With a world class faculty and up-to-date production facilities, Hunter College’s Department of Film & Media Studies offers two undergraduate programs of study and an MFA degree in Integrated Media Arts. [more...]
Yu, Betty
Office: HN 474
Email: betty.yu@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: TBA
Website: www.bettyyu.net
Betty Yu is an award-winning filmmaker, socially engaged multimedia artist, photographer and activist born and raised in NYC. Yu integrates documentary film, photography, installation, new media platforms, and community-infused approaches into her practice.
Visiting Artist: Josh Neufeld
Wed., Feb. 11th | 11:50AM-12:50PM | HN 432
Open to Hunter Community
Josh Neufeld is the writer/artist of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, and the Xeric Award-winning graphic travelogue A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories from Southeast Asia & Central Europe). He’s the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller The Influencing Machine: Brook Gladstone On the Media. A longtime artist for Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor, and his art has been exhibited in gallery and museum shows in the United States and Europe
Supported by the Student Engagement Fund
Questions? Contact: Prof. Ricardo Miranda (rmira@hunter.cuny.edu)
Hunter College is offering a new study abroad program in London to study Media 211: News Literacy in a Digital Age, a course that satisfies the CUNY English Composition II requirement. All Hunter and CUNY students are welcome to to apply at https://huntercollege.via-trm.com/authV2/welcome
CUNY students can now study Media 211 News Literacy in a Digital Age in London. The new program will be led by Professor Sissel McCarthy in June 2026.
Professor McCarthy lived in London for seven years as a CNN news anchor and says it’s the perfect destination to learn about journalism and news literacy.
“London is a world class city with so much to offer our students,” said McCarthy. “This program is an incredible opportunity to gain a global perspective into the news industry while learning how to fact-check information like a journalist.”
Students will live and study in central London from June 1-26 and will have the chance to visit four top news outlets like the BBC.
Media 211 fulfills the English Composition II requirement, so all CUNY student can take this course to fulfill their gen ed requirement. It’s also a hybrid course, which features in person labs and asynchronous lectures. That means students can watch the lectures anytime and anywhere on their own schedule.
Financial aid can also be applied depending on the type of aid a student receives.
