by huntera2 | Feb 1, 2019 | Giving Back
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. AN: Why did you want to...
by huntera2 | Jan 22, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
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...
by huntera2 | Jan 9, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Lin-Manuel Miranda ’98 grew up loving the theater from his earliest years. While a high school student at Hunter, it is reported that he spent time reading scripts in the aisles of the Drama Book Shop when he was too young to have money to buy them. Now, the Grammy,...
by huntera2 | Dec 12, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Eve KANNER Kugler, Jan. ’49 was one of several alumnae interviewed in What’s What about their experiences as children of families fleeing the Nazi regime. As a ten year old, she came to New York as a refugee from France. She was accepted into Hunter four...
by huntera2 | Jun 26, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
An intimate portrait of women’s lives is depicted in the book My Brilliant Friends: Our Lives in Feminism (Columbia University Press 2019). Nancy KIPNIS Miller ’57 writes of her close bond with three lauded feminist scholars and literary critics: Carolyn Heilbrun,...
by huntera2 | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr. Sharon K. Farber provides an invaluable resource for the mental health professional who is struggling to understand self-harm and its origins. Using attachment theory to explain how addictive connections to pain...
by huntera2 | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“”Passionate Practice” provides the necessary steps in learning how to relax, focus and concentrate. It includes concrete ways to free yourself from modes of thought and behavior that restrict the passionate exchange between you and your art....
by huntera2 | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Allured by the idea of an island nation full of people who love the game as irrationally as he does, American journalist Rafe Bartholomew arrived in Manila to unlock the riddle of basketball’s grip on the Philippines. On his unforgettable journey,...
by huntera2 | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Hungry for Ecstasy: Trauma, The Brain, and the Influence of the Sixties by Sharon Klayman Farber explores the hunger for ecstatic experience that can lead people down the road to self-destruction. In an attempt to help mental health professionals and concerned...
by huntera2 | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, “miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer.” Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and...