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Vietnamese Forest Policy and the Locals

In northern Vietnam, people living around Tam Dao National Park may gain access to park land through legal title, influence, or labor, explains UCLA-trained political scientist Cari An Coe.
Posted: 10/27/2008

Wanted: Active UN to Lead on Iraq

Veteran journalist Helena Cobban says that only the United Nations is in a position to convene nations interested in stability in Iraq, citing evidence of a shift of global power and influence away from the United States.
Posted: 10/22/2008

5th Terasaki Chair Left Science to Tell its Story

Shigeru Nakayama, a historian of science, joins UCLA as the fifth Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations.
Posted: 10/3/2008

Japan's Post-Bubble Artists Not so 'Cute'

Adrian Favell, UCLA professor of sociology, speaks in Yokohama, Japan at the opening of The ECHO: JAPAN NEXT, a contemporary art exhibit held at ZAIM as part of the third Yokohama Triennale.
Posted: 10/3/2008

Anthropologist Rose From Outcast to Academic

Now a professor of anthropology and co-director of Chinese studies at UCLA, Yan Yunxiang has returned many times to northeastern China to conduct fieldwork in Xiajia, where he lived for seven years as an ordinary farmer.
Posted: 10/1/2008

Famed Beijing Opera Troupe Kicks Off SoCal Tour at UCLA Oct. 8

The company is named for the late Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star, who gained worldwide fame portraying female characters on stage and introduced the form known as Beijing (or Peking) opera to the West.
Posted: 10/1/2008

Korean Classics for a Wider Audience

Thirteen Korean historical, religious, and philosophical classics will be introduced to English readers under a translation project coordinated by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
Posted: 9/26/2008

1st Terasaki Postdoc Studies Wartime Japan's Visions

On leave from Arizona State University, Aaron Moore will conduct research and teach about the relationships between technology, modernity, and empire.
Posted: 9/25/2008

Burkle Center Board Member Wins Prestigious Book Awards

September 17, 2008
Posted: 9/17/2008

Artists Visit Advanced Chinese Class at UCLA

Award winners in paper cutting and folk dance come at the invitation of the Confucius Institute and others.
Posted: 8/28/2008

Diplomat Concludes K-12 Training With Talk on Caspian Region

The world history teachers in a two-week training workshop at UCLA learned about Azerbaijan and its neighbors from the country's representative in Los Angeles. Consul General Elin Suleymanov also expressed concern about Russian military action in the Caucasus at the lunchtime talk.
Posted: 8/12/2008

UCLA Summer Program Strengthens Writing Skills for Korean Students

A group of 86 Korean students are enhancing their English reading and writing skills for four weeks through the UCLA Writing Project, housed at the university's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Posted: 8/6/2008

Bruins in Beijing: UCLA at the 2008 Olympic Games

The UCLA Newsroom has invited UCLA athletes, coaches, students and alumni to produce a weblog from the Beijing Olympics.
Posted: 8/5/2008

'Children of the Atomic Bomb' Website Honors Hiroshima, Nagasaki Victims

Commemorating victims of the blasts and presenting scientific findings about long-term effects of the atomic bomb, the website argues poignantly for non-nuclear proliferation.
Posted: 7/28/2008

AASC Launches Website to Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Dr. James N. Yamazaki, who created the resource, "Children of the Atomic Bomb," urges humankind to act upon new medical and scientific knowledge about the long-term effects of nuclear bombing.
Posted: 7/21/2008

UCLA to Have Large Presence at 2008 Olympic Games

Bruins to send a total of 36 athletes and coaches to Beijing
Posted: 7/21/2008

Fowler Receives Donation of Japanese Textiles

The addition of the Krauss Collection nearly doubles the size of the museum's existing holdings of Japanese textiles, making the Fowler an important destination for scholars of Japan's textile arts.
Posted: 7/17/2008

Summer Program Strengthens Research, Cultural Ties with China

Chinese students receive cross-disciplinary training in science and technology.
Posted: 7/10/2008

UCLA Students Providing Tsunami Relief in Thai Fishing Villages

As part of the program, students will work with village residents to regenerate mangroves to fight erosion and resist disasters, and to identify and propagate local species that promise the greatest biodiversity and sustainability.
Posted: 6/28/2008

New Terasaki Chair and Postdoctoral Fellow

The Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies announces two new appointments for the '08-'09 academic year.
Posted: 6/24/2008

UCLA Exchange with East China Normal University Promotes International Collaborative Research

Jianbo Dong is UCLA's first visiting scholar through its exchange agreement with ECNU.
Posted: 6/23/2008

Architecture Students Work Hand-in-Hand With Chinese Peers

In the China Studio program run by UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design, bicultural student teams design important structures. Back at UCLA, young Chinese architects share their perspectives and get grilled in English. It's not your typical exchange program.
Posted: 6/20/2008

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