Hunter College Archives

A dilapidated log cabin is pictured in Arizona amid dry scrub brush against a backdrop of pale purple mountains

New Take on the Old West in Tea Obreht’s Acclaimed Novel ‘Inland’

October 15, 2019

A critically acclaimed new book by Tea Obreht, who teaches at Hunter College, reimagines the classic Western novel with a camel-wrangling orphaned immigrant and an Arizona frontierswoman. Read more ›

How Nehru and India Helped Keep Peace in the Cold War Era

October 8, 2019

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

A new book looks at the unique and influential role that India and Jawaharlal Nehru played during the Cold War of the 1950s and '60s. Read more ›

An elephant uses its trunk to receive a piece of food from a human hand.

The Nose Knows: What Elephants Can Tell Just by the Smell

September 12, 2019

| Hunter College

Elephants have such a good sense of smell that they can tell which quantity of food is bigger just by smelling it. Read more ›

The front cover artwork is provided by the groups of Prof. Rein V. Ulijn at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and Prof. Tell Tuttle at the University of Strathclyde. The image shows adenosine triphosphate, life’s ubiquitous energy source, interacting with a short peptide that was discovered using phage display. The formed complexes are dynamic and sample a shallow energy landscape.

A Step Toward Creating Tiny Molecular Machines

August 28, 2019

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

Scientists have discovered a short peptide that's able to pair up with ATP, which is often described as the energy currency of living things. Read more ›

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Studying the Lives of New York City Dogs at the Thinking Dog Center

August 23, 2019

| Hunter College

At Hunter College's Thinking Dog Center, they study the lives and behavior of New York City dogs. Read more ›

cover of Ryan Keberle's jazz album "The Hope I Hold" depicting 5 faces as the roots of a tree

A Jazz Musician’s ‘Hope,’ Inspired by Poet Langston Hughes

August 20, 2019

| Hunter College

A Langston Hughes poem inspires a jazz album. Read more ›

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Maybe Online Reviews Shouldn’t Be So Easy to Do

July 31, 2019

| Hunter College, The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

The speed and ease of leaving online reviews and star ratings isn't necessarily a good thing. Read more ›

Unrecognizable veteran squeezes his hat as he discusses something difficult with a military mental health professional. The man is wearing camouflage clothing.

PTSD Treatment For Active-Duty Military: The Dropout Problem

July 22, 2019

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

PTSD affects 11 to 20% of veterans, which makes early intervention critical. Rather than wait until they're discharged, many treatment centers promote care while military service members are still on active du Read more ›

Hand holds blue pill for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV with PrEP

Let’s Talk About Sex, Anxiety, and PrEP

July 17, 2019

| Graduate School of Public Health, Hunter College, The Graduate Center

A study finds that taking PrEP, the daily pill that prevents HIV transmission, has psychological benefits. Read more ›