Hunter Makes News 2003
Highlights of Hunter-related stories.
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April 21, 2003
Crain's New York Business
"Nanotechnologists find big things in small pond"
Hunter chemistry professor Hiroshi Matsui was featured in a story about his work in nanotechnology.April 19, 2003
"Wanted: More Nurses"
A letter to the editor about the need for quality nurses from Hunter Dean of the School of Health Professions Laurie Sherwin and director of the School of Nursing Diane Rendon wrote a letter
to the editor about the need for quality nurses. April 18, 2003
The Washington Post
"Unprepared For a Plague"
Hunter Urban Public Health professor and infectious-disease epidemiologist Philip Alcabes shared his thoughts about smallpox and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in an op-ed.
April 18, 2003
"Only Red, Please. Yellow and Blue Are Not Wanted"
A review of Seeing Red, Part I: Pioneers of Nonobjective Painting at the Hunter College Art
Galleries and Seeing Red, Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting at the Hunter College Times Square Gallery.
April 17, 2003
The Riverdale Press
"Students say Greenbaum turned them into winners"
Hunter physics & astronomy professor Steven Greenbaum was featured in a story about receiving the 2002 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Mentoring at the White House. March 27, 2003
Newsday
Hunter psychology professor Jason Young was quoted in a story about the impact television coverage of the war might be having on its viewers.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/iraq/ny-hsreal0327.story
March 24, 2003
Newsday
"Onetime FDR town house to get facelift as college center"
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/ny-bc-ny--roosevelthouse0324mar24,0,53
78829.story?coll=nyc%2Dmanheadlines%2Dmanhattan
March 18, 2003
"Fixing Monument to Mother-in-Law"
Hunter College launches renovation of Roosevelt House to create public policy institute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/nyregion/18ROOS.html
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February 19, 2003
Hunter College student on Broadway
Suheir Hammad, a Hunter College student and poet who is currently in Russell Simmons' Def
Poetry Jam on Broadway, was featured in a story about
Arab-American writers.
February 17, 2003
Afro-Caribbean population grows quickly on Long Island
Phil Kasinitz, Hunter College sociology professor, was quoted in Newsday
about the rise of African Caribbean immigration in parts of Long Island.
February 17, 2003
Puerto Rican Serving in the Military
Gina M. Perez, a researcher at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, was quoted in The Hartford Courant about how the military offers Latinos a means to earn a
salary, pursue an education and gain prestige within their own communities.February 5, 2003
Afghan Women
Manizha Naderi, a Hunter College student, was featured in a Newsday
story about a group that she is a member of, Women for Afghan Women. January 31, 2003
Singing in the Brain
Hunter College's symposium about birdsong neurobiology was covered by Science magazine.
February 5, 2003
Hunter Student Member of Support Group for Afghan Women
Manizha Naderi, a Hunter College student, was featured in New York Newsday as a member of Women for Afghan Women. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/brooklyn/nyc-b3117144feb05.story
January 24, 2003
Hunter College's 186th Commencement
Puerto Rico Governor Sila M. Calderón who was the speaker at Hunter's winter commencement and graduate Samuel Kess, who at 82 received his master's degree in geography, were
featured in stories by The Daily News, Hoy, El Diario-La Prensa and El Nuevo Dia, WNBC-Ch. 4 and WCBS-Ch. 2.
January 11, 2003
Students Take Hunter College High School Exam
The annual Hunter College High School Exam, which brings about 2,500 students from the five
boroughs each year to take one of the most competitive high school tests in the city, was covered by The Daily News, , WCBS-Ch. 2 and WABC-Ch. 7.
January 9, 2003
Computer World
Part I: Hunter College goes back to school with Macs, OS X, Xserve
Yuval Kossovsky, manager of digital media systems for Hunter College's Department of Film and
Media Studies writes about the integration of Apple's new Xserve server at the College. http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/macos/
January 7, 2003
A Conversation with Erich Jarvis
Erich Jarvis, a Hunter Alumnus, who is recognized for this groundbreaking research on the
brain systems of birds and worn the Alan T. Waterman Award -- the Nations Science Foundation's $500,000 prize for young researchers -- was featured in. |
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December 13, 2002
The New York Times
THE TRANSIT SHOWDOWN: PLANNING; More Than One Way to Get to Work
Hunter was
mentioned in a story about what schools and universities were doing in case of a transit strike.
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December 12, 2002
Newsday
Injury Can't Pin Medina Down
Cliff Medina, a Hunter College junior and top wrestler on
Hunter's wrestling team, was featured in the article.
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December 10, 2002
The New York Times
A Puerto Rican Rebirth in El Barrio; After Exodus, Gentrification Changes Face of
East Harlem
Felix Matos-Rodriguez, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, was quoted about the changes in El Barrio, also known as Spanish Harlem.
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December 9, 2002
The Daily News
THE FIREMAN'S FRIEND: Counselor treats mental anguish of city's Bravest
Hunter alumnus Malachy Corrigan was featured as the Hero of the Month.
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December 6, 2002
The New York Times
A CRIME REVISITED: VOICES; City Reminded of Fears It Believed It Left Behind
Hunter psychology professors Joyce Slochower and Kenneth Levy were quoted in a story about the shifting views of the Central Park jogger case 13 years later.
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December 4, 2002
The Daily News
HIL RIPS PLAN TO AX ED GRANTS
Hunter student Nizaliz Paulino was quoted in the
article about how Perkins funds made it possible for her to get essential computer lab time and tutoring services and how that grant shouldn't be cut.
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December 4, 2002
Carib News
Young Latinas Leadership Institute Scholarships Awarded to Five CUNY Students
Yesenia
Garcia, a Hunter student who was awarded a $1,000 Young Latinas Leadership Institute Scholarship sponsored by the organization 100 Hispanic Women, was featured in the article.
