UPenn Asian American Studies’ 25th anniversary
Created in 1996, the program is going through a new period of growth, marking its anniversary with a podcast miniseries, weekly alumni events, and a conference.
Non-AAARI News
Mental health in the Filipino American community
This is a collection of articles about mental health in the Filipino American community and the factors that influence it. Future stories will explore substance abuse and Catholicism. The project is supported by the Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. The main writer for the project is freelance journalist Agnes Constante, a … Read more
As Asian Hate Incidents Continue, Nearly $10 Million Flows to Groups Fighting the Attacks
A year after a sharp increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans — including an Atlanta-area shooting that left six Asian American women dead — a new foundation that prompted donors to pledge more than $1 billion has distributed nearly $10 million. Those grants have helped develop an Asian American history curriculum, support training to … Read more
‘Tend to Your Spirit, Body, and Mind’: Ways We Students Can Keep Well in Difficult Times
Social Welfare Ph.D. candidate and Wellness Center Clinical Fellow Yasmine J. Awais shares four tips for managing stress and staying productive amid the pressures of grad school plus war abroad and a lingering pandemic.
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Honoring the Victims of the Fatal Shootings in Atlanta
Today, we honor the victims, their families, and the Atlanta community that has shown extraordinary resilience in the face of tragedy. While nothing we do can bring the victims back, their loss has compelled us to reckon with our nation’s long legacy of anti-Asian sentiment and gender-based violence, and recommit ourselves to delivering the full … Read more
Seven BMCC Students—More Than any Other CUNY College—Named Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Semifinalists
The seven BMCC students—Khaldoun Albou Tay, Valentina Gomez Acacio, Danny Blakeman, Rajvinder Kaur, Yiyang Sun, Shauna-Kay Thomas and Karolina Wiesiolek—will find out in May who has been selected for the transfer scholarship which awards up to $55,000 annually for up to three years to complete a bachelor’s degree.