- By: [Professor Emeritus] Howard Chernick
Howard Chernick, Hunter College and City University of New York
Andrew Reschovsky, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sandra Newman, Johns Hopkins University
Prepared for presentation at policy forum on Housing Markets and the Fiscal Health of US Central Cities, Urban Institute, Washington, DC, ...
Roosevelt House Student Forum
Can More Data on Higher Education Address Underlying Problems?
- By: Jessica Mendieta
Media Literacy Education for America and Its President
- By: Raymi Echavarria
The Effects of the Travel Ban on Rural Americans’ Healthcare
- By: Isabella Divilova

Special Projects

Politics, Policy, and the Arts

Youth, Jobs and the Future: Responses to Youth Unemployment
History

Roosevelt House Announces Digital Exhibit “Women Take the Lead”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: HUNTER COLLEGE CONTACT: Roosevelt House Digital Media and Programs, 212-396-7947 / media@roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu Roosevelt House Announces Online, Digital Exhibit of Women Take the Lead: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton…
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…
Guided Tours

Roosevelt House Guided Tours
Roosevelt House — the former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College — offers visitors a chance to get closer to a…

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