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UW appoints Cauce as president — The University’s first woman and openly gay president

October 15, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly It takes 154 years for the University of Washington to select a woman president. Ana Mari Cauce is the first woman, the first Latina, and the openly gay president of the University. The UW Regents announced Cauce as the 33rd president of the University on Oct. 13th. Cauce is […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2015, American Ethnic Studies, Ana Mari Cauce, Asian American, Assunta Ng, Cuba, Distinguished Teaching Award, Education, Interim President Phyllis Wise, Kenyon Chan, Miami, Northwest Asian Weekly, UW, Vice Provost, Vikram Jandhyala, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23, Yale University, technology

Fundraiser for Nepal

May 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NAAAP-Seattle had a unique celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and helped raise funds for the earthquake victims of Nepal on May 15. The event started off with a mixer at Eastern Café. Afterwards, Dr. Connie So, Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington’s American Ethnic Studies department, presented on stereotypes of API Americans in […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2015, American Ethnic Studies, Connie So, Nepal, US, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29

Sakura: Celebrating the gift of cherry trees at the University of Washington

May 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A gift to the University of Washington (UW) from the people of Japan, 18 flowering cherry trees, will be dedicated in a

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, American Ethnic Studies, Canada, Drumheller Fountain, Honorable Norman Mineta, Japanese American, Japanese Consul General Masahiro Omura, Jeffrey Riedinger, Rainier Vista, Sakura Celebrating, Tokyo, UW, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23, Washington Park Arboretum

Hirabayashi family will donate Medal of Freedom to UW

February 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Allen Library, American Ethnic Studies, Anne Jenner, Gail Nomura, Gordon Hirabayashi, Hirabayashi Collection, International Dance Festival, Jay Hirabayashi Gordon, Kane Hall, Marion Oldenburg Gordon, Pacific Northwest Curator, Presidential Medal, Professor Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Psychology Department, Senior Circuit Judge, Special Collections, Susan Carnahan Gordon Hirabayashi, Tetsuden Tetsu Kashima, UW, United States, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28

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