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Carolyn B. Maloney officially ringing the Nasdaq Closing Bell in honor of the Equal Rights Amendment and Women’s Equality. Directly behind the podium from left to right pictured are Sally Greenspan (Downtown Women for Change), Lisa Sales (President of Virginia NOW), Asia Khan (founder of the Sign4ERA Initiative), Carolyn B. Maloney, Zakiya Thomas (President & CEO of ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality), Aarush Santoshi (Generation Ratify), Elizabeth Hemmerdinger (The Feminist Majority) Photography courtesy of Nasdaq, Inc.

The Hon. Carolyn B Maloney, Hunter Students, Women’s Rights Leaders Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell in Support of Women’s Equality

Posted on July 14th, 2023 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

The Hon. Carolyn Maloney, Hunter College Students, and women’s rights leaders rang the Nasdaq closing bell Friday, July 14. All wore white in honor of the suffragist movement, the 100th anniversary of…  

Roosevelt House Opens Exhibit on its 115-Year History, and How it was Saved — and Re-Purposed — by Outgoing Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab

Posted on May 24th, 2023 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

For Release May 25, 2023 Opening Reception and Discussion Evening of May 25 (New York, May 25, 2023)—In tribute to longtime Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab—as she enters the…  

$10,000 Prizes for Outstanding Accomplishments by Organizations and Individuals in Urban Public Health — Call for Nominations for the 2023 Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize

New Prize—New Submissions Requested $10,000 Prizes For Outstanding Accomplishments by Organizations and Individuals in Urban Public Health Hunter College Announces Call for Nominations for the 2023 Joan H. Tisch Community…  

Statement from Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab

Posted on December 5th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

It has been a privilege beyond measure to lead this exceptional institution for the past 22 years, in effect, through the entire 21st century. But the time has come to…  

Roosevelt House opens New Exhibition: Healing Walls: Health and Art in New Deal New York

Posted on November 18th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

Roosevelt House opens New Exhibition: Healing Walls: Health and Art in New Deal New York Celebrates Federal Art Project hospital murals funded by the New Deal; Marks new book about…  

Remembering James Polshek (1930–2022)

Posted on September 15th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

Roosevelt House mourns the loss of James Polshek, the brilliant architect who led the restoration of Hunter College’s Roosevelt House from 2005 to 2010. His reverence for this historical treasure and…  

Celebrating Frances Perkins

Posted on April 7th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

New York has honored Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in the U.S. cabinet, by naming 46th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in recognition of her efforts at…  

The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House Honors Transgender Day of Visibility

Posted on March 31st, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

(March 31, 2022) The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House today honors the International Day of Transgender Visibility. March 31 is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and lives of transgender,…  

Happy Anniversary Eleanor and Franklin 

Posted on March 17th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

Today marks the 117th wedding anniversary of Eleanor Roosevelt and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Please visit our online mini-exhibit “Much More Than a Holiday: The Roosevelts and a St. Patrick’s Day Wedding, March…  

Happy Birthday President Roosevelt

Posted on January 30th, 2022 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

Today marks the 140th birthday of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in 1882. Please visit our online mini-exhibit “Combating an Epidemic: President Roosevelt’s Birthday Celebrations on January 30” created in honor…