A video, published online in the journal Nature Methods in June, shows a new method for converting electrical activity into fluorescent light. This nascent technology was discovered by 35-year-old Harvard University neuroscientist Adam Cohen, a native New Yorker with two doctorates under his belt. Pharmaceutical companies from Biogen Idec Inc. …
Hunter Alumna Mildred Dresselhaus Wins the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Watch her White House interview here. …
The HCHSAA was saddened to learn of the death of Ruby WALLACE Dee ’39, a legend in the American theater and a political activist and pioneer for civil rights throughout her life. She was an Academy Award nominee, and winner of Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, and SAG awards, as …
On Sunday, March 2, Bobby Lopez ’93 made history when he accepted his Oscar for the song “Let It Go” in the moving Frozen, making him the youngest artist to ever win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (popularly known as EGOT). Check out one of the articles about …
Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, held a town hall meeting in early February to explain that he was cutting retirement benefits for employees, citing the rise in healthcare costs and using the example of two “distressed” babies that cost the company a million dollars. One of those babies is the …
Lovin’ the Alien, the popular blog by Alexandra MacAaron ’80, caught the attention of Anderson Cooper, who asked MacAaron to appear on his show (she declined). She was also awarded CBS’ Most Valuable Blogger. You can read more about her work HERE.…
Mildred SPIEWAK Dresselhaus, Jan. ’48, was listed in Computer World Online as one of thirteen women who have made major contributions in the fields of science and technology. The article was written in honor of Ada Lovelace Day (October 13) and was sent to us by Andrea Elberger ’69, …
Thanks in part to the commotion raised by members of the Hunter community, Professor Bar Yam re-examined his previous findings and discovered that the saddest spot in Manhattan (as determined by tweets during a two week period in April 2012) is actually just south of HCHS, and accidentally overlapped coordinates. …
Check out the video from the second TEDxHunterCCS event, held October 5 at the high school.
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8036
You can also see images on their Flickr account HERE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxhunterccs/…
Opera singer Martina Arroyo, Jan. ’53 is to be honored by the Kennedy Center at their Gala on December 29. The event, which will be aired that evening on CBS at 9pm, will also honor Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine, and Carlos Santana.
Martina, whose voice was once decribed …
