Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Entrepreneurship Seminar
The Sino-American Biomedical & Pharmaceutical
Professionals Association hosts the first annual Entrepreneurship Seminar.
Where
Agenda:
9:30-10:00 AM Registration & Networking
10:00-10:45 AM Speech by Dr Fangang Zeng
10:45 - 11:30 AM Formal Social and Q&A Discussion
11:30 – 12:35 PM Free networking
Speakers Biography:
Dr. Fan-gang Zeng (曾凡钢) is the director of the Center for Hearing Research, the research director of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, and a tenured professor of anatomy and neurobiology, biomedical engineering, cognitive sciences and otolaryngology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his bachelor's of science degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and a doctorate from Syracuse University. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 20 book chapters, two books, and holds 10 U.S. patents. Dr. Zeng is renowned for his achievements in treatment of hearing disorder, unraveling brain mechanisms in loudness coding and speech recognition.
In 2006 Dr. Zeng co-founded Nurotron Biotechnology with headquarter and manufacturing workshop at Hangzhou, China, and R&D center at Irvine. He led the R&D and developed cochlear implant device for severe hearing loss patient, with innovative sound processing technology for Chinese patients. In 2011, Nurotron 26 electrode cochlear implant was approved by Chinese SFDA and launched in Chinese market. This has been listed in Chinese National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the twelfth “Five-year Plan” period. Dr. Zeng has helped raise $50 million for five medical device companies in both the United States and China, and served on the Advisory Board.
Direction: Please use ‘300 S Chester Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106’ as your GPS navigator address to arrive at the meeting location, and use the main entrance to enter Moore Building. Parking is free. Parking lots #9, 10, & 11 are right next to the building on the west and north side. Please feel free to call (626) 475-2618 or (626)-616-6763 if you need any help regarding parking and access to the meeting room. Carpool opportunity may be available once your reservation is conformed.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.