Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Earlier this month, history was made across the country when Boston, Seattle and Cincinnati all elected Asian-American mayors, a step towards political representation for a traditionally underrepresented community. State Representative Tram Nguyen and Paul Watanabe, Director for the Institute for Asian-American Studies at UMass Boston, joined Sue OConnell to discuss.
Nearly 20% of AAPI people say they’ve experienced a racist incident in the past year, according to a new survey from the coalition Stop AAPI Hate.
The City College of New York’s latest NASA collaboration is a $177 million earth science mission to study the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impact on weather and climate models. The mission will be a collection of three SmallSats flying in tight coordination, called Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS), and scheduled for … Read more
Two Asian Americans question the term and its value.
Queens resident Tanbir Chowdhury (20) is leading student activism in his efforts to have Eid recognized as official New York state holidays. The two Eid days (Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha) are the most important religious holidays for Muslims across the world.
Hsu received her MSW from Hunter College and held positions at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, and as Director of Student Affairs for the Hunter College School of Social Work, between 2001 and 2008.