“Culturally responsive education” and “critical race theory” became buzzwords in 2020 due to inequalities that the pandemic and racial tensions in the U.S presented. Schools across the country started to rapidly change their curriculum to be more inclusive. While this shift was necessary to mitigate the racial tensions…

I slept on every ride to Chinese school, and every ride back. It was part of a weekly routine, a well-remembered Saturday morning sequence. Tumbling into the car and watching the rolling hills pass the window, the burnt-black trees on the roadside after the wildfires. Drifting in and…

In 1968, Har Gobind Khorana was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in protein synthesis and genetics [1]. Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for their work on the violation of the parity law.…

We met so many passionate, articulate, and inspiring APIDAs from all walks of life that we couldn’t just stop at 31 Days of APIDAs. So here’s another bonus interview featuring TinyBubbles Aranda, a fourth year sociology major who was vice president of PISA 2014-2015. How do you identify?…

In honor of May being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Pacific Ties and Asian Pacific Coalition (APC) are teaming up to featuring Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Bruins. We’ll be posting one interview per day. If you’d like to share your story, fill out this form here.…

For the past 29 years, UCLA’s Nikkei Student Union (NSU) has put together a cultural night commemorating Japanese culture and remembering those who were incarcerated during World War II. This years theme, Worlds Apart, explores the differences between American and Japanese cultures and the trials of assimilation faced by many Nisei.