Hunter in the News
New York Post: Former player is living proof: Cornell can beat Kentucky
"He is 63 years old now, an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College, a former cityside reporter for the New York Post before that. And long before that, he was a guard who scored 37 points one magical night against Adolph Rupp's Runts (Pat Riley and Louie Dampier among them) before a shellshocked crowd at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky." - New York Post
Reuters: Crafty stay-at-home moms turn to online sales
""Women are looking to both work and take care of families, but the traditional workplace doesn't provide that opportunity, so they are looking for their own ingenious ways (to do that)," said Pamela Stone, a sociology professor at New York City's Hunter College." - Reuters
New York Post: Students rush to CUNY
"The number of students trying to transfer to City University of New York public colleges for the fall 2010 semester jumped 77.5 percent compared to this time last year, officials said." - New York Post
The Huffington Post: The Wellpoint Effect
Article written by John E McDonough, the Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter College in New York, and a former staffer on the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
NY Daily News: Alcohol tax is an idea for a later date
""The public health evidence is strong that increasing the price of alcohol will lead to a decrease in alcohol-related problems in young people," said Nick Freudenberg, a public health professor at Hunter College who sits on the city's Health Advisory Committee." - NY Daily News
The New York Times: At Closing Plant, Ordeal Included Heart Attacks
"“We’re just at the very beginning of studying pathways,” said William T. Gallo, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Hunter College in New York. “We want to find out how we can intervene so we can lessen the effects of job loss, or eliminate them.”" - The New York Times
NY Daily News: Gift of bass guitar to down-and-out musician Arthur Lee (Butch) Porter turns into family 'miracle'
""It was more than just a bass he gave him. He gave him a new lease on life," Porter's brother, Andre, said of the Hunter College student who arranged the gift." - NY Daily News
The New York Times: Should Grocers Be Allowed to Sell Wine in New York?
"'But in supporting a proposed New York State law to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores, you don’t acknowledge the unintended health consequences of adding about 20,000 retail alcohol outlets to the state’s alcohol distribution system,' says Nicholas Freudenberg, a professor of public health at the CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College." - The New York Times
HealthDay: As Swine Flu Fades, Experts Ponder Next Season
"...the distinction between H1N1 and the "regular" seasonal flu "doesn't seem to be very useful any more," said Philip Alcabes, associate professor in the urban public health program of the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York. "The flu is very hard to predict and what you think you know is only what happened before. There can always be a surprise."" - HealthDay
The Boston Globe: On sidelines, health care architect hangs onto hope
"McDonough offered his insider per spective on the health care effort after leaving his Washington job Jan. 30 to serve as a public health policy fellow at Hunter College in Manhattan, fulfilling a commitment he had made when few Democrats dreamed Congress would still be waiting to pass a health care overhaul in February 2010." - The Boston Globe
The Village Voice: Rob Shuster Reviews Robert Morris
"In his philosophic writings promoting minimalism, Robert Morris has often insisted on the de-personalization of the artist, but, luckily for us, he hasn't always adhered to his theories. His rarely screened films, given plenty of space in the maze of rooms here, offer up a surprisingly intimate conceptualism." - The Village Voice
New York Post: Good Times Enroll at CUNY
"Enrollment a the City University of New York's 23 campuses is at its all-time peak, eclipsing a record set in 1974 - when the school was tuition-free." - New York Post
The New York Times: Student Filmmakers, Not Ceasing or Desisting
"Ms. Friedland, a graduate student at Hunter College in Manhattan [received] a registered letter from a lawyer who was very unhappy about a documentary film she is making on a subprime loan scandal in Brooklyn." - The New York Times
Inside Higher Ed: Rankings Frenzy '09
"ACTA [American Council of Alumni and Trustees] ends up giving A grades to only seven colleges: Baylor University, City University of New York's Brooklyn College and Hunter College, Texas A&M University, the U.S. Military Academy, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Texas at Austin." - Inside Higher Ed
NY Daily News: Big Apple schools Hunter and Brooklyn colleges shine at their core
"When it comes to the basics, both Hunter and Brooklyn colleges get an A. Columbia costs 10 times as much as the CUNY schools but only scored a B in a new study of colleges' core education requirements." - NY Daily News
Prof. Shanti Thakur wins Grand Remi Award at Worldfest-Houston
Scientists See Cruelty in Killing Method Used in Japan’s Dolphin Roundup (Read Professor Reiss' interview)