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Winners of the 9th Annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize for Excellence in Urban Public Health Announced by Hunter College

Posted on February 6th, 2020 · Posted in Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News, Tisch Legacy Project News

9th Annual Prize awarded to “Families for Safe Streets” and Rebecca Telzak (New York, NY – February 6, 2020) – Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, and Laurie M. Tisch,…  

A Look Back at Dr. Denis Mukwege’s Visit as Human Rights Fellow in Residence

Roosevelt House looks back at Dr. Denis Mukwege’s visit as our first Human Rights Fellow in Residence, during which he participated in various meetings and events on protecting victims of…  

Public Policy Program Director Shyama Venkateswar speaks at the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN on the Role of Universities in Advancing a Social Justice Agenda

Posted on May 28th, 2019 · Posted in Faculty Associates News, Roosevelt House

Joining a distinguished panel of speakers organized by the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN to mark the one year anniversary of Armenia’s Velvet Revolution towards greater democratic inclusion…  

Roosevelt House Hosts 2019 Annual Kheel Transportation Policy Lecture

Posted on May 17th, 2019 · Posted in Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

On Wednesday, May 15, Roosevelt House hosted a very special evening on the future of transit governance in New York and the region, featuring an extraordinary panel: Hon. Corey Johnson, New York…  

Hunter College Receives Donation of Historic Franklin Delano Roosevelt Correspondence

Letters between FDR and Daisy Suckley Will Be on Display for Three Weeks at Roosevelt House May 8-May 31, 2019 (New York, NY, May 8, 2019) Hunter College announced today…  

Human Rights Program Student Noor Sheikh Publishes Op-Ed on Victims of Sexual Violence in Wartime

Noor Sheikh, Human Rights Program certificate student, urges the United States to stand with victims on sexual violence in conflict in her Op-Ed in Pass Blue “Will the US Stand…  

2019 Prize to Recognize Accomplishments in Urban Public Health: Hunter Requests Nominations for $10,000 Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prizes — Deadline Extended to June 30

New York, NY, March 14, 2019 – Roosevelt House at Hunter College today announced a call for nominations for the ninth annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prizes, $10,000 awards created to honor one individual and…  

2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Denis Mukwege Welcomed as Hunter College’s First Human Rights Fellow-in-Residence at Historic Roosevelt House

Posted on February 11th, 2019 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

New Program Builds on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy by Fostering Human Rights Advocacy (New York, NY – February 11, 2019) – Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab last week welcomed 2018…  

Faculty Journal: Reconsidering the Supreme Court in Partisan America

Reconsidering the Supreme Court in Partisan America

Posted on December 13th, 2018 · Posted in Faculty Journal, Roosevelt House

Roosevelt House announces a new and timely series in the Faculty Journal on Reconsidering the Supreme Court in Partisan America. (Links to previous editions of the Faculty Journal can be…  

West Side Spirit: Honoring “urban health heroes”

Posted on December 13th, 2018 · Posted in Roosevelt House, Tisch Legacy Project Public Programs

West Side Spirit, December 12, 2018 “Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab and Illumination Fund Founder and President Laurie Tisch announced this year’s recipients of the eighth annual Joan H….