Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69
Kent Wong, who spent decades teaching a doctrine of nonviolent resistance, died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 69.
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CUNY SLU Mourns the Loss of Kent Wong, Labor Educator and Visionary
Kent served as Director of the UCLA Labor Center for over three decades. At UCLA, he taught courses on labor and social justice; authored and edited works on immigrant rights and non-violent social movements; and built pioneering programs that empowered immigrant workers, nurtured young leaders, and fostered international solidarity. Under his leadership, the Center became … Read more
NYC taps ‘youth ambassadors’ to tackle hate crime, awarding grants for their projects
The Youth Ambassador Leadership program will provide up to 10 groups of students from ages 8 to 18 with $1,000 each to tackle a hate crime related issue in their neighborhood or school. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.
CCNY’s Yang Liu earns top honor from world’s largest aerospace technical society
Dr. Yang Liu, assistant professor in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering and an expert in experimental fluid mechanics, is one of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Class of 2026 Associate Fellows. The honor is for his pioneering research and academic leadership. This includes his impactful contributions to experimental aerodynamics and multiphase … Read more
CCNY partners with NYU & Stanford in $4M project to accelerate privacy-preserving computing
CUNY Distinguished Professor Rosario Gennaro and Assistant Professor Tushar Jois, two of The City College of New York’s leading cryptography experts, are participants in a $3.8 million National Science Foundation-funded project led by New York University to speed up cryptographic computing. Stanford University is the other institution involved in the four-year research helmed by NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Asians face highest risk of early death from oil and gas air pollution, study shows
California and Texas account for a significant share of the national health burden from oil and gas air pollution, where Asian and Black residents were found to be especially vulnerable due to their proximity to refineries and petrochemical plants.