Announcements and writings from AASF and our members.
Asian American Scholar Forum Applauds Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act Without Any Anti-Immigration or Discriminatory Amendments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $430 billion landmark bill without any anti-immigration or discriminatory amendments that would be harmful to immigrants, including Asian American and Asian immigrant communities.
Keep readingRecommendations for OSTP’s Guidance for Implementing NSPM-33 on National Security Strategy for US Government-Supported Research and Development
In January 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published the implementation guide for NSPM-33.
In April 2022, five Asian American scholar organizations presented the following recommendations to the OSTP Subcommittee on Research Security, National Science and Technology Council.
Keep readingAASF Webinar: The Rise of Chinese Universities towards World Class: Perspectives from Several American Scholars
Click to see details of AASF’s 5/21/2022 webinar, in which three American scholars who have been involved in the development efforts will give us their perspectives on the rise of Chinese universities towards world class.
Keep readingAASF Sponsored Webinar: In Their Own Words: The Stories of Xiaoxing Xi, Anming Hu, and Gang Chen
April 18, 2022 Hosts Dr. Frances Hellman (UC Berkeley; APS, President) Dr. Jonathan Bagger (APS, CEO) Moderators Dr. S. James Gates (Brown University; APS, Past President) Dr. Andrea Liu (University of Pennsylvania; Former Speaker of APS Council) Speakers/Panelists Speaker 1: (12 min): Xiaoxing Xi (Temple University) Speaker 2: (12 min): Anming Hu (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Speaker 3: (12 min): Gang Chen (MIT) Speaker 4: (6 min): Philip Bucksbaum (Stanford University, former APS President) Speaker 5: (6 min): Francis Slakey (APS Chief of External Affairs) Please see the event website for more details.
Keep readingAASF Submits Letter of Support for Charles Lieber
On March 14th, 2022, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) submitted the following letter to request Judge Rya W. Zobel to take into account the special conditions and circumstances of Professor Charles Lieber’s case.
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