Our Town, a Manhattan weekly, names President Jennifer Raab first-place winner in the Educator category of its annual
'Our Town Thanks You' (OTTY) Awards. In the article, colleagues commend President Raab for her impressive leadership in the aftermath of 9/11. Her sustained efforts to
create opportunities for ongoing communication after the attack help students unite within a strong and safe college community. WHAT NEW YORK LEADERS WANT
President Raab was invited by The New York Times
to contribute to an op-ed, "What New Yorkers Want From Their Next Mayor." Among other city leaders presenting their opinions were Senator Charles Schumer; Richard Parsons, the incoming CEO of AOL Time Warner; educator Diane Ravitch; health union leader Dennis Rivera; and playwright Wendy Wasserstein. The president asked for state legislation to give the mayor real authority to run the public schools.
CUNY'S COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO 9/11
Hispanic Outlook covers CUNY'S post-attack response. Hunter College is noted for President Raab's quick efforts
to bring people together in "safe spaces," gathering places where students shared their fears and thoughts, and for its memorial "Healing Wall" of poems, letters, artwork and
photos. Education Update prints President Raab's message of thanks to students, faculty and staff who helped during the crisis and in the weeks afterwards.
WIDE PRAISE FOR CARSI AT GROUND ZERO
The 3-D topographic and thermal maps of Ground Zero used daily by firefighters and rescue workers and generated by Hunter Professor Sean C.
Ahearn (Geography) and scientists from the Center for Analysis and Research of Spatial Information (CARSI) continue to garner significant media attention. NBC "Extra" and NY1
air segments on CARSI's disaster work. Newsday runs a full-page feature and the maps are cited in many professional magazines, including Civil Engineering.
INVESTIGATION OF TRAGEDY CONTINUES
Newsday runs an item on President Raab's reward for information leading to an arrest for the hit-and-run death of Douglas Dibble,
manager of the MFA building and a graduate of the MFA Program. President Raab also discusses the reward on WNYW-TV "Good Day New York Early Edition."
A GREAT SCHOOL AT A GREAT PRICE
Hunter makes the grade in Careers & Colleges' list of 15 "Great Schools at Great Prices." Hunter's mid-Manhattan location,
affordability, competitive environment and strong ties to the business community—leading to student internships—are highlighted.
SPRING RENOVATION PLANNED FOR PARK
Our Town
reports on the Hunter College Campus Schools planned park and playground renovation. The $626,000 project, funded by the city's capital budget, begins in June and will be completed by the start of school in September 2002.
SCHOOL OF NURSING RECEIVES GRANT
A $100,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust will enable students from the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing to assist health
care providers working directly in underserved neighborhoods on the East Side of Manhattan, reports Crain's Health Pulse and Our Town.
GRANT TO EXPLORE ANCIENT WORLD
The Leverhulme Foundation awards a $2 million grant to CUNY'S Northern Science and Education Center, composed of Hunter College, the Graduate
Center, and Brooklyn College, for a study of ancient Viking settlements. The study will have far-reaching implications for ecosystems around the world. The Bay News
, Brooklyn Record, and Bay Ridge Courier report.
FROM BROOKDALE CENTER: A NEW PLAY
Time Slips, a new play written by Brookdale Fellow Anne Basting and
inspired by her work with Alzheimer's patients, receives a glowing review on the Village Voice Web site.
CONTINUING EDUCATION GROWS AT CUNY
Adult and continuing
education students with wide-ranging interests find the courses they need at CUNY as enrollment reaches a record high, reports The New York Times. The article
notes interest in diverse subjects, including Hunter's new introductory course in colloquial Arabic language.
STUDY TO AID READING TEACHERS
Reading Today notes
Hunter College's participation in the International Reading Association's National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction. Deborah
Eldridge, Hunter's site leader on the project, discusses the impact the commission may have on the quality of teacher education programs across the United States.
PIONEROS MAKES NEWS
Viva New York and El Diario print excerpts from Pioneros: Puerto Ricans in New York City, 1896 –1948 (Arcadia Publishing),
the newly published bilingual book co-authored by Felix Matos-Rodriguez, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and Pedro Juan Henandez, Centro's
archivist. Pioneros is a collection of 200 photos of Puerto Ricans taken in New York from Centro's extensive collection. Telemundo T.V. also interviews
Matos-Rodriguez about the book, the first of its kind.
ASIAN PARENTS PREPARE FOR HUNTER
The New York Times
runs a story on "Ivy Prep" and its popularity among Asian parents. They hope the rigorous program will help their children pass the entrance examination to Hunter College High School, which the
Times describes as "one of New York City's most prestigious."
