Announcements

This series of one-hour virtual public seminars hosted on the Zoom platform explores the future of the Indo-Pacific region in light of current events in US-Asia relations.

Jillian Bonnardeaux, a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service with a focus on Public Diplomacy, has joined the East-West Center as Diplomat in Residence.

EWC is saddened by the death Kirk R. Smith. He and his colleagues are credited with saving millions from premature death by advocating for a switch to less toxic cook stoves in the developing world.

In a message on racial injustice, EWC President Richard Vuylsteke writes that "recent events in the US have galvanized people around the world to call for true racial justice. Now we must act."

The East-West Center community has been saddened to learn of the passing on October 20 of former Dean of Students and longtime Center supporter Sumi Makey.

Journalism students from Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi and the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi met in Nepal for a dialogue about cross-border media collaboration.

The EWC community was saddened by the passing of former EWC VP Wesley T. Park. A well-known Honolulu business leader and supporter of the arts, he served as the Center’s VP of Administration 1982-89.

The East-West Center offers deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of internationally famed architect I.M. Pei, who passed away today at age 102.

On this day in 1960, President Eisenhower signed into law the act of Congress creating the Center as a hub of international learning and exchange.

EWC Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Hao Ping, leader of the Center’s Beijing alumni chapter, was recently named president of Peking University, China’s premier institution of higher learning.