Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Professor Ramzi Kassem, a national expert on immigration and national security issues, has been named a senior policy advisor for immigration at the White House Domestic Policy Council. Kassem brings years of academic and practical experience to the post in what is believed to be the first time that a CUNY faculty member has been … Read more
The historic Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Council of The City University of New York (CUNY) has awarded five Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) professors individual grants totalling $72,200 to continue developing their research and scholarly projects from September 2022 through June 2023. The awards are made possible through the generous support of … Read more
Asian American groups are divided over how best to build lasting power, as a city redistricting commission gears up to meet this weekend in Brooklyn.
Chemistry Prof. Zhu Zhou at York College was awarded a major grant from National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Additionally, Dr. Zhou has been selected for the 2022 Butler-Williams Scholars award by the National Institutes on Aging (NIA).
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 121 Asian American groups and educators in support of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC). AALDEF argues that contrary to the claims made by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Asian … Read more
Mehta is presently Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY. In 2002, he was one of ten recipients of the “Carnegie Scholars” prize awarded to “scholars of exceptional creativity.”