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April 16, 2025
Hunter Sociologist Heba Gowayed Named Carnegie Fellow

Professor Heba Gowayed has won an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, one of only 26 fellows chosen by a jury out of more than 300 nominations nationally.
March 5, 2025
Civil Discourse Series Examined Hasidic Jews in America

Hunter sociologist Schneur Zalman Newfield discussed how he left Chabad Hasidism in conversation with his colleague Heba Gowayed.
February 14, 2025
Two Hunter Professors Win Awards for ‘Public Sociology’

Two Hunter College professors have won an award for sociological work that improves public welfare or the lives of members of their communities.
January 2, 2025
Hunter Professor Wins Award for Book on Mass Incarceration

A Hunter sociology professor’s book has won an award from a criminal-justice nonprofit.
August 27, 2024
Meet Erica Chito-Childs, Acting Dean of Arts & Sciences

Erica Chito-Childs, became the acting Ruth and Harold Newman Dean of Hunter College’s School of Arts and Sciences on June 15.
February 26, 2024
Marnia Lazreg, Pathbreaking Hunter Sociology Professor, 83

Marnia Lazreg — a pathbreaking Hunter College sociologist, died January 13 in New York City. She was 83.
June 1, 2022
New Study: Riders of Micromobility Vehicles Not Following Rules of the Road

Professors Peter Tuckel and Kate Pok-Carabalona collaborated on the study with their students, observing 5,180 riders in 34 different zip codes.
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