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Forgotten Flowers: A Stanford Project on Asian American Flower Growers

People associate the Bay Area with technology and Silicon Valley. Asian Americans in the region are often thought of as engineers and software writers. But in the last century, agriculture was a major industry and employer of Asian Americans. A … Continue reading

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The Faces of Ruth Asawa – Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

The Ruth Asawa Retrospective may have moved from San Francisco to New York, but a particularly fascinating exhibit of her work remains in the Bay Area.  The Cantor Art Center at Stanford University is hosting The Faces of Ruth Asawa. … Continue reading

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The Forgotten Railroad Workers

Just over a decade ago, Stanford University quite ironically began “The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project,” a project that sought to detail the story of Chinese immigrant workers during the early days of their presence in America. The … Continue reading

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Taiwanese CEOs: Jerry Yang

By Travis Yen From modest origins in Taipei, Taiwan, Jerry Yang rose to become a visionary entrepreneur and industry trendsetter, co-founding one of the internet’s pioneering enterprises. His narrative serves as a tribute to tenacity, inventiveness, and the revolutionary potential … Continue reading

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KQED: Stanford Project Unearths Personal Histories of Chinese Railroad Workers

Recently, the local National Public Radio affiliate station KQED’s program, Forum, hosted a discussion on the history of the Chinese railroad workers as the 150th anniversary of when Chinese workers began to work on the transcontinental railroad: “The Transcontinental Railroad … Continue reading

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