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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Helen Lee wearing white and pink standing in front of a whiteboard.

Researcher Helen Lee speaks on incorporating Asian American voices into critical racial consciousness and education

April 26, 2022

University of Chicago researcher Helen Lee spoke on how schools can support developing critical racial consciousness for Asian American youth at a Tuesday event hosted by the Asian American Studies Program.  “(We...

David Kan speaks in front of The Rock, which is painted black and splatter-painted with color.

Amid ongoing push for AASP departmentalization, alum David Kan speaks about 1995 hunger strike for the program

April 6, 2022

While he was an undergraduate at Northwestern, David Kan (Weinberg ’95, Feinberg ’99) didn’t eat for three days, striking with members of the Asian American Advisory Board to advocate for an Asian...

Two speech bubbles with squiggles around the word “APIDA” on a blue, striped background.

APIDA 101 offers students an outlet to talk about issues in their communities

February 8, 2022

APIDA 101 offers a space for Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American-identifying students to connect and learn more about their identities. The six-session program, which began virtually Feb. 3 and...

Yuh: On racism against Asians and Asian Americans at Northwestern

Yuh: On racism against Asians and Asian Americans at Northwestern

October 4, 2021

Asian American and Asian international students, welcome to Northwestern. The University leadership may not see you, but the Asian American Studies Program sees you and salutes you. We are here for you...

Offices of Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs at 1819 Hinman Ave. Professors in the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies, a unit that includes AASP and LLSP, currently lack representation in the Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate to vote on increasing Senate representation

February 10, 2021

Even though NU gave the Asian American Studies and the Latina and Latino Studies Programs the ability to hire, promote and tenure faculty in 2018, those faculty are still not all represented on the Faculty...

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