UCLA Asia InstituteUCLA Asia Institute The Asia Institute is a consortium of Asia-focused research centers and programs at UCLA Exhibit Features Weavers 9 Aug 2010 at 8:59pm The UCLA Fowler Museum's exhibition "Weavers' Stories From Island Southeast Asia" focuses on traditional cloth and the women behind the looms. The show runs concurrently with "Nini Towok's Spinning Wheel: Cloth and the Cycle of Life in Kerek, Java," reports The Daily Bruin. Local Efforts Key to Nuclear Disarmament 6 Aug 2010 at 6:08pm Commemorating the atomic bombings on Japan in 1945 and joining in the call for a world without nuclear weapons were, on Wednesday in Haines Hall, a local grandmother who survived the Hiroshima attack, a Japanese-born artist, a UCLA anthropologist and, by Internet link, local officials from Hiroshima and Manchester, UK, who lead international anti-nuclear organizations. UCLA to Participate in Global Symposium on Bombing of Hiroshima 3 Aug 2010 at 5:02pm To take place on campus as well as on the Internet, an hourlong event on Wednesday, August 4, will mark the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and connect UCLA with participants in Japan, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom. SimInsights Simulates a More Stimulating Science Curriculum 14 Jul 2010 at 12:49pm Rajesh Jha, a graduate student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, started SimInsights, a company that produces simulation software for classrooms. New Mandarin Immersion Program at Broadway Elementary School 6 Jul 2010 at 7:15pm Broadway Elementary School in Venice launches an English-Mandarin Chinese dual-language immersion program 'Everyday Selves' Are Focus of Indonesian Studies Conference 30 Jun 2010 at 3:18pm The second annual conference of the UCLA Indonesian Studies Program draws scholars together to think about "Indonesian Subjectivities." Chinese Studies at UCLA 29 Jun 2010 at 4:28pm Greg Anderson (Doctoral Student), Maura Dykstra (Doctoral Student), and Zhang Li (Visiting Scholar) speak about their work in Chinese studies UCLA at the Shanghai World Expo 8 Jul 2010 at 4:14am UCLA in Shanghai Week, July 19-24, 2010 In Memoriam: Hans H. Baerwald 16 Jun 2010 at 11:04am Hans H. Baerwald, UCLA professor emeritus and an internationally known scholar of Japanese politics, died at his home in Pope Valley, Calif., on June 2 at the age of 82. He directed the UCLA Japan Research and Exchange Program, the predecessor of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, from the late 1970s until his retirement in 1990. Toshie Marra named Librarian of the Year 15 Jun 2010 at 1:31pm Toshie Marra, a librarian in the UCLA Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, has been named the 2010 Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles. Grants in Taiwan Studies Announced 4 Jun 2010 at 4:41pm The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies announces the awarding of research grants in Taiwan Studies for 2010-11. Congratulations to awardees IRENA CRONIN (Department of Asian Languages and Cultures) and ANTHONY ESTES (Department of Anthropology). Three UCLA Researchers Receive Pacific Rim Grants 4 Jun 2010 at 4:09pm One faculty member and two graduate students won UC funding for work on Asian historical and societal issues. 'Atomic Mom' Filmmaker Reveals Secret Stories of the Bomb 21 May 2010 at 12:30pm At a symposium on the anti-nuclear weapons movement, director M.T. Silvia screens and discusses a new film about her mother's role at a Nevada testing site and the story of a Hiroshima survivor; and Steve Leeper, chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, urges action by nonproliferation treaty signatories on disarmament. CISA Announces 2009 Sardar Patel Award Winner 21 May 2010 at 7:48pm Congratulations to Dr. Gayatri A. Menon, recipient of the 2009 Sardar Patel Award, for the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern India. Fastest Way to Asia's Heart 6 May 2010 at 4:17pm About 150 people stopped at the alumni center for a day of tastings, demonstrations and discussions about Asian cuisines and cultures in Los Angeles.