by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter ’97 grapples with life after seventh grade . . . . when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
After 39 years of teaching Foreign Languages (Latin and French) at her Alma Mater, Hunter College High School, Dr.Audrey Maurer is retiring this year. We invite you to join the reception celebrating the retirement for Dr.Maurer amongst other esteemed faculty at the...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, had struck success again as Academy Award winners. Lopez’s Oscar Award for Best Original Song in Disney Pixar’s Coco (“Remember Me”), though, has placed him in a unique category: that of the...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Martha Hodes ICY ’76, Professor of History at New York University, was recently awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. The two fellowships will fund...
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...
