Macaulay Honors College is Awarded 3 Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Grants
Funding will support research, a groundbreaking interactive tool, and special initiatives by and for students of color.
Non-AAARI News
Rhode Island becomes fourth state to require schools to teach AAPI history
According to a new bill signed into law by Governor Dan McKee on Saturday, which is set to take effect at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, all public elementary and secondary schools in the state will be required to each teach at least one unit on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander … Read more
City provides ‘historic’ funding for Manhattan DA Hate Crimes Unit
Since the beginning of the pandemic, New York City hate crimes have been on a steady rise. Already this year, they are up nearly 16% year to date over 2021, according to NYPD data. In an effort to stop the kind of attacks that have left minority communities across the city on edge, the city’s … Read more
Meet the first graduates from the collaborative MD-MPH program at CUNY SPH and Einstein
The three students, Nicole Turturro, Jennifer Luk and Sam Nemiroff, are the first to complete the program, earning their doctor of medicine degrees from Einstein after having received their MPH degrees from CUNY SPH in 2021.
New Queens College Exhibition Explores the Evolution of Asian American Identity, September 28- January 6
A new exhibition at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, Understatements: Lost and Found in Asian America, on view from September 28 through January 6, 2023, will explore the evolving layers of identity represented by the term “Asian American.”
Professor Ramzi Kassem at CUNY School of Law named White House immigration advisor
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