Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
A New York congresswoman is leading a push to preserve Asian American history and culture at the national level, calling for a new museum in Washington, D.C. The idea is warmly embraced by Suki Terada Ports, a Japanese American activist and longtime New Yorker who has often found herself at the intersection of New York … Read more
Recipients Hail from Countries Including Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and China
City Tech Associate Professor of Architecture and former Dean of the College’s School of Technology and Design, Kevin Hom, has been spending the spring as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Bologna in Italy. As a Fulbright grantee, Professor Hom has been teaching a graduate level design studio and lecturing on Architectural Theory and … Read more
New York City is piloting a curriculum on Asian American history this fall, with a wider rollout planned for 2024, officials announced Thursday.
In March 2022, the Chancellor established a Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative Council as a formal University-wide body. The Council’s first focus has been forging a University-wide community that will, for the first time, bring together the many faculty and students, centers and institutes engaged in the study of race and ethnicity throughout our system. A … Read more
One yearlong grant of $40,000 will be awarded to a scholar with a book manuscript substantially near completion that explores 1) the history of the “outer boroughs” (Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx), 2) Long Island’s historical contributions to the development of the metropolitan region, or 3) scholarship that integrates the history of Long … Read more