Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
On Tuesday, January 29, staffers at the Achievement First High School in Bushwick started receiving racist, anti-Asian emails as well as violent threats. Along with an email on Tuesday morning telling an employee to go back to Hong Kong, the sender threatened to bomb and shoot up the school building at some point during the … Read more
The board and staff of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute are saddened by the loss of our good friend, past AAARI board member, poet and Distinguished Professor Meena Alexander (Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center), who passed away on November 20, 2018. The following is a poem by Russell C. Leong, editor of CUNY … Read more
2015 Scholarship Award Submission Due: June 30, 2015 The Thomas Tam Scholarship is funded by an endowment established by the City University of New York in recognition of Dr. Thomas Tam’s contributions as a former member of the CUNY Board of Trustees, founding Executive Director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute, and leadership … Read more
LETTER TO PEW RESEARCH CENTER: June 22, 2012 Dear Paul Taylor and Dr. Mark Lopez, We are writing on behalf of the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy and Research Consortium (AAPIPRC), a national organization of four university-based Asian American research centers. [i] We respectfully submit this response to the Pew Research Center’s recent report, The … Read more
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has announced plans to establish a named professorship in honor of Dr. Thomas Tam, a former CUNY trustee, CUNY alumnus and prominent Asian-American educator who passed away on Feb. 27 at age 62. During a memorial service at the University’s Asian American/Asian Research Institute on March 9, the Chancellor said the Thomas … Read more
The Asian Alumni of the Alumni Association of The City College of New York (CCNY) honored the Asian American / Asian Research Institute with an Asian / American Achievement Award in special recognition of an organization for service to the community, during its Lunar New Year Dinner Dance on February 10, 2007 at Peking Park … Read more