SU's Asian/Asian American studies program needs more resources, professors say Wendy Wang | Staff Photographer Roughly 3,800 incidents of racial violence against Asian Americans have been reported during the pandemic, according to Stop AAPI Hate. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University professors believe that a strong Asian/Asian American studies program could be critical to combating anti-Asian racism. But the university’s program needs more resources and support to best educate students. Mary Szto, a teaching professor in SU’s College of Law, said in a public forum earlier this month that the Asian/Asian American studies program lacked resources and funding. The forum addressed the recent rise of anti-Asian hate in the U.S. and how the university should respond.