This edition: Gertrude Elion, Robert Aumann and Hunter College History
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Original tape date: April 13, 2023. First aired: May 8, 2023.On this episode of CUNY Laureates, we profile another two Nobel Prize winners from the City University of New York. First, Gertrude Elion faces tragedy and finds purpose in her quest to cure cancer and other diseases through rational drug design. Robert Aumann becomes embroiled in the high-stakes world of war and peace with his groundbreaking contributions to game theory. And producer Craig Thompson highlights the recent donation of Gertude Elion’s Nobel Prize to Hunter College with a look back at the school’s history and its impact on generations of women.
Guest List
Jonathan L. Elion, MD Cardiologist
Jennifer J. Raab President, Hunter College/CUNY
Philip Swan Interim Archivist, Hunter College
Clay Williams Deputy Chief Librarian, Hunter College
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- David Rudovsky, Bright Sheng, and Patricia Wright
- Friday, July 11 - 7:30am
- Eric Wolf, Pepón Osorio, and Paule Marshall
- Sunday, July 6 - 7:30am
- The MacArthur Fellowship, Ben Katchor and Ada Louise Huxtable
- Saturday, July 5 - 7:30am
- Oscar Handlin, Gregory Pardlo, and Frank McCourt
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- Sunday, July 6 - 5:30pm
- Tuesday, July 15 - 5:00pm
- Sylvan Fox, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lloyd Schwartz
- Tuesday, July 1 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, July 5 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 14 - 5:00pm
- Inauguration Day Special: CUNY's Champions of Democracy
- Monday, June 30 - 5:00pm
- Friday, July 4 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 10 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, July 19 - 5:30pm
- Arthur Kornberg, Kenneth Arrow and CUNY at 175
- Saturday, June 28 - 7:30am
- Leon Lederman, Julius Axelrod, Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
- Friday, June 27 - 7:30am
- Harold Schonberg, Annie Baker, and Howard Sackler
- Thursday, June 26 - 5:00pm
- Sunday, June 29 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 9 - 5:00pm
- Friday, July 18 - 5:30pm
- Liu Heung Shing, Bernard Malamud, and A. M. Rosenthal
- Wednesday, June 25 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, June 28 - 5:30pm
- Tuesday, July 8 - 5:00pm
- Sunday, July 13 - 5:30pm
- The Pulitzer Prize, Angela Hill, and Oscar Hijuelos
- Tuesday, June 24 - 5:00pm
- Friday, June 27 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 7 - 5:00pm
- Saturday, July 12 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 17 - 5:00pm
- Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Ofshe, and Upton Sinclair
- Monday, June 23 - 5:00pm
- Thursday, July 3 - 5:00pm
- Friday, July 11 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 16 - 5:00pm
- Mitchell Feigenbaum, Persi Diaconis, Ocean Vuong, Annie Baker, and Irving Feldman
- Sunday, June 22 - 5:30pm
- Saturday, July 19 - 7:30am
- Arno Penzias, Rosalyn Yalow and John O'Keefe
- Sunday, June 22 - 7:30am
- Denny Moore, Vanessa Ruta, and Cristina Jiménez Moreta
- Saturday, June 21 - 5:30pm
- Friday, July 18 - 7:30am
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- Saturday, June 21 - 7:30am
- Friday, July 4 - 7:30am
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- Friday, June 20 - 5:30pm
- Sunday, July 13 - 7:30am
- Gertrude Elion, Robert Aumann and Hunter College History
- Friday, June 20 - 7:30am
- Sunday, June 29 - 7:30am