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December issue
People En Espanol
LUZ AL FINAL DEL CAMINO
The incredible and inspirational life of Awilda Gonzalez,
who graduated with honors from Hunter's School of Social Work in June, was the subject of the feature. Hunter Social Work Professor Stephen Burghardt was also quoted in the article.
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November 30, 2002,
The Orlando Sentinel
Return to Puerto Rico Completes Cycle of Life
Felix Matos-Rodriguez,
director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter, was quoted in a story about Puerto Ricans from the mainland returning to the island.
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November 29, 2002
Associated Press and National Public Radio
Pollsters Face A Growing Number Of Obstacles To Accurate Surveys
Peter Tuckel, a Hunter sociology professor, is quoted about the use of political telephone polls and how increasingly difficult
it is to do.
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November 20, 2002
The New York Times
College Debt Grows Along with Tuition
Hunter College is included in a chart
with other major higher education institutions about growing tuition.
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November 17, 2002
Newsday
Commuter Tax May Harm City
The article cites a 2001 study by Hunter College economics
professor Howard Chernick showing that commuters cost the city nearly $2 billion in additional services.
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November 8, 2002
The New York Times
ART IN REVIEW; Doug Ohlson -- '20 Years of Painting, 1982-2002'
A review looked at the paintings of Doug Ohlson in Hunter's Times Square Art Gallery.
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October 26, 2002
CUNY-TV
Biology Professor Marie T. Filbin discusses stem cell research and the
progress being made in the field.
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October 10, 2002
The New York Times
"Forum Asks, Who Owns A Dance?"
Jana Feinman, director
of the Hunter College dance program and a conference about dancer and choreographer Erick Hawkins, were featured in the article.
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September 11, 2002
Newsday
9/11 One Year Later; Michael Kuo; Life Without a Father
Urban planning
graduate student Michael Kuo reflects on his life during the past year. His father, Frederick Kuo Jr., of Great Neck, died in the World Trade Center attack.
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August 25, 2002
Daily News
"Health care felons can be stopped"
Sia Arnason and Ellen
Rosenzweig, co-directors of the Samuel Sadin Institute on Law of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College, wrote an op-ed about protecting nursing home patients from health care workers
who are convicted felons.
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August 19, 2002
Crain's New York Business
"Grads clicking with job market"
Dahon Abdo,
who graduated in June with a degree in computer programming, was featured in an article about graduates with computer degrees and the availability of jobs for them.
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July 25, 2002
Associated Press
"Bronx Teen Among Young People Invited to Lunch with Pope"
Robin Cammarota, a 19-year-old Hunter College student, was one of 14 Catholics attending World Youth Day in Toronto and was invited to eat lunch with Pope John Paul II.
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June 28, 2002
Daily News
"Top Hunter Grad to Battle AIDS Epidemic in Africa"
Imran
Chowdhury, a June graduate, who won a Fulbright scholarship to go to Malawi and fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic was featured in the article.
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June 19, 2002
NY 1 News Inside City Hall
Political Science Professor Kenneth Sherrill discussed
eliminating party affiliations for elections.
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June 5, 2002
Newsday
"Going Back to Her Roots, Hunter grad is returning to help out her native
Mongolia."
Ariunkhishig Gonchigdorj, who received her bachelor's degree in economics from Hunter College in June, was featured about her life as a foreign student in the United States and her
efforts to help her father become president of Mongolia.
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June 2, 2002
The New York Times Magazine
"From Russia With Tsoris"
Gary Shteyngart, a
Hunter MFA June graduate and author of "The Russian Debutante's Handbook," was featured in the article. Shteyngart is currently teaching a fiction course at Hunter College.
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May 14, 2002
The New York Times
"Size of the Ball Changes, but Her Success Remains Constant"
Jezel Rodriguez, a star student athlete at Hunter College was featured in the article.
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May 11, 2002
The New York Times
"To Raise Its Image, CUNY Pays for Top Students and Throws in a Laptop"
The CUNY's honors scholars program and a few Hunter students.
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May 8, 2002
The New York Times, Education page: Bulletin Board
"Duke Biologist Wins Award"
Erich Jarvis, who began his biological training in a program for minority students at Hunter College, won the National Science Foundation's Alan T.
Waterman award - its highest honor for young scientists - which includes a $500,000 research grant.
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May 7, 2002
The New York Times, Daily News, Newsday and New York Post
"Clinton Sees a Role for G.I.s," "Bill See G.I.s in Mideast," "Crash Course in Charisma," "Bill: Mideast needs a world force."
Coverage of Former President Bill Clinton's speech at Hunter College.
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May 6, 2002
Daily News
"He's Prof. Clinton for a day at Hunter"
Preview of former President Clinton's visit to Hunter College, who was invited to teach a class as part of an annual seminar with public figures.
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April 15, 2002
Daily News column by Albor Ruiz
"9/11 Did Not Dilute City's Tolerance"
Hunter College poll findings which showed that NYC residents do not agree with diluting civil liberties or curtailing immigration.
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March 19, 2002
Daily News
"Award helps her aid needy"
Feature
article about social work student Kristen Hoye, who was awarded the second annual Amy Watkins scholarship.
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March 22, 2002
The New York Times
"Art in Review"
A review about
"Second Sight," an art show by five Hunter College master of fine arts candidates at Hunter's Times Square gallery.
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March 12, 2002
New York Times, Science Times section
"Beyond The Microscope: Art in Scientific Images"
"The Microscope and the Skeleton" exhibit curated by Prof. Tim Bromage.
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