Hunter Senior Devashish Basnet Earns A 2022 Rhodes Scholarship
Hunter College senior Devashish Basnet ’22 has been named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar. He is only the second student in the school’s history to receive a Rhodes, one of the… 
Roosevelt House General News
Happy Birthday Eleanor Roosevelt
Today would be Eleanor Roosevelt’s 137th birthday. We can be proud that she was a native New Yorker, born in the city on October 11, 1884. She would always have…
Roosevelt House Human Rights Director Jessica Neuwirth Receives Legion Of Honor Citation From Consul-General Of France
Jessica Neuwirth, the Rita E. Hauser Director of the Human Rights Program at The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, received the insignia of “Chevalier dans l’Ordre National…
Basil Smikle Named New Director of Public Policy Program at Roosevelt House
Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab today announced the appointment of Dr. Basil A. Smikle Jr. as the new Director of the Public Policy program at Hunter’s Roosevelt House Public…
Roosevelt House is Hiring: JFEW Scholars Program Coordinator
Roosevelt House is hiring for the position: JFEW Eleanor Roosevelt Scholars Program Coordinator. (Part-Time, 20 hours/week) — Apply on the idealist website. The JFEW Eleanor Roosevelt Scholars Program offers scholarships, mentorship, career-building workshops,…
A Television Broadcast of Republic of Detours
Tune in this Sunday to C-SPAN 2 For a Television Broadcast of A Roosevelt House Presentation: Scott Borchert On his new study of FDR’s Federal Writers’ Project Republic of Detours: How the…
Professor Erin-Mayo Named Director of Hunter College’s LGBTQ Center at Roosevelt House
Erin Mayo-Adam, an assistant professor of political science and a respected scholar of LGBTQ legal rights, will be the new Director of the Hunter College LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt…
“Hope And History:” Remembering Ambassador William vanden Heuvel (1930-2021)
The Board and staff of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ambassador William vanden Heuvel, one of its…
CUNY TV Broadcast of the Roosevelt House Presentation — Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella Abzug
Tune into CUNY TV for a broadcast of the Roosevelt House presentation, “Leandra Ruth Zarnow — Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella Abzug.” This panel discussion marks the centennial…
Roosevelt House Marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
We are pleased to continue our series of encore online presentations of Roosevelt House public programming—to inform and inspire us during these challenging days. ***** In recent years, Roosevelt House…
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