by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Celebrated director Lila Neugebauer ’03 has received recognition from numerous organizations, including an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. Neugebauer directed a new work that played at the Signature Center on West 42nd Street. Peace for Mary Frances tells of a...
by huntera2 | Mar 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Beverly Armstrong ’87, founder of Brazo Fuerte Artisanal Beer, on a fantastic collaboration between Brazo Fuerte and Sam Adams! She won the Brewing the American Dream Business (BTAD) and Experienceship Award for 2017, which provides support and mentoring to small...
by huntera2 | Feb 13, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Julia Jarcho is a playwright and scholar who teaches at New York University and writes and directs with her company, Minor Theater, which presented its first official premiere last spring, but represents a set of artistic collaborations built over years of shared...
by huntera2 | Feb 13, 2018 | Alum Highlights
On Tuesday, February 13, Hunter College hosted a discussion between Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bill and Melinda Gates. The talk, which was held at the Hunter College Assembly Hall, brought these influential individuals together to take questions from a sold out...
by huntera2 | Dec 13, 2017 | Alum Highlights
Naomi CONN Liebler, Ph.D. was awarded the prestigious Townsend Harris Medal by the City College of New York Alumni Association for outstanding postgraduate achievement in her field. The award was presented by fellow CCNY alumnus, WNBC meteorologist Chris Cimino,...
by huntera2 | Dec 11, 2017 | Alum Highlights
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...
by huntera2 | Dec 11, 2017 | Alum Highlights
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 in recognition of its role in achieving the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Susi Snyder ’95 , ICAN President was in Oslo to celebrate the...
by huntera2 | Nov 21, 2017 | Alum Highlights
Congratulations go out to Diane Barnes for receiving an award from the United Solo Theatre Festival, where her one-woman-show, My Stroke of Luck, was performed. Barnes, who has been touring her performance at theater festivals internationally, was recognized...
by huntera2 | Oct 11, 2017 | Alum Highlights
Stefan Savage is among the 2017 recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, also referred to as the “genius grant.” Awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation, the fellowship recognizes an individual’s exceptional achievements and creativity. Savage is a...
by huntera2 | Oct 10, 2017 | Latest Books by Alums
Bestselling author Deborah Tannen has published her 11th book, You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships. Tannen, a Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, explores the many ways in which women connect through conversation....
