Archive for March, 2024

The entrance to the advisor's office.
News / Student Life

One Advisor to 900 Students: Why Hunter Students Are Forced to Navigate College Life Solo

Many Hunter College students complain upon arriving at school that they must act as their own advisors. Little do they know the advisor-to-student ratio is 1 advisor to 900 students, according to Jen Gaboury a Professional Staff Congress CUNY staff. There are currently 18 advisors at Hunter, she said. Students […]

College students across New York City gathered in front of Hunter’s West Building on Feb. 28 for a pro-Palestinian protest. (Photo Credit: CUNY NION Jewish Antizionist Collective)
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Hunter Investigates Pro-Palestinian Student Groups Following Recent On-Campus Protest

Hunter College said they were conducting an investigation into pro-Palestinian student groups on alleged accounts of physical intimidation and hate speech against Jewish students during a protest held on Feb. 28. In an interview with diasporic magazine New York Jewish Weekly, a Hunter spokesperson reprimanded the language used during the […]

Largest Donation in CUNY History for Comp-Sci and AI Project
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Largest Donation in CUNY History for Comp-Sci and AI Project

Governor Kathy Hochul announced last month that CUNY will receive $75 million from the Simons Foundation to improve the computational science programs and incorporate CUNY into the governor’s proposed Empire AI project.  The donation is the largest in CUNY history. The funds will be split with $50 million going toward […]

Hunter Staff and Students Protest One Year Without a Union Contract
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Hunter Staff and Students Protest One Year Without a Union Contract

Hunter students joined staff on Feb. 29 to demonstrate outside the Hunter West Building over union contract negotiations that have dragged on for a year. Members of the Professional Staff Congress, or PSC CUNY, attended a contract bargaining session, while others led informational pickets at various CUNY campuses. The union […]

Office of Education Abroad Wants To Help Students Take Their Experience Beyond The Classroom
Culture / Student Life

Office of Education Abroad Wants To Help Students Take Their Experience Beyond The Classroom

At a public academic institution like Hunter College, experiencing a foreign exchange program isn’t as much of a given as it might be in less economically diverse, private liberal arts schools.  In the 2022-20223 academic year, 250 Hunter students studied abroad. That’s roughly 2% of the undergraduate population, at the […]