New report sheds light on why young Asian Americans are 40% more likely to develop allergies
A new study found Filipino, Vietnamese and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are particularly vulnerable.
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Lahaina moves forward with long-awaited disaster relief approved
Another sign of forward movement occurred Friday in Lahaina when a senior official from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development traveled to the island’s West Side to applaud the recently allocated $1.6 billion in disaster recovery funding for Maui.
Andy Kim’s First Bill As Senator Gives Nod To His Korean Heritage
Kim led a bipartisan resolution in tribute to “Korean American Day.” New Jersey has one of the highest Korean populations in the nation.
Hunter Physics Students Win CUNY Poster Contest
Two Hunter College physics undergraduates, Ting He and Matthew Wilson (MHC), won the Best Poster Award at the CUNY Advance Science Research Center Nanofab Research Showcase Symposium in October.
Industrial Design Students Recognized in Rising Visionaries Competition
Marcos Esquea and Maria Hashmi, Mechanical Engineering Technology, BTech, and Industrial Design Technology, AAS, students at City Tech, were recognized for their entries in the 2024 Rising Design Visionaries: Student Video Competition, a new initiative of the New York Chapter of Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA NYC). Participants were asked to demonstrate creative storytelling through narration and video, … Read more
EEOC Research Finds Improved Asian American Representation but Underrepresentation in Federal Leadership
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “Asian Americans in the Federal Sector.” The report finds that in fiscal year 2020 Asian Americans were one of the largest growing populations in the United States. Asian American workers were employed in the federal sector at a rate that exceeded their representation … Read more