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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 – July 3

GIX to be established in Bellevue

June 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The University of Washington, Tsinghua University in China, and Microsoft Corp. announced June 18 they have selected Bellevue as the future home of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a partnership to educate innovators from around the world. GIX hopes to attract students, faculty, professionals, and entrepreneurs to tackle some of the biggest technology and design […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Ana Mari Cauce, China, GIX, Jay Inslee, Microsoft Corp, Qiu Yong, Qui Yong, Satya Nadella, Spring District, Tsinghua University, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, technology

June and Henry Chen Endowment scholarship

June 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The late June Chen, a community leader, who passed away more than two years ago, had left funds for the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation in her will to honor the memory of June Chen.  The foundation has re-donated the funds for Seattle Colleges to set up a scholarship endowment under the June and Henry Chen […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Carmen Gayton Front Assunta Ng, Chancellor Jill Wakefield, Henry Chen, June Chen, Michael Chen, Mona Locke, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, SCC, Seattle Central College, Seattle Colleges, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, gary locke

Ocean Star opens

June 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sun Ya Restaurant has changed ownership to Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant. Its grand opening, which included a lion dance, was held recently in May. Sun Ya was one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Chinatown. The new owners, part of the Hu family, are familiar faces in the community, who have run restaurants for over […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Chinatown, Chinese, Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant, Sun Ya Restaurant, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, parking

Memorial for Warren Chan

June 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Warren Chan, the first elected Chinese American  judge in Washington state passed  away this month. He was 92 years old. He was initially a radio operator in the army during World War II. After using the G.I. Bill to go to law school at the University of Washington, he ran for Superior Court Judge in […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Chinese American, Seattle Chinese Garden, Superior Court Judge, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, Warren Chan

Columbia Pacific invests in Shanghai hospital

June 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – announced it is officially entering the China hospital market with an investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. The Seattle-based firm last fall announced it […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Cascade Healthcare, Changning District, Chinese, Columbia Asia, Columbia China, Huangpu District, India, Malaysia, Pudong District, Puxi District, Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management, Southeast Asia, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

Advice from a graduate

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We all have dreams. Some want to be actors, doctors, or professional athletes. Me? I wanted to become an international sports agent. I grew up in a very active sports family that participated in baseball, basketball, gymnastics, swimming, etc. My goal since I was young was to carry my love of sports into a career […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2015, Aleyna Yamaguchi, Europe, Hungary, NFL, Seattle Seahawks Street Team, UW, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, italy, japan

Congratulations graduates! — Local star students

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly Years ago, entering high school or college, it was hard to believe it could ever happen. But now it has—graduation. Here are some of our remarkable community graduates. Aleyna Yamaguchi Aleyna has had quite the journey during her time at University of Washington. She’s studied abroad in Rome, volunteered […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2015, Benjamin Lee, Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship, Forest Ridge High School, Gates Millennium Scholarship, Hazen High School, International Studies, Jackson School, Jessica Wang, Justina Wu, Luce Scholar, Mount Lake Terrace High School, Pomona College, Seattle Seahawks, South Korean, Teen Link, UW, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Varsha Govindaraju, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

MONO: Two new albums — Japanese experimental rock explores the dark and seeing light

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese band MONO, an instrumental quartet, combines elements of noise, minimalism, space rock, shoe-gazing, and until recently, collaborations with players of orchestral instruments.  The band comes to Seattle’s music venue Neumos on June 24th.  Guitarist Takaakira “Taka” Goto took some questions over e-mail. NWAW:  Has the band ever played […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Australia, Europe, Goto Especially New York City, Goto Having, Goto It, Guitarist Takaakira Taka Goto, Los Angeles, MONO, NWAW, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, japan

No silent treatment — Classic film receives soundtrack from local ensemble

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle’s ever-unpredictable Aono Jikken Ensemble brings a special one-night only presentation to the SIFF Cinema Uptown on July 11th:  A screening of Yasujiro Ozu’s classic silent film “A Story Of Floating Weeds,” with live music, sound effects, and bilingual narration from a Japanese-style benshi narrator.  The Ensemble’s founder, Bill […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Bill Blauvelt, Blauvelt Aono Jikken Ensemble, Blauvelt It, Blauvelt Ozu, Brian Wilson, David Stanford, Eitetsu Hayashi, Esther Sugai, Jujiro Crossroads, Kenji Mizoguchi, Marcia Takamura, Michael Shannon, NWAW, Naho Shioya, Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Teiji Ito, Toru Takemitsu, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, Yasujiro Ozu

Despite criticism, US Open at Chambers delivers — Matsuyama, Pan Impress while Tiger does not

June 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly It went down to the final hole at the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay as Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open title after Dustin Johnson was not able to sink his last putt to force a Monday playoff.  It was a memorable time for many at the University […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Although Lahiri, American Samoan, Anirban Lahiri, Chambers Bay, Cole Hammer, Dustin Johnson, Go Dawgs, India, Jordan Spieth, Northwest Asian Weekly, Professional Golfers Association Tour, Richard Lee, Shigeki Matsuyama, Tiger Woods, Tony Finau, UW, University Place, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

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