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Hunter MFA Playwrights Festival Concludes Season With “This House is for Laughing” By Sam Walsh
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Hunter MFA Playwrights Festival Concludes Season With “This House is for Laughing” By Sam Walsh

The Playwrights Festival, which serves as the capstone for graduating students in Hunter College’s MFA in Playwriting Program, concluded on May 10, in the Frederick Loewe Theater, with a standing ovation for playwright Sam Walsh. The festival, in its seventh year, gives students the experience of a 29-hour professional workshop […]

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Hunter College Students React to Increasing Violence Against Women In NYC

In the last month, Tik Tok  flooded with videos of women detailing their assaults in broad daylight in New York City .  On March 25th, popular Tik Toker, Halley Kate Mcgookin, a fashion-influencer based in NYC,  posted a video to Tik Tok detailing her experience of being sucker punched in […]

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Undergraduate Student Government: 2023-2024 Year in Review

The Hunter Undergraduate Student Government (USG), a democratically elected, officially-recognized student organization, is responsible for the protection of the rights, welfare, and involvement of all undergraduate students at Hunter. This year has been one of the USG’s busiest; on top of typical student engagement activities and events, such as the […]

Revamped Library Is Now A Communal Hang-Out Spot
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Revamped Library Is Now A Communal Hang-Out Spot

  With the opening of the fifth-floor library in the East Building, many Hunter College students looked forward to an updated and aesthetically-pleasing study spot. Sadly, the reality is quite different, students said.  Open to students and faculty since the fall of 2023, the fifth floor of the Toby and […]

Free Food Pantry Opens at The Silberman School of Social Work
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Free Food Pantry Opens at The Silberman School of Social Work

Hungry Hunter College students now have access to food pantries on the East Harlem campus at 119th St and 3rd Ave. The New York City Food Policy Program in February installed two vending machine-style food pantries on the campus, which is home to the Silberman School of Social Work, the Department […]