Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, is one of the world’s leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening […]
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University of California, Davis
Welcome to UC Davis! Visit us to see what makes this campus special. Located in Davis on the largest University of California campus, we are known for our commitment […]
University of California, Santa Barbara
UCSB is a leading research institution that provides a comprehensive liberal arts learning experience. As a campus of the University of California, the country’s premier public university, UCSB is […]
Family Of Jiwon Lee To Launch Memorial Scholarship Fund In Her Honor
Image via Facebook The family of Jiwon Lee, the 29-year-old Columbia University student found dead Saturday afternoon in the Hudson River, will be using the donations they received from a GoFundMe […]
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California. Widely recognized as […]
Is “Anti-Rape Underwear” The Right Answer?
A New York company called AR Wear hopes to bring confidence and protection to women everywhere. How does one do such a thing? With anti-rape underwear, of course. Now […]
Columbia University
For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world. At the core of our wide range of academic […]
Didn’t Get Into Harvard? Maybe It’s Because You’re Asian, Anti-Affirmative Action Campaign Suggests
Image via harvardnotfair.org Sulking over your college rejection letter? One anti-affirmative action evangelist wants to hear from you—and make you a part of his political crusade. Edward Blum, executive director […]
KoreAm Archive: On Forgetting and Remembering 4.29
Photograph by ©Hyungwon Kang. To mark the 22nd anniversary of the Los Angeles riots this week, KoreAm has been releasing related stories from our archives. This story comes from our April 2002 issue. […]
University of Iowa
With just over 30,000 students, the University of Iowa is one of the nation’s top public research universities and the smallest public institution in the Big Ten. Iowa is […]
Bizarre Double Eyelid Training Glasses
Plastic surgery rates in Asia have skyrocketed over the years. Among these surgeries, the double eyelid surgery is easily the most requested and common procedure. Despite it’s growing popularity, some […]
Health & Wellness of Asian American Women: The Secret to Happiness
The search for happiness is no easy one. It’s a particularly hard task because many of us don’t exactly know what makes us happy in the first place. It […]
April 2014 Issue: After Terrible Tragedy, This Adoptee Asks: ‘What Is a Korean Child Worth?’ (Commentary 1 of 2)
What Is a Korean Child Worth? The debate over intercountry adoption from Korea was reignited recently by news of the death of Hyunsu O’Callaghan, a 3-year-old special needs child adopted […]
April 2014 Issue: Advocate Says Tragic Adoption Case ‘Does Not Represent All’
One Adoption Does Not Represent All The debate over intercountry adoption from Korea was reignited recently by news of the death of Hyunsu O’Callaghan, a 3-year-old special needs child adopted […]
Controversy in India: Politician Believes Women Who Have Premarital Sex Should Be Hanged
The infamous New Delhi Gang Rape of 2012 horrified the world. Since then, India has put forth a number efforts to create strict measures against rape. Unfortunately, incidents of rape continue […]
