Works by a diverse group of artists were created in response to a challenge from the Museum to create an artwork that expresses what “freedom” means today. This exhibition is… 
Hunter College students from the Public Policy Program at Roosevelt House traveled to Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 13, 2018. Dr. Shyama Venkateswar, Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Public…
Mimi Abramovitz, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Faculty Associate and Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy at the Silberman School of Social Work, will be honored by the Council…
Gift Announced on FDR’s 136th Birthday (NEW YORK, JANUARY 30)—A trove of 65 books on American political history, covering the presidency from the age of John Quincy Adams to the…
“[I]n the interwar period of the twentieth century, malicious actors stoked fears and resentments to turn latent hostilities into visceral ones. Then, as now, an imperfect tapestry of international agreements…
By Ellen Moynihan, January 9, 2018 “A rare photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt wearing the braces he needed to stabilize his polio-stricken legs was unveiled Monday at the Roosevelt House…
By James Barron, November 10, 2017 “The actor Stephen Lang knew where he was going as he threaded his way through Central Park…” Read the full article Remembering the ‘Lost…
BY KERRY BURKE & GINGER ADAMS OTIS Saturday, October 28, 2017, 9:30 AM Nearly 40 years after she appeared in “9 to 5,” actress and activist Jane Fonda says women…
New York, NY (October 13, 2017) – Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab has announced this year’s recipients of the seventh annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize. These prestigious…
Contact: Harold Holzer—212-396-6535 or 646-894-6902 ROOSEVELT HOUSE TO OPEN NEW EXHIBIT, WORLD WAR I AND THE ROOSEVELTS: Franklin and Eleanor, Family and Friends Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Engagement…
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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