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A Grammy Award for Classical Music

Recording Engineer Barry Werger ’87 is among the 2020 Grammy award winners for Best Classical Compendium, The Poetry of Places. The album features works for solo piano, two, pianos, percussion, electronics, voice, and toy piano that have been inspired by exquisite...

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Insights into Business Operations

Sari LEVINE Wilde ’97, Managing Vice President at global research and advisory firm Gartner, has written a ground-breaking book that identifies the working style of managers. In The Connector Manager: Why Some Leaders Build Exceptional Talent – and Others Don’t...

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Tribute to a Jazz Legend

Pianist and composer Roberta Piket ’83 and her sextet performed a tribute concert honoring celebrated jazz pianist and NPR radio host Marian McPartland in December 2019. The show, held at Flushing Town Hall, was a return to the borough for the musician who was born in...

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Luke Melas-Kyriazi ’16 Named Rhodes Scholar

Luke Melas-Kyriazi ’16 is among thirty-two Americans named as Rhodes Scholars representing the United States in 2020. Melas-Kyriazi, currently a senior at Harvard pursuing a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science, was selected from an initial pool of over...

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A Tale for the Ageless

Derek Chin ’97 has published a science fiction book entitled Time Epic: Life. Knowledge. Future. (Time Lock Books 2019). It is a tale about the enduring friendship of four immortals who experience a series of adventures and journey through several historical periods....

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Defying the Bounds of Reality

Larissa Shmailo ’74 has published her most recent work, Sly Bang (Spuyten Duyvil 2019). Self-described as a feminist experimental novel, she goes beyond the limits of reality in defining the world in which her lead character lives. Shmailo weaves poetry and fantasy...

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Chronicling the Life of a Paralympic Athlete

Pola Rapoport ’73 was invited for a month-long Artist’s Residency at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York. In her residency, Rapoport will be editing her new documentary film, Marieke: Death and the Racer.The film is centered on the life of...

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A TEDx Talk About the Quality of Food

Larry Olmsted ‘84 gave a TEDx talk at the University of Nevada Reno, the nation’s premiere TEDx venue, entitled “Rethinking Whole Foods.” In his presentation, Olmsted delved into topics revealed in his bestselling 2016 book, Real Food/Fake Food (Algonquin Books of...

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An In-Depth Memoir About Loss

Barbara METSKY Kretchmar ’60 has written a book to support women who have lost a spouse. In Widows – Our Words and Ways (Mill City Press 2019), Kretchmar has compiled the stories of 25 women of different ages, ethnicities, religions, and economic backgrounds who share...

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A Passion for Education and Family

Vera Gordon spent her life education students, first as an English teacher then as an assistant principle. This commitment to education, as well as a love for her family, led her to make a gift to support the Alumnae/i Association.

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Deborah Dorfman ’51

Deborah Dorfman often spoke fondly of her time at Hunter. By including us in her estate plan, Deborah is ensuring other students have access to the same Hunter education she received

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Alumna Honored for Women’s History Month

Marie Maynard Daly, Jan. ’38 is one of five African-American women that have been commemorated for Women’s History Month with a digital portrait for their achievements in STEM. Daly was the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in...

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306 Hollywood Now Available on iTunes

306 Hollywood Now Available on iTunes

Filmmakers Jonathan Bogarín ’96 and Elan Bogarín ’00 have released their family memoir, 306 Hollywood, on iTunes. The film opened nationwide to significant acclaim and was cited on over ten "Best of 2018" lists. In case you missed the...

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Esther Rose ’71, M.D.

The Donor Profiles section of AlumNotes Spring 2019, a feature in which we interview alums who have supported programs at the school.
Our first interview is with Esther Rose’71, M.D. a physician who does research for Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

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Grandpa Stops a War

Susan Robeson '71Grandpa Stops a War (Jan 22, 2019)The true story of Paul Robeson’s visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War is a tale of courage and activism told by his granddaughter, Susan Robeson. Grandpa Paul was a world-famous actor and singer with a...

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New Jazz Release from Sam Bardfeld ’86

Jazz violinist Sam Bardfeld has recently released a new album, The Great Enthusiasms, which has received commendations from many in the field, including being named as “one of the top 10 jazz records of the year (Lucid Culture).”  Bardfeld, who is a member of The Jazz...

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Congratulations to Cynthia Nixon ’84!

Congratulations to Cynthia Nixon on winning a Tony award as Best Featured Actress in a Play for Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes!  Over 60 alums saw her performance during Reunion weekend in June 2017, and she graciously stayed after the Friday and Sunday...

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Co-curated by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner ’68

Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts is an exhibition that highlights the many accomplishments of African Americans and other minorities who dared to overcome social norms and prejudices to pursue their passion and pave the way for future generations of world...

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The Funfetti Explosion by Julia Moskin ’85

When Candace Nelson opened the first Sprinkles bakery in Los Angeles in 2005, she did not actually have any sprinkles on hand. “I liked the word, but I thought of them as a supermarket pick, waxy and fake,” she said. “Not elegant, chic and modern.”Rainbow sprinkles...

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Help Save Ripley, Thunder Levin ’81

Who is Ripley?Ripley is my 8 year old golden retriever.  He's a dog.  Canus Lupus Familiaris.  But he's much more than that.  The cliche of a dog as "man's best friend" is overused.  So I won't say that's what he is.  In fact, he's much more than that.  To hear more...

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Anne Speyer ’08 Completes Marathon

“You know, you spend months training, you push through the constant soreness, the pain, the waking up at dawn, the not hanging out with people because you have to go to sleep early so you can train, but, honestly, in the end, I can't even tell you how rewarding it is...

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WMAAPP Presents Helen Epstein ’65

Journalist/Analysand Helen Epstein '65 writes about Termination. She has just finished First Love: A Memoir of Dissociation and Reconnecting, the third book in a trilogy begun with Children of the Holocaust. For more information, see the HCHS Alum FB groupSaturday,...

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CODE2040 CEO heads to the White House

Laura Weidman Powers '00, in USA Today, who has built CODE2040 into a major force for diversifying the technology industry, is taking her advocacy to the White House with her appointment as a senior policy adviser to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith.

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