Professors Bob Nakamura and Paul Ong Receive Top University Honors for Their Community Collaborations

These very special and significant community-university collaborations are recipients of the university's Ann C. Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prizes for 2004-05.

UCLA Asian American Studies Center Journal Examines Health Problems of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Little is know about these health problems, which include high levels of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and what is known is not widely disseminated, according to Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, a UCLA associate professor of public health and Asian American Studies, and Paul Ong, a UCLA professor of Asian American studies and the director of the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.

Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama, Renowned Human Rights Activist, Wins Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for 2004

The award honors "authors and books that challenge ways of thinking and acting, that allow the many faces and facets of bigotry to replicate over and over again," according to Loretta J. Williams, director of the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights.

UCLA's AASC Publishes Memoirs of Yuri Kochiyama, Renowned Human Rights Activist: At age 77 and as a visiting scholar with UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, Kochiyama began to write her memoir for her family. "Passing It On - A Memoir" is the account of an extraordinary Asian American woman who spoke out and fought shoulder-to-shoulder with African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and whites for social justice, civil rights, and prisoner and women's rights in the United States and internationally for more than half a century.

"Border Crossing" Scholarship Published by UCLA's Amerasia Journal: The contributions to this issue of Amerasia revolve around questions of crossing geographical borders from Canada, Cuba, and Mexico to the U.S., to questions of national identity and civil rights.

"Unfinished Tasks in Asian American Studies" by Glenn Omatsu, UCLA AAS Dept Graduation, June 20th, 2004

Daily Bruin: 35-year-old Asian American Studies Program Given Department Status

New Census Report, "We the People: Asians" (PDF Format)

Census Highlights about Asian Pacific Americans with Links

Census Data - Census 2000: Chinese Largest Asian Group in the United States

Census Data and Highlights about the Asian American and Pacific Islander Population

UCLA Professor Yuji Ichioka, The Creator of Asian America (1936-2002)

The faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center mourn the loss of their renowned scholar, teacher, colleague, mentor, activist, and friend -- Professor Yuji Ichioka -- who passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 1.

Yuji Ichioka, 66; Led Way in Studying Lives of Asian Americans by K. Connie Kang, Times Staff Writer, September 07, 2002, Los Angeles Times.

Renowned UCLA Prof. Harry H.L. Kitano: The faculty, staff, and students of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center are very saddened to report that their wonderful colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend -- Professor Emeritus Harry H.L. Kitano, one of the world's leading authorities on race and ethnic relations, particularly as they related to the contemporary Japanese American and Asian American experiences -- passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2002, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.

Melany Dela Cruz selected as the new Assistant Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center: The UCLA Asian American Studies Center announced today that Melany Dela Cruz has been selected as its new Assistant Director after an extensive national search.

Dr. Grace Hong Joins Asian American Studies Faculty: The UCLA Asian American Studies Department and Center are proud to announce that Dr. Grace Kyungwon Hong will be joining us at UCLA with a joint tenure track faculty position in Women's Studies and Asian American Studies.

UCLA Alumnus Kenyon Chan appointed Interim President of Occidental College: The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is pleased to share the good news that Dr. Kenyon Chan, one of the founders of our Center in 1969, has been named interim president of Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA.

UCLA Honors Businessman and Philanthropist George Aratani With Its Highest Honor, The UCLA Medal: George Aratani, a successful businessman and philanthropist who survived the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, will receive the UCLA Medal.

UCLA Asian American Studies Center Journal Examines Health Problems of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) health problems, as well as solutions to these problems, are discussed in a new journal published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

UCLA' s Asian American Studies Center Establishes Nation's First Endowed Chair Focusing on Japanese American Internment: The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has established the first endowed academic chair to focus on the World War II internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans and their campaign to gain redress. Listen to the KQED radio program (click here - requires Real Player).