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Meet Mia Tuan — UW’s Dean of the College of Education

September 10, 2015 By Nina Huang

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly “UW, where have you been all my life?” asked Mia Tuan. Tuan is the first Asian American female and third Asian American to be the Dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington (UW). The opportunity at UW was a “dream come true” for Tuan. Born […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: Asian American, Australia, Bay Area, Education, Mia Tuan, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Taiwan, UCLA, UO, UW, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, women of color

From bean to brew — “Caffeinated” maps the journey

July 24, 2015 By Tiffany Ran

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly For many, the potential harbored in a single sip of coffee means conquering that morning meeting, finishing work reports, and having that pick-me-up when it seems the work day would never end. Yet “Caffeinated,” a documentary that debuts this week, will cause many to rethink their regular cup of […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Ana Maria Narbae, Bay Area, Espresso Vivace, Ethiopia, Geoff Watts, Guatemala, Indonesia, Intelligentsia Coffe, Latin America, Nicaragua, Peter Giuliano, Time Warner, Varsity Theater July, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, Yet Caffeinated, attention, culture

New Chinese Consul General arrives in San Francisco

December 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Luo Linquan arrived at SFO on December 5 to start his tour of duty as the 12th Chinese Consul General in San

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bay Area, China, Chinese, Foreign Affairs, Ireland, Luo Linquan, Qiao Li, SFO, San Francisco, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

Gaming, gender shifts, and a Samurai among Panthers

November 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly In Real Life Written by Cory Doctorow, Illustrated by Jen Wang First Second, 2014 After a guest speaker visits her class at school, Anda joins the world of Coarsegold Online, a massively multiplayer role-playing game. She ends up spending most of her free time playing and for the naturally […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2013, 2014, Alongside Aoki, BPP, Bay Area, Civil Rights, Coarsegold Online, Ethan Jones, First Second, Jen Wang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Richard Aoki, Vol 33 No 46 | November 8 - November 14, West Oakland, culture

The Village Report — Returning to Cambodia

October 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Today is the second day back in Cambodia, after six weeks in California. I go to a small side street just off Khan

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2014, Bay Area, Cambodia, Chiang Mai, Dense Phnom Penh, Dipika Kohli, France, India, Khan Chamkarmon, Korea, Northwest Asian Weekly, Poland, San Francisco Giants, UK, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 41 | October 4 - October 10

Upscale Din Tai Fung Bellevue model sets precedence for future locations

September 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly What many don’t know about Din Tai Fung’s humble beginnings is of its earliest days as a store

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2014, Americana Mall, Bay Area, Bellevue Square, David Wasielewski, Din Tai Fung, Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Korea, Lincoln Square, Los Angeles, New Hong Kong Restaurant, North American, South Coast Plaza, Taiwanese American, Tiffany Ran, University Village, Upscale Din Tai Fung Bellevue, Vol 33 No 40 | Septembe 27 - October 3

Michelle Wie wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf tourney

June 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) – Michelle Wie finally delivered a performance worthy of the hype that has been heaped on her since she was a teenager. Wie bounced back from a late mistake at Pinehurst No. 2 to bury a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, sending the 24-year-old from Hawaii to […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, Amy Yang, Annika Sorenstam, Bay Area, Bryan Bush, Grand Slam, Juli Inkster, LPGA, Lexis Thompson, Lucy Li, Martin Kaymer, Michelle Wie, North America, Northern Ireland, PINEHURST, Stacy Lewis, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Seattle youth provide relief efforts in the Philippines

January 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marino Saito Northwest Asian Weekly Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall, battered the Philippines on Nov. 8. At least 6,100 people in the central Philippines were killed, and another 1,700 are registered as missing.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, BALSA, Bay Area, Bayan National, Bayanihan Alay, Brown University, Daniel Griffith, Henry Luke, Henry Luke Photo, Katrina Pestano, Kaya Collaborative, Marino Saito, Pacific Northwest Regional Director, Philippines, Precious Butiu, Precious Butiu Photo, Two Seattle, Typhoon Bopha, Typhoon Haiyan, Vol 33 No 4 | January 18 - January 24

Three APA White House fellows announced

September 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships announced the appointment of the 2013–2014 Class of White House Fellows on Aug. 27. The White House Fellows Program was created in 1964. Three of the 11 fellows are Asian or Pacific Islanders.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bay Area, Biomedical Engineering, Charina Choi, Emory University, Health Behavior Society, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Kapil Parakh, Pacific Islanders, Public Health, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, Victor Wu, Vol 32 No 37 | September 7 - September 13, Zambia

Skilled immigration masks APA poverty, report shows

July 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Asha DuMonthier New America Media The influx of highly skilled, highly educated workers on H1-B visas from Asian countries in the last decade has skewed poverty statistics, according to a new report by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). In 2011 alone, “there were over 90,000 H1-B visas issued […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, APA, Asian Americans, Asian Indian, Bay Area, Census Bureau, Chinese, Josh Ishimatsu, New America Media, Pacific Islanders, Vietnamese, Vivian Yi Huang, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, poverty

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