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High school student invited to honors programs for future physicians

September 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mercer Island High School Junior  Gordon Zhang was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders on Nov. 14-16 in Washington, DC.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Connie Mariano, Mercer Island High School Junior Gordon Zhang, National Academy, Nobel Laureates, Vol 33 No 38 | September 13 - September 19

PICTORIAL: Congratulations to Lori Matsukawa on being inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle!

June 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Photos by George Liu/NWAW

Filed Under: Pictorials Tagged With: 2014, Dan Kleckner, Dee Sarton, Dennis Bounds, Ed White, Larry Blackstock, Lori Matsukawa, Mimi Gan, Mother Teresa, National Academy, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle, Silver Circle, Steve Pool, Susan Han, Tom Speer, Vol 33 No 25 | June 14 - June 20

APAs win 10 awards at Northwest Emmys

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian and Pacific American professionals won 10 awards at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Northwest Chapter’s 50th Annual Emmy Awards Show on June 15. KOMO’s Molly Shen, Tri Ngo, and Kiyomi Taguchi received awards for KOMO’s “Healing Our Heroes” news special, continuing coverage on “SPD: Problem Police,” and “The Shoe Guy” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bruce Lee, Emmy Awards, KCTS, KOMO, Kiyomi Taguchi, Molly Shen, National Academy, Northwest Emmys, Shannon Gee, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19

President Obama announces administration posts, includes Arun Majumdar

November 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Frederick “Rick” Barton – Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations and Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Department of State Arun Majumdar – Under Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy Marie F. Smith – Member, Social Security Advisory Board

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Academy, National Science Foundation, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Smith Member, Social Security Advisory Board

Agent Orange studies overlook pain of Vietnamese Americans

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ngoc Nguyen New America Media A few years ago, my father, a former naval officer in the South Vietnamese Army, developed liver cancer. The diagnosis followed decades of struggle with hepatitis C, a viral infection he contracted through a blood transfusion during the war. A liver transplant saved his life.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, ARVN, Agent Orange, Agent Orange-related, Agent Orange-spraying, Arnold Schecter, Bien Hoa, Binh Duong, Census, Chicago Tribune, Columbia University, Jeanne Stellman, National Academy, New America Media, South Vietnamese Army, Subic Bay, United States, Veterans Affairs, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11

Global warming pause linked to sulfur in China

July 9, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Randolph E. Schmid The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth’s temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of the hottest decades on record.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2011, Boston University, China, Chinese, NASA, National Academy, UV, Vol 30 No 28 | July 9 - July 15

Vietnam matriarch reflects on lifetime of devotion to piano

March 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Time was running out, and it wasn’t safe to stay. Sixty upright pianos had to be moved from Hanoi’s music conservatory to a village in the countryside

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, American B-52s, Bac Giang, Canada, Dang Thai Son, Dien Bien Phu, HANOI, Madame Lien, Moscow, National Academy, North Vietnamese, Pablo Picasso, Prague Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Thai Thi Lien, Tran Thanh Binh, Tran Thu Ha, Vietnam War, Vol 30 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

Phyllis Wise, first Asian American president of the UW, maintains a passion for science

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I was always interested in biology. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t.”

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Beijing Union Medical College, Chinami Tajika, Colombia, National Academy, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwestern University, Phyllis Wise, Puget Sound Business Journal, Swarthmore College, Teachers College, UW, United States, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Yenching University

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