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Ramadan Mubarak! Breaking Fast at Hunter College
Culture / Student Life

Ramadan Mubarak! Breaking Fast at Hunter College

  Despite over 330 attendees cramming into just two rooms on the Hunter College campus, both were silent at sunset as rows of people kneeled to the ground in prayer, or Maghrib as it is known in Islam. While a significant amount of the Hunter student population is Muslim, finding […]

Hunter College Welcomes Two-Time Academy Award Nominee Rick Goldsmith
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Hunter College Welcomes Two-Time Academy Award Nominee Rick Goldsmith

Most of the seats at Hunter College’s Lang Hall were full last Tuesday afternoon for a screening of two-time Academy Award nominee Rick Goldsmith’s latest film, “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink,” which takes a close look at a hedge fund that is plundering newspapers nationwide and the […]

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 […]

Hunter College, a Leading Hispanic Institution
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Hunter College, a Leading Hispanic Institution

For the 14th time in the last 16 years, Hunter College has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The institution was also commended by the State Department for being a Leading Hispanic-Serving Institution by the State Department.  “Hunter College exemplifies a […]

Club Organizers Revive Hunter Social Life On and Off Campus
Culture / Student Life

Club Organizers Revive Hunter Social Life On and Off Campus

From early 2020 to late 2021, the halls of Hunter College were eerily empty. No students walked through the usually bustling hallways and the sky bridges that once were abundant with students sitting and eating lunch on the sides were empty. The clubs and classes that thrived with student engagement […]