Asian American Studies celebrates 35th anniversary
The Asian American Studies Program will hold a symposium with second director Gary Okihiro and other events this year.
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AASP minor Yu An Chen ’22 receives Kheel Center research award
Workers’ issues were always close to home for Yu An Chen ’22, the latest recipient of the Kheel Center’s Undergraduate Research Award.
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Martial law anniversary marked by ‘historical revisionism’
This year’s anniversary of Philippine martial law is momentous, says professor Christine Bacareza Balance.
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Alumni Reflections: Moon-Ho Jung '00
Currently a professor of history at the University of Washington, Moon Ho-Jung '00 returned to Cornell University to give a talk on his book, "Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State" on April 26, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.
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Student Spotlight: Class of 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 Asian American Studies graduates!
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Filipino Performance Culture
Growing up as the child of Filipino immigrants in California, Christine Bacareza Balance, Performing and Media Arts, had no idea that the world of performing arts held a place for someone like her. “And then in my sophomore year in high school, the musical Miss Saigon premiered on Broadway,” she rem...
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Reunion 2022 features host of A&S events
A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours
On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
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