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Latest Edition: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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What's News?
- UCLA Establishes Endowed Chair and Program on U.S.-China Relations and Chinese American Studies
Philanthropists and business leaders Walter and Shirley Wang of Los Angeles have donated $1 million to the Asian American Studies Center to establish the first program and endowed academic chair focused on both U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies in American higher education.
- EthnoCommunications: Student Pacific Film Festival
On May 7, 2008, I attended Visual Communications’ (VC) Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival “Digital Posse Screening,” a program partnered yearly by UCLA’s EthnoCommunications program and VC’s Armed With a Camera Fellowship program.
- Domestic Violence and Abuse in Asian American Communities
The Center has received a major gift of $100,000 to establish
the Martha Ogata Endowment Fund. The endowment was
created by the two sons of the late Martha Ogata of California, Dr. Fil D. Barrozo, M.D. and Dr. Tobin Barrozo, Ph.D.
- Beyond the Myths: Center Faculty Release Report on Asian Americans Facing Obstacles to College
Belying the stereotype of successful Asian American students, a new report by Center professors and UCLA doctoral students in education shows that more Asians are experiencing obstacles to higher education.
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Directory
The Center has released the 10th Edition of its Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Directory for Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The 352-page Community Directory provides an updated, annotated, and indexed listing of more than 1,000 community-based organizations, media, museum and arts institutions, Asian American Studies programs, and other groups serving and representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
- Three New Professors join Asian American Studies Center Faculty Advisory Committee
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is very pleased to announce the appointment of three new professors at UCLA, who have joined the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Asian American Studies Center. Their teaching, research, and professional activities are in the areas of immigration and citizenship law, psychological effects of prejudice and discrimination, and racial and socioeconomic disparities in health and diet.
- Amerasia and Nexus: Flagship Asian American Journals with 50,000+ Pages on the Web
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has launched an internet site for its two academic journals, Amerasia and AAPI Nexus. Starting November 2008, subscribers were able to access Amerasia Journal and AAPI Nexus articles online. Both journals are recognized core publications in Asian American Studies.
- Presenting Balanced Media Views on America and China: U.S.-China Media Brief Launches during Beijing Olympics (www.uschinamediabrief.com)
Launched on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, the U.S.-China Media Brief and its accompanying website were offered as an educational service to journalists, educators, and the public-at-large. The New York Times Olympics blog described the Media Brief as a "handy guide for anyone to peruse, available as a pdf or in greater depth at www.uschinamediabrief.com. Perhaps most useful is the brief ’s concise explanation of the Sino-American argument over human rights.”
- David Nishida and Dr. Tina Yamano Nishida Establish Distinguished Scholars Endowment
David Nishida and Dr. Tina Yamano Nishida of Tokyo and Los Angeles have pledged $250,000 to establish the David Nishida and Tina Yamano Nishida Distinguished Scholars Endowment at the Asian American Studies Center. The endowment will allow the David Nishida and Dr. Tina Yamano Nishida Establish Distinguished Scholars Endowment Center, in perpetuity, "to annually bring highly accomplished individuals and scholars from a broad range of fields – business, the arts, politics, literature, technology, media – to the UCLA campus to speak with students, meet with faculty and present an annual lecture for the campus community and general public."
More News...
- Faculty Promotions and Research
- Asian American, Latino, and African American Health Disparities
- Asian Americans on the Margins
- Equal Employment and Nondiscrimination
- Children of the Atomic Bomb: UCLA Physician James N. Yamazaki
- Miracle in Rwanda
- Prof. Gilbert Gee Conducts National Study on Racial Discrimination and Mental Health
- Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca Appointed to Los Angeles Human Relations Commission
- Welcome New Staff Members–Ann Chau, Tin Nguyen, & Barry Korerat
- Center Director Don Nakanishi Receives Yale Medal
- AASC Fellowships, Prizes, Scholarships, Internships and Grants Awards for 2008-2009
- The Other Indians: A Political & Cultural History of South Asians in America
- Marjorie Lee Honored, Graduating and New Students Celebrate
- Amerasia Journal and Nexus Release New Issues
- Asian American Literature Goes International
- Other Side of the Model Minority Myth
- UCLA AASC Press Publications Online!
Browse through our archives of CrossCurrents: Newmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center for all the news and features from the Center.
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