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… 
Public Policy Program
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…
Upcoming Programs
Tue, March 3, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Thu, March 5, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
Fri, March 6, 2015 @ 8:30 am
Tue, March 10, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Thu, March 12, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Mon, March 16, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Tue, March 24, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
Wed, April 1, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Thu, April 2, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Tue, April 14, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
Cover Story — Hunter Awards Honorary Degree to Jonathan F. Fanton
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Roosevelt House News
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Roosevelt House Launches Series of Issue Briefs on Affordable Housing (01/29/2015)
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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)
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 -
Roosevelt House Launches Series of Issue Briefs on Affordable Housing (01/29/2015)
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Roosevelt House Faculty Associate Howard Chernick Receives Fulbright Award (01/28/2015)
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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)
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
Housing and Gentrification: The Changing Nature of Chinatown
Faculty Opinion Piece.
Bill de Blasio’s message in the State of the City speech today is no doubt welcomed by many in the city. Affordable housing is crucial in keeping working families in the city and important in keeping some of the city’s most visible old time neighborhoods intact. However, it ...
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 ...
Special Projects
Changing New York: A Roosevelt House Policy Forum
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College will sponsor a Summer/Fall 2013 programming series dedicated to understanding the social, cultural and political forces shaping New York in the 21st century. Building upon the success last year of “The Road to November: Exploring America’s Challenges on the way to Election 2012,” Roosevelt House will this year focus on the challenges facing the city as it prepares for the mayoral election in November 2013.
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.
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
tel: 212.650.3174 | email: roosevelthouse@hunter.cuny.edu
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