Month: January 2023

Op-Ed by President Frank H. Wu – A responsibility to speak out

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As an Asian American humbled to lead an institution of higher education, I was appalled by the recent remarks of the Purdue University Northwest Chancellor. Presiding over a commencement ceremony, Thomas L. Keon used gibberish as a mockery or Asian languages, which is so familiar to those of us who faced the common cruelty of … Read more

Spring 2023 Internship – AAPI Oral History Project Support

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The AAPI Oral History Project Support internship is a blended (remote and in-person), unpaid project support and coordination activity in research, outreach, transcription and editing, drafting papers, and assisting with funding identification and development potentials.   Project Concentrations 1. “Chasing the Legacy of the ‘Chinese Marxist Left’ of San Francisco” The ‘‘Chinese Marxist Left’ is the … Read more

2023 APIAVote SUMMER Internship

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Our internship program strives to encourage and cultivate young AAPI student leaders to explore a career in the public sector or the political arena. Interns will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and training on how to organize and implement voter activities to increase the participation of AAPIs in the electoral process. Summer interns … Read more

CCNY computer scientist Jie Wei leads USAF-funded project to improve situational assessment and awareness

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Jie Wei, professor of computer science at The City College of New York, is the recipient of a $299,000 grant from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research to improve situational assessment and awareness (SAAW), which is critical to military operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) applications. The three-year project, in collaboration with … Read more