Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Library of Congress has announced Arthur Sze as the 25th U.S. poet laureate. Sze has had a decades-long career as a poet, with his work often drawing inspiration from philosophy, science and nature. He’s also an editor and translator of poetry. Sze will start on Oct. 9, taking over from Ada Limón.
Once a rising Bollywood star, this actor, who shared screen space with Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, and several other A-listers, stepped away from the limelight to pursue a successful career in the corporate world.
Margaret Chin is a sociology professor at Hunter College. Jacob Chin is a retired FDNY lieutenant who worked from a Chinatown fire house. Both talked with WNYC’s Sean Carlson more about how 9/11 affected Chinatown and still does to this day.
The Department of Education will no longer fund discretionary grant programs to several minority-serving institutions, arguing that they violate constitutional protections by prioritizing racial or ethnic quotas to verify eligibility.
New Jersey is home to one of the largest Sikh American populations in the United States, with approximately 100,000 residents identifying with the faith.
Students in 23 states now learn about Asian American history due to legal requirements of their K-12 public schools, according to new research from Committee of 100, a nonprofit leadership organization of distinguished Chinese Americans.