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Filipino language and culture
A group of students stand with their professor and teaching assistance. A word on the screen behind them reads, "Mabuhay!" meaning long life.

Many of the students enrolled in Beginning Filipino to connect with their heritage and communicate with their families, says Aquino (far right).

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Filipino language and culture

Started in 1996, Penn’s Filipino language program is populated with students looking to connect with their culture and converse with their families.

Kristina Linnea García

The Asian American studies program doubles in size
Andrea Cherng speaks to a roomful of students in the McNeil Atrium

Andrea Cherng addresses students at the ASAM welcome lunch in September, joined by David Eng (left) and Fariha Khan (right). 

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The Asian American studies program doubles in size

Three core and two affiliated faculty members with expertise in English, sociology, history, anthropology, and education join the Asian American studies program.

Kristina Linnea García

Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling
A group of people cluster around Mira Nair at the Penn Museum with the Sphinx in the background.

Mira Nair speaks with students and lecture attendees after the event.

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Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling

As a Saluja Global Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, filmmaker Mira Nair gave a lecture at the Penn Museum on art, storytelling, and filmmaking.

Kristina Linnea García

Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection
Penn undergrad Claire Jun gestures to the sign on the front of the building in Seoul, South Korea where she interned this summer.

Claire Jun poses in front of the building where she did a health policy internship in Seoul, South Korea, at the Research Institute at the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

(Image: Courtesy of Claire Jun)

Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection

Third-year student Claire Jun used her FLAS fellowship this summer to participate in the study abroad program at Yonsei University and a health-policy internship at the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan
Man with red curly hair and glasses looks into the camera, which is giving a half-moon glow on the lower right side of the image.

Patrick Carland-Echavarria, an East Asian Languages and Civilizations Ph.D. candidate, says his research is all about readjusting the lenses of history. 

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Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan

Ph.D. candidate Patrick Carland-Echavarria’s research looks at postwar Japanese queer cultures, translation, art, and literature and at how American gay men found refuge there during the Cold War and beyond.

Kristen de Groot

A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
Will Atkins, Vicky Aquino, and students affix flower stickers to the new AAPI mural

Vicky Aquino, associate director and the artist behind the mural, at its launch. This project was supported by the entire PAACH team and key members of University Life, including Associate Vice Provost Will Atkins (left).

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A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference

A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders  

Kristina Linnea García