Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The final plan follows a 30-day public comment period after the preliminary plan was released in April. During that period, the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ) gathered feedback from New Yorkers across the five boroughs and worked with 45 City agencies to strengthen the plan’s goals, strategies and indicators.
New FBI data just released show a decline in the overall numbers of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, with Sikhs and Hindus being the exception.
State legislators today rallied with doctors, patients, healthcare professionals, and community members to urge Governor Hochul to sign their legislation to better protect Asian Americans against the growing incidence of diabetes. Specifically, the bill requires insurance companies to cover diabetes screenings at lower Body Mass Index (BMI) thresholds for Asian Americans and lower screening thresholds … Read more
A new startup, founded by Jiye Son, unveils a line of children’s nail polish, free of harmful chemicals and inspired by her doctoral research.
For 20 young scientists from Taiwan, this summer offered much more than a chance to spend time in a laboratory. It was an opportunity to ask questions, try something new, meet people from another culture, and begin imagining what might be possible for their own futures.
A study by CUNY SPH researchers found that family caregivers of hospitalized lung cancer patients in Northern Vietnam experience significantly diminished quality of life and that resilience may serve as an indirect pathway in the relationship between depressive symptoms and well-being.