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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.

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.

First Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Exhibition at the National Museum of American History Explores Stockton’s Little Manila

A new report found immigration authorities detained 3,705 Asian Americans for deportation from February 2025 through July. That’s triple the number arrested during the same six-month period one year earlier under President Joe Biden, according to a report from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge.

Death from cancer is disproportionately high among Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the U.S. compared to other races and ethnicities. With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Northwest Asian Weekly talked to Dr. Margaret Chin, director of Cancer Screening at Kaiser Permanente Washington, about the urgent need for regular cancer screenings.

AAPI Data and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) recently released the results of their AAPI Policy Priorities Survey, which provides an in-depth look into what issues are most important to the AAPI community.