Betty Lee Sung, PhD, has been Inducted into the Marquis Who’s Who Registry
Dr. Sung is a pioneer in Asian American Studies and the founder of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at the City University of New York
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Asian Americans and COVID-19 Deaths
Because of COVID-19, many more Asian Americans have died than usual in several states.
The recent rise in Asian American hate crimes could have impacts beyond the pandemic
Without a reliable database, it’s difficult to tackle the aftermath across immigrant communities.
Sign on to: STOP ANTI-ASIAN AND ANTI-ASIAN AMERICAN BIGOTRY!
We urge you to support and join us by signing on to our statement and share this letter with your networks. It is unconscionable that members of the Asian and Asian American community are threatened by the dangers of Covid-19, and by the very fact that they are Asian or Asian American. This must to stop now!
When Asian Students Don’t Get Into Their First-Choice College
The research was designed to evaluate what experiences — educational and otherwise — Asian Americans have when they don’t get into their first-choice college. The answer will not surprise generations of Harvard rejects: they generally do well at the institutions they attend.
Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays
In an op-ed for The Conversation, CUNY SPH Professor Bruce Y. Lee outlines the four main challenges that must be addressed if a COVID-19 vaccine is to be produced quickly and on a large scale.