Tag: Hunter College

Mayme Hostetter Named Twenty-Second President of Hamline University in Minnesota

“I have always had great respect and admiration for Hamline’s role in the Twin Cities as an engine for socio-economic mobility, and as a place that connects college to career," said Dr. Hostetter, who will assume her presidency on July 1.

Nancy Cantor Named President of Hunter College in New York

Dr. Cantor says she is "eager to collaborate with communities across New York City to highlight how higher education can answer the call of what the public needs, now and going forward."

Suri Duitch Is the New Leader of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn

Most recently, Dr. Duitch served as the dean and vice president for academic innovation at Tulane University School of Professional Advancement in New Orleans. Before her time at Tulane, Dr. Duitch worked at the Office of Academic Affairs for a decade at the City University of New York.

In Memoriam: Estelle Ackerman Fishbein, 1934-2023

Estelle Fishbein, the first woman to serve as general counsel at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Fishbein retired as general counsel in 2004, after 29 years in the post.

In Memoriam: Carol Robles-Román, 1962-2023

One of the two longest-serving deputy mayors in the history of the city of New York, Robles-Román served as general counsel to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during his 12 years in office. Robles-Román also served on the City University of New York board of trustees for 14 years and was most recently general counsel and dean of the faculty at Hunter College in New York City.

In Memoriam: Ulku Ulkusal Bates, 1938-2023

A native of Romania, Dr. Bates began teaching career at Oakland University in Michigan, and the University of Michigan, where she taught Islamic and Chinese art history. In 1971, she joined the faculty at Hunter College in New York City and served on the faculty there for 37 years.

Donna Shalala Chosen as the Leader of The New School in New York City

Dr. Shalala was the president of the University of Miami from 2001 to 2015. During the Clinton administration, Dr. Shalala served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for eight years. Earlier in her career, she was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and president of Hunter College of the City University of New York.

The New Leader of Hunter College of the City University of New York

Ann Kirschner served as dean of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College from 2006 to 2016, after which she was appointed as special adviser to the chancellor for strategic partnerships. From 2017 to 2022, Dr. Kirschner was a university professor on the faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center.

American Heart Association Honors Emory University Scholar Nanette K. Wenger

The Nanette K. Wenger Award for Best Scientific Publication on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women was recently created by the American heart Association to recognize Dr. Wenger’s monumental work and inspire continued research innovation and discovery.

Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University Wins Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Martha Jones' book examines the racism and sexism Black women endured in their pursuit of political participation and power. It also closely examines how Black women used that power to secure equality and representation for others.

In Memoriam: Naomi Ruth Bronheim Levine, 1923-2021

Naomi Levine, a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia Law Schools, raised over $2 billion as the chief fundraiser for New York University in the late 20th century. Earlier in her career, Levine was the executive director of the American Jewish Congress.

In Memoriam: Ruth Kluger, 1931-2020

A native of Vienna, Austria, Kluger was sent to a concentration camp in 1942 and transferred to Auschwitz a year later. She survived the war and immigrated to the United States in 1947. She joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 1976, taught at Princeton from 1980 to 1986, and then returned to Irvine, where she taught until her retirement in 1994.