Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Hundreds of people in five other U.S. cities joined in the national event, all of them seeking justice for Asian Americans who have been harassed, assaulted, and even killed in alarming numbers since the start of the pandemic.
Appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Dr. Khandaker will serve a three-year term and prove York College as an important institution in the geological sciences. The USNC/IUGS serves as a focal point for U.S. discussions on how to promote the advancement of geological sciences both in the United States and around … Read more
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed Richard Yao, Ph.D., to serve as the fourth president of California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). Yao, who identifies as a Chinese Filipino American, currently serves as interim president of CSUCI, a role he has held since January 2021.
In an opinion issued on Wednesday, Jan. 26, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) helped clear the way for the Equal Rights Amendment, according to leading ERA advocates. In January of 2020, under Trump, the OLC issued an opinion arguing that Congress had no power to remove a seven-year timeline for ratification … Read more
The vote will follow a month-long effort by community groups urging lawmakers to allow New Yorkers to weigh in on the map proposals. But the groups have been met with silence, and it’s unclear if they’ll get a hearing before the vote, despite support from one member behind the task force drafting the maps.
A white-led organization is using Asian American plaintiffs to beat back affirmative action polices in colleges. But Asian Americans broadly back affirmative action.