For Professor Joseph Lowndes, the new director of the Public Policy Program at Hunter’s Roosevelt House, his education in politics began at the schoolhouse door. Born in 1966, Lowndes, 59, grew… 
It’s no secret that the affluent Upper East Side has been exactly just that– affluent. The neighborhood has long been accosted where the elite “old…
Imagine being an undocumented immigrant in the United States, working long hours, contributing to the economy, and paying taxes, yet unable to see a doctor because you do not have…
On June 25 Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College celebrated the legacy of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer with a conversation with the co-authors of her final book, The…
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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