UC student farms seed sustainable agriculture programs

November 17th, 2011 No comments

Occasionally, I get to go into the field for work. I was literally in the field, with muddy shoes to show for it, for this story about University of California sustainable agriculture programs. Read more…

Stepping down as Hyphen magazine’s editor in chief

November 16th, 2011 No comments
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Hyphen's new print edition is on newsstands now.

After four  years as editor in chief of Hyphen magazine, I announced my retirement in the Editor’s Note of The Survival Issue, which just came out. You can read the Editor’s Note on Hyphen’s website. Read more…

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UC Solar working to revolutionize sun power

October 27th, 2011 No comments

UC Solar

My latest story for UC: Someday, solar power will provide all the energy homes and buildings need for electricity, heat and cooling. Scientists at UC Solar, a multicampus research institute based at UC Merced, are helping to make that day come true.

Read more at the UC Research website. Read other stuff I’ve written.

Adjusting to multimedia, cameras and microphones

September 6th, 2011 No comments
Nick Strayer and Harry Mok conduct an interview

Nick Strayer behind the camera and Harry Mok behind the microphone last year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

As someone with roots in print media, I got a kick out of this photo when I came across it on the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory website. It was taken when my University of California colleague Nick Strayer and I were videotaping interviews at the NASA Ames Research Center last May. Read more…

Photos from Big Island of Hawaii

August 14th, 2011 No comments

Ramie and I had a great trip to the Big Island of Hawaii swimming with sea turtles, seeing a volcano, hiking to secluded beaches and eating good food. IPad and iPhone users, link to Flickr slideshow.

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Covering the green, sustainable University of California

July 15th, 2011 No comments
professor roger boulton

Professor Roger Boulton explains how rainwater stored in tanks supplies water to labs.

Here’s a roundup of some of my latest stories for the University of California website. One of my main beats is sustainability, so I’ve been writing about all the ways UC is green, saving energy and cutting costs. Read more…

Census: Asian Americans fastest growing group

March 9th, 2011 No comments
Gary Locke census

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announces the release of Census 2010 data in December.

Census 2010 data released for California shows that Asian Americans were the fastest growing ethnic or racial group, rising 31.5 percent since 2000 to makeup 12.8 percent of the state’s population. The Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders group rose 23.4 percent.

Read the full post at Hyphen magazine’s blog.

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8Asians.com puts me on the APA Spotlight

March 8th, 2011 No comments

8Asians.com put me in its APA Spotlight feature last week. You can read the Q&A on the 8Asians blog. Some of the insights gleaned about me are that I’m no good in math, and I like dim sum.

3 Asian Americans have shot to win San Francisco mayor’s race

March 1st, 2011 No comments

With  David Chiu joining the fray, San Francisco has three Asian Americans running for mayor, perhaps the most APA mayoral candidates for any American city outside of Hawaii. Read more…

Bay Citizen blogs about Hyphen’s parkour story and video

February 19th, 2011 No comments

The Bay Citizen reposted a story from New America Media that is based on Hyphen magazine’s parkour story and video. Read more…