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Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🎉 Join us in honoring the trailblazing Asian American and Pacific Islander mathematicians who paved the way. 📐 #AAPIHeritageMonth #MAA #AAPIinSTEM #AAPI #STEM
May 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Have you been to the Willis Tower in Chicago? Fazlur Rahman Khan used his tube system to design the building. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIInSTEM
Text says, “Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” There are other graphics of concentric circles. There is a headshot of Falzur Rahman Khan. Text next to that says, “1929 – 1982, Structural Engineering.” Text says, “Falzur Rahman Khan” with two flowers on either side. Text says, “Khan invented a design strategy known as the tube system and designed the Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) in Chicago.”
May 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Dr. JoAnn Leong is a pioneer. One of the mothers of retrovirology. Her name belongs alongside Montagnier, Barré-Sinoussi, Gallo, and Levy. Her impact is real—and deserves the recognition history hasn’t fully given her.
#WomenInSTEM #AAPIinSTEM #ScienceHistory #HIVAIDS #Virology #PrideMonth
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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This month and beyond, we proudly celebrate ACM Fellows, Volunteers, and Award Recipients of AAPI heritage whose influential work spans disciplines and continents — from foundational research to transformative technologies.

🔗 Learn more about their impact: bit.ly/4jKbQLa

#ACM #AAPIinSTEM
May 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Flossie Wong-Staal was the first to clone the HIV virus, which helped show that it causes AIDS. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIInSTEM
Graphic showing a flower in a circle and two circles made of lines going out from the center. Text says, “Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” There are other graphics of concentric circles around the image. There is a headshot of Flossie Wong-Staal. Text next to that says, “1947-2020, Virology and Molecular Biology.” Text says “Flossie Wong-Staal” with two of the same circles made of lines on each side. Text says, “Wong-Staal was the first to clone the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Her work helped show that HIV causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).”
May 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Today we're giving the spotlight to Margaret Chung, the first American-born Chinese woman to become a physician. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIInSTEM
Text says, “Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” There are other graphics of concentric circles. There is a headshot of Margaret Chung. Text next to that says, “1889 – 1959, Medicine.” Text says, “Margaret Chung” with two flowers on either side. Text says, “Chung was the first American-born Chinese woman to become a physician. She established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown.”
May 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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It's #AAPIHeritageMonth! We'll be shining a light on some outstanding #AAPIInSTEM, starting with Ajay Bhatt, who developed the USB.
Graphic showing a flower in a circle and two circles made of lines going out from the center. Text says, “Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” There are other graphics of concentric circles around the image. There is a headshot of Ajay Bhatt. Text next to that says, “1957-Present, Computer Science.” Text says “Ajay Bhatt” with two of the same circles made of lines on each side. Then text says, “Bhatt developed Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology to make it easier to connect computers to other devices. He holds more than 130 U.S. and international patents.”
May 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Today we're featuring Isabella Abbott, the first Native Hawaiian woman to earn a Ph.D. in a scientific field. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIInSTEM
Text says, “Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” There are other graphics of concentric circles. There is a headshot of Isabella Abbott. Text next to that says, “1919 – 2010, Botany.” Text says, “Isabella Abbott” with two flowers on either side. Text says, “After becoming the first Native Hawaiian woman to earn a Ph.D. in a scientific field, she discovered over 200 species of algae over the course of her career.”
May 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM