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Recent Alumni News

The University of Washington Tacoma recently held a launch for the Talanoa Series and Dr. David Ga'oupu Matthew Palaita attended as the keynote speaker. Dr.
In the Spring 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Stories, Professor Emeritus Tetsuden Kashima's gift story is featured on LinkedIn.
New York University's English Department is hosting a book launch for Professor Pacharee Sudhinaraset's new book, Worlds at the End: Los Angeles, Infrastructure, and the Apocalyptic Imagination. Pacharee was a teaching assistant with the American Ethnic Studies Department.
In the January 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Perspectives Newsletter, AES alumnus Paulo Pontemayor was highlighted in a story titled, "Advocating for Better Health Care". Pontemayor is currently senior director of government relations at the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), the national leadership organization of
American Ethnic Studies had the pleasure of hosting visits from Highline Public School's 8th graders. Students from several schools in the district visited the campus as part of an introduction to student life at the University of Washington.
The Autumn Quarter 2024 APPI Thrive Newsletter was recently posted. In this newsletter, AES alumnus Nestor Enguerra, Jr. shares his Director's Message.
Welcome to a brand new schoolyear – 2024-2025 – and warm hugs to our new and returning students, our faculty and staff, and you, the members of our set of collectives in AES!  As the lead positive th
Francisco “Frank” Irigon died Thursday, September 12, 2024, at age 77. He passed away surrounded by his family.
Congratulations to AES alumnus Paulo Pontemayor (graduating class of 2004) for making it as a delegate in the 2024 Filipino Young Leaders Immersion Program. He will join a cohort of leaders from across the U.S.
The Lunar New Year is based on the moon's phases and not the traditional calendar so it falls on a different day every year - usually sometime between the end of January and middle of February. This year, the holiday fell on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Many Asian countries celebrate it, and some traditions are shared, while some are not. For example, Koreans don't seek out oranges.
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