Current EWC News Releases
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- HONOLULU (October 31, 2018) -- East-West Center Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Hao Ping, who is also leader of the Center’s Beijing alumni chapter, was recently named president of Peking University, China’s premier institution of higher learning. He...
- King tide in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Photo: Pacific RISA HONOLULU (Oct 25, 2018) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the International Research and...
- WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 27, 2018) -– The East-West Center and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States have now released the newest, updated versions of the Korea Matters for America/America Matters for Korea publication and website....
- HONOLULU (July 24, 2018) – Hundreds of scholars, officials, educators and business leaders from dozens of countries will be attending the East-West Center/EWC Association’s major international alumni conference, to be held August 23-25, 2018, at the...
- HONOLULU (May 25, 2018) – The East-West Center has announced the names of EWC alumni, volunteers and alumni chapters that will be honored at the Center’s upcoming international alumni conference in Seoul, South Korea August 23-25. The honorees are...
- HONOLULU (May 4, 2018) -- The East-West Center’s Board of Governors has unanimously approved a forward-looking plan to substantially recast and rejuvenate the Center’s longstanding Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP). Under the plan presented...
- HONOLULU (March 27, 2018) – Hawai‘i Governor David Ige and University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner, along with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology President Peter Gruss, were among the speakers at a special panel discussion yesterday...
- EWC President Richard R. Vuylsteke is presented with his certificate of appointment to the Hawaii Pacific Export Council by John Holman, Director-Pacific, US Commercial Service and Brenda Foster, HPEC Chair and former EWC boardmember....
- HONOLULU (January 19, 2018) – The East-West Center in Honolulu Hawai‘i has just published a report on the findings of the inaugural Women20 for the G20 Asia Pacific Dialogue, which was held at the Center in June. The 20-page report expands on...
- HONOLULU (Jan. 16, 2018) -- The East-West Center and United States Department of State are currently conducting a three-day regional conference for young leaders from Pacific Islands nations from January 16 to 18, 2018.The more than 30 delegates are...
- HONOLULU (Nov. 9, 2017) -- To mark this month’s International Education Week, more than a hundred 3rd - 5th graders from three O‘ahu public elementary schools visited the East-West Center today to learn about global citizenship and participate in...
- HONOLULU (Oct. 27, 2017) – The East-West Center has received one of the largest single donations in its history from longtime institutional supporter the Hawaii Pacific Rim Society. The $2.3 million gift will establish the Hideo Murakami Fund for...
- Former US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell andPunahou School President James Scott Chosen as Vice Chairs HONOLULU (Oct. 17, 2017) –Members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors have re-appointed Honolulu attorney Richard Turbin as...
- HONOLULU - (Aug 16, 2017) -- The East-West Center has welcomed 27 emerging leaders from 10 Pacific island nations to this year’s Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan, or PILP. The participants will spend close to two months in Honolulu,...
- HONOLULU (Sept. 7, 2017) – Peggy Petrovich, a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, has joined the East-West Center as Diplomat-in-Residence. She will be posted at the Center until June 2018. Most recently, Ms. Petrovich served as the...
- WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 9, 2017) –Congressional staff from Senate and House member offices and key committees wrapped up the 2017 EWC-Sasakawa USA Congressional Staff Program on Asia (CSPA) last week on Capitol Hill. This bipartisan...
- HONOLULU (July 14, 2017) – Researchers with the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) program housed at the East-West Center have released the latest in a series of “Climate Matters” ‘documoment’ videos. The new seven-...
- HONOLULU (July 12, 2017) -- Following an extensive executive search, the East-West Center is pleased to welcome Ms. Courtney Sakai as the Center’s new Vice President of Development. Ms. Sakai has an accomplished background in fundraising, business...
- HONOLULU (May 18, 2017) – Hawai‘i Governor David Ige has appointed Punahou School President Dr. James K. Scott to a three-year term as a member of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The board and EWC President Richard R. Vuylsteke extended a...
- The East-West Center and the National Committee on North Korea are pleased to announce the launch of a new pilot project, North Korea in the World. For decades, American policymakers have had limited substantive information about North Korea in...