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The grants exemplify Hunter's commitment to fulfilling its role as an anchor institution for New York City’s Puerto Rican community and beyond.

The trip was only the latest in a series of excursions and campus events designed to spotlight the relevance of the humanities.

Hunter MFA Playwriting grads Phillip Christian Smith '23 and Jennifer Diamond '24 were named 2024-25 Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow.

Students in Hunter College’s Polish Program celebrated Polish Bilingual Day with songs, stories, and food in the West Building on October 17.

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs again named Hunter College a leading Fulbright Hispanic Serving Institution.

Hunter College welcomed 150 high-school guidance counselors from all over New York on Oct. 18 as the host of CUNY’s annual Fall Counselor Conference.

TV series produced by Hunter's CENTRO –  Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, has won two New York Emmy Awards. 

Dr. Melissa O’Connor has been appointed Associate Dean for Research and Rudin Professor of Nursing in the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing.

Ayana Mathis won the $10,000 Gabe Hudson Award for her novel "The Unsettled" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2023).

A Hunter researcher has received an Outdrive Aphasia PPA grant from the National Aphasia Association.

Hunter College’s cross-country track teams dominated the 2024 CUNYAC Championships.

Twenty-nine Hunter College students recently attended the final dress rehearsal of the Metropolitan Opera’s new production.

Four Hunter College students were selected for the prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship.

The Hunter – Macaulay junior presented a paper on lithium-ion batteries at an international conference at the University of Palermo in Italy.

Three students at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing have won Nurses Educational Funds scholarships for 2024-25.

Hunter’s pass rate was well above the average for New York State Nursing graduates, 86.66% of whom passed the exam in 2024.

Six Hunter College affiliates were among the 32 artists, writers, and scholars who were named as 2024-25 fellows of Social Practice CUNY.

Hunter bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award on Helene Goldfarb as she celebrated her 95th birthday at a joyous party at Hunter’s East Terrace.

Hunter's Center for Puerto Rican Studies- CENTRO welcomed seven Latino elected officials and several staffers, President Nancy Cantor, and students.

Dr. Charles Vörösmarty was recognized for his “exceptional contributions to Earth and space science through a breakthrough, discovery, or innovation."

Hunter was the top-ranked school for social mobility in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 College Rankings for Regional Universities North.

Prof. William Solecki received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the federal government to improve flood resilience in vulnerable communities.

Two undergraduates are working as research assistants this academic year at Hunter College’s National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining.

A Hunter researcher is one of nine CUNY faculty members receiving funding from Google as part of a three-year, $3 million grant from the company.