http://spice.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from SPICEen-usPublic domainhttp://spice.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/60http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1625The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) has taken on world religions, Russian leaders and Aztec history. Now it's boiling down the glory and controversy of China's history, culture and politics in time for the Summer Olympics in Beijing.]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1625?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1554On April 4 SPICE formally received the 2008 Franklin Buchanan Prize at the Association for Asian Studies conference in Atlanta. The Buchanan Prize, which is awarded annually to an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia designed for any educational level, elementary through university, this year recognized Waka Takahashi Brown and Selena Lai for Chinese Dynasties: Parts One and Two. This is the fourth time that SPICE has won the prestigious Buchanan Prize since it was established in 1995.]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1554?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1472The Asia Society last week awarded the 2007 Goldman Sachs Foundation Media and Technology Prize to the Reischauer Scholars Program, a college-level, distance-learning course about Japan for American high school students developed by the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Gary Mukai, SPICE director, and Naomi Funahashi, the primary instructor for the scholars program, accepted the prize, a plaque and a check for $25,000, at a March 10 luncheon in New York City. Mukai said he would use the money to fund the 2008-09 scholars program, which is named in honor of Edwin O. Reischauer, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan.]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1472?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1436For 2008, SPICE has developed four new curriculum units: Chinese Dynasties Part Two: The Song Dynasty through the Qing Dynasty, Immigration to the United States: Activities for Elementary School Classrooms, The Road to Beijing, and U.S.-South Korea Relations.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1436?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1339Gary Mukai, director of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), was awarded the Foreign Minister's Commendation at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco on Oct. 5. The commendation recognizes Mukai for "greatly contribut[ing] to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United States, especially in the field of education...[and] lend[ing] his energy and expertise to actively supporting and implementing the goals and objectives of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET Program) and the activities of the JET Alumni Association of Northern California."]]>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1339?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1311On August 17, 2007, SPICE held an awards ceremony to honor two of the top scholars of its Reischauer Scholars Program, a distance learning course on Japan and U.S.-Japan relations for high school students.]]>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1311?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/980The Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) has just been named the winner of the 2007 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for the curriculum unit China's Cultural Revolution. The Buchanan Prize is awarded annually by the Association for Asian Studies and recognizes high-quality curriculum materials on Asia. This is the third time that SPICE has won the Buchanan Prize since it was established in 1995.]]>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/980?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/839Chicago Tribune article features Yo Yo Ma's introduction of SPICE Silk Road curriculum to Chicago public schools. SPICE director Gary Mukai, who helped design the curriculum, is quoted.]]>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/839?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/576SPICE and Documentary Filmmaker Team Up to Teach Students about Afghanistan]]>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/576?