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Prominent Asian Americans have been hard to ignore: Kamala Harris became not only the first woman to serve as vice president but also the first Black person and first Asian American. Andrew Yang, fresh off a 2020 White House run, is now among the front-runners in the New York City mayoral race. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, … Read more

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC released a comprehensive guide to redistricting, aimed at empowering Black, Latino, and Asian American communities, as well as other marginalized communities, to be actively engaged participants in one of the … Read more

Ph.D. student Lan Truong (Biology) is looking at how traditional, plant-based medicine is being used to treat diabetes in South Vietnam and the implications for the rest of the world. She recently received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from The Graduate Center, which provides a $25,000 grant in addition to tuition coverage, to pursue her research. Impressively, she … Read more

Story featured in NYC Immigrant Heritage Week. Man-Hong Wan, an immigrant from Kowlown, Hong Kong, is a Head Nurse for NYC Health + Hospitals/Community Care.

Under President Berenecea Johnson Eanes’ leadership, the practice of featuring a salutatorian in addition to the valedictorian speaker, will resume at York’s Commencements. Wing Man Ho has been selected Salutatorian of the Class of 2021. The Psychology major will be the first graduate to do so in approximately 13 years, due to the college’s previous … Read more

May 10, 1869. On the dusty, barren plains of Promontory Summit, Utah, a crowd is gathered to celebrate an American milestone – the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the first piece of infrastructure to connect the two sides of the United States. But this achievement didn’t come without great sacrifice, especially from Chinese immigrants, who … Read more