How Race and Ethnicity Impact Alzheimer’s Care, Perceptions
Differing views of dementia from Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, Asians and Native Americans
Month: March 2021
York College Chemistry Professor Zhu Zhou Honored
Dr. Zhu Zhou has been elected for two prestigious positions within the Chemistry Community. Firstly, she has been elected as Vice-Chair for the Regulatory Science Community at the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Policy Recommendations: Health Equity Cannot Be Achieved Without Complete and Transparent Data Collection and the Disaggregation of Data
This policy brief provides a series of policy recommendations to address these inequities through legislation, regulatory changes, or policy guidance at both the state and federal level.
Opinion: Ignoring the History of Anti-Asian Racism Is Another Form of Violence
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a significant uptick in violence against Asians and Asian Americans. The organization Stop AAPI Hate collected more than 2,800 reports of verbal abuse, harassment, and physical assaults against Asians in the United States from March to December 2020. These reports depict a disturbing reality, especially for … Read more
Losing generation of activists who fought racism proves need for Asian American studies
The photographer Corky Lee, who died in late January at age 73, captured images of some of the most pivotal moments in Asian American history. The journalist David Ibata, who died two days before at 66, helped dozens of young, cash-strapped Asian reporters land coveted internships in Chicago newsrooms. And the scholar Judy Yung, who … Read more
What Hollywood’s treatment of ‘Minari’ says about the Asian American Dream
The Golden Globes and the Oscars need to recognize that whatever language Asian Americans choose to speak is American — because we are Americans.