• Jenny Nguyen Selected as 2024 Asian Studies Outstanding Senior
    4/11/24
    The University at Buffalo Asian Studies faculty has selected Jenny Nguyen as the Outstanding Senior for 2024. Jenny was selected from a highly competitive pool of nominees in the 2024 class. We are all very proud of everyone's accomplishments and dedication to their studies.  
  • UB Launches Asia Research Institute with Inaugural Conference
    9/15/23
    The Office of International Education launched the Asia Research Institute (ARI), a multidisciplinary hub and collaborative space for research and education about Asia and its diasporic communities, with an inaugural conference last month.
  • UB Expert Explains K-Pop Phenomenon
    9/16/23
    It wasn’t until she discovered K-pop idol Kai that Stephanie Choi, a postdoctoral associate in UB’s Asia Research Institute, became a “true fan” of K-pop music. “Isn’t K-pop for teenagers?” she wondered about 10 years ago when her fellow graduate students at Wesleyan University raved about their favorite K-pop bands. Choi had enjoyed K-pop as an undergrad in South Korea, but her master’s program was focused on traditional Korean music. Her friends’ enthusiasm made her revisit K-pop, this time as an ethnomusicologist.
  • UB Establishes Summer Program for South Korean Youth
    9/16/23
    Fifty college-age youth from South Korea will visit UB this summer as part of a “youth ladder” program established last week by UB and Gyeonggi Province, the largest province in South Korea.
  • UB faculty share limelight at international APEC conference
    12/5/23
  • UB architect’s energy-efficient façade design for Seoul hospital recognized with international design award
    12/19/23
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