Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
After being postponed from its original date slated for last fall, Kenneth Tam’s “Silent Spikes” exhibition debuted at the Queens Museum on Feb. 24. The exhibition addresses the topics of hyper-masculinity and racism. “Silent Spikes” represents a sobering realization of the anti-Asian hate seen throughout America’s history and also since the beginning of COVID-19, according … Read more
“I am appalled and horrified to learn that an Asian American man who was riding on the New York City subway was brutally beaten and injured. These hateful acts of violence have no place in New York – period.
The New York Police Department said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements. Building staff members who witnessed the attack and did not intervene have been suspended.
Puja and Pratima Roy are interns at the NASA Glenn Research Center and undergraduate students at New York City College of Technology majoring in Computer Engineering Technology.
Lam Thuy Vo will take on a new role as as data-journalist-in-residence at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism beginning June 1. An adjunct at the school for seven years, she will work closely with the department head, Professor Sandeep Junnarkar, to further develop the data journalism curriculum. She will also teach in the fall … Read more
Many of the slain women of Asian descent were striving to make ends meet