U.S. freezes new immigrant visas for 75 countries
The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday it will pause issuing immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries over concerns that they may rely on public assistance in the future.
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Pregnancy-related high blood pressure varied among Asian, Pacific Islander subgroups
Pacific Islander and Filipino individuals were more than twice as likely as Chinese individuals to have a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, finds a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association
CAPAC Chair Meng Co-Leads Bipartisan House Resolution Honoring Korean American Day
To mark the 123rd anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States, today Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Young Kim (CA-40), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng introduced a bipartisan House resolution celebrating January 13, 2026, as Korean American Day.
Double threat: HIV and hepatitis B co-infection increases risk of kidney dysfunction
A new 10-year regional study led by CUNY SPH doctoral graduate Thinh Toan Vu reveals that adults living with both HIV and hepatitis B virus across the Asia-Pacific face substantially higher risks of kidney dysfunction than those living with HIV alone.
CUNY Celebrates 37 Students Selected for Prestigious Gilman Scholarship and Kaplan Leadership Program
The City University of New York today celebrated the selection of 29 students for the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and eight others who were named among the Kaplan Educational Foundation’s Kaplan Leadership Program. Both programs provide opportunities for talented students from low-income backgrounds to augment the educational opportunities they are receiving at CUNY, … Read more
Hunter College Prof. Angela Reyes Wins Award to Hold Linguistic Anthropology Workshop
The workshop will bring 11 scholars from the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, and Philippines to Oberlin College in Spring 2026 to interrogate the ideological construction of nature through a linguistic anthropological approach.