Hunter’s female alums were front and center as the college celebrated Women’s History Month with the launch of The Whole World Goes to Hunter, Creating a Culture of Excellence and Activism,… 
Harold Holzer can’t escape the pull of presidents — or of history. As the Jonathan F. Fanton director of Hunter College’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Holzer has served since…
Click below to hear Prof. Joseph Lowndes, Director of the Public Policy Program at Roosevelt House, discuss the legacy of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson. Prof. Lowndes joins Donna Brazile…
Earlier this week U.S.A. Today published an opinion piece by Juan Diaz (’18) on the impacts of Donald’s Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship on immigrant families. Diaz graduated with a…
On June 25 Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College celebrated the legacy of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer with a conversation with the co-authors of her final book, The…
On June 10, 2025, the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice at The City University of New York was officially relocated to its new home at the Roosevelt House…
President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, less than a month before the end of the war in Europe. With the unconditional surrender of Germany effective May 8, the day…
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced last week their appointment of the Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows, tapping 198 trailblazing artists and scholars across…
President Franklin Roosevelt died 80 years ago on April 12, 1945, after 12 years in office. His achievements were mighty: his New Deal programs rebuilt the US economy, updated and…
Provost Manoj Pardasani and Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer have announced that Dr. Joseph Viteritti is assuming the role of Interim Director of the Public Policy Program at Roosevelt House….
Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, reopened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights, to support faculty research, and to foster creative dialogue.
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