From Vietnam to Boston’s Beacon Hill
Tram Nguyen and her family arrived in this country with just $100. Now the first Vietnamese American woman elected to the Massachusetts legislature wants to help others achieve their American dreams
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Closing the Racial and Wealth Gap Through Food
Mackenzie Loy, A13, is helping grow businesses owned by women, minority, and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs—one catered lunch at a time
How DNA Repair Can Go Wrong and Lead to Disease
Researchers uncover how the success of natural DNA repair depends on surrounding sequences
The Connected Corpus
Professor Christiana Olfert creates website, "The Connected Corpus", as a living collection of annotated digital texts
Building a Life’s Work on the Foundation of Family Legacies
Asian American and Pacific Islander faculty members investigate their backgrounds to find the roots of their academic and intellectual pursuits
Making Waves—Across Media
Alumna Pier Nirandara discusses her unconventional career path and the potential of storytelling to change the narrative for Asians—and others—everywhere in the world
Waideen Wright, A23
School: Tisch College of Civic Life and the School of Arts and SciencesDegree: Bachelor of Arts Home: Wherever love is. For me, that’s Chicago and Boston.
Rei Xiao, A23 (BFA)
School: School of the Museum of Fine Arts Degree: Bachelor of Arts Home: It’s not something you just have—it’s something you create for yourself.
Mark Lannigan, A23
School: School of Arts and SciencesDegree: Bachelor of ArtsHome: Any tight-knit community, like the one where I grew up, in Medway, Massachusetts.