Get ready for an evening of elegance, culture, and celebration! The Asian community at CUAFA invites you to our Annual Gala, a night filled with delicious cuisine, vibrant performances, and incredible company.

Join us for an enlightening event hosted by the Columbia University Asian Faculty Association as we delve into the future of AI in healthcare and AI infrastructure with Lu Zhang, the Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund.

Columbia University Asian Faculty Association and Columbia Global Centers | Beijing cordially invite you to an exclusive book talk event featuring Professor Mae M. Ngai and her acclaimed book, The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics, a groundbreaking exploration of the Chinese diaspora and its profound impact on global politics during the gold rush era.

Following the successful Inaugural Asian Movie Night in October, we're delighted to announce the CUAFA Second Asian Movie Night, scheduled for 1/26/2024, in collaboration with the CUIMC API Employee Resource Group, showing the film Sight.

Join us for an enchanting evening of film and culture at Columbia University Asian Faculty Association's Asian Movie Night! We are excited to present the critically acclaimed Indian movie Lagaan as the featured film for this event.

Please join us for the CUAFA 2023 Summer Picnic to meet and greet the CUAFA members

We are pleased to announce the Second Annual Fundraising and Gala Dinner of the Columbia University Asian Faculty Association (CUAFA) and reception of the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award and New Investigator Award.

Join us on Thursday, January 26, 2023 from 11:30AM to 1:00PM as we celebrate the Lunar New Year. Come learn about this culturally significant holiday and partake in festivities for the Year of the Rabbit. Jim Cheng, Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University, will lead an engaging discussion.

Please join us for the annual CUAFA gathering to meet and greet the CUAFA members. Food and drinks will be served, and good conversations will be guaranteed.

We are pleased to be able to honor Madame Chien-Shiung Wu (吴健雄), one of the world’s greatest female scientists of the 20th century, who contributed to the United States and China in particular, and the world in general. Your presence, virtual or in person, will be deeply appreciated.

We are pleased to announce that Columbia University Asian Faculty Association (CUAFA) is hosting its first Gala Dinner, featuring the keynote dinner speaker, David Ho, on the topic of “COVID: Past, Now, and Future.”

The Columbia University Asian Faculty Association (CUAFA) is partnering with Asian Columbia Alumni Association (ACAA) to celebrate Lunar New Year! Join us for an entertaining lion dance performance from the CU Lion Dance student team and hear about the formation of the CUAFA.

Xiaxing Xi
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Aruna Viswanatha

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The Columbia University Asian Faculty Association invites students to the Graduate Initiative APIDA Faculty Roundtable. For this roundtable, students will have the opportunity to be in conversation with faculty who will share their experiences navigating their identities as members of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) communities.

The Committee is happy to announce that our first leadership seminar, Asian Americans as Leaders in U.S. Academia – Breaking through the Bamboo Ceiling, will be held at 1:30-3:00pm EST, Oct 29, 2021 (Friday). We are honored to have five esteemed speakers.