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/2121On September 7th and 8th, 2009, SPICE director Gary Mukai visited three public high schools in Okinawa as well as the Okinawa AmerAsian School.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/2121?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/2107On September 3 and 4, 2009, SPICE director Gary Mukai and SPICE curriculum consultant Rennie Moon participated in an international academic conference called "Reflections and Prospects of the Understanding Korea Projects," in Seoul.]]>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/2107?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1856On February 25, 2009, the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) conducted an interactive workshop on the SPICE curriculum unit, Along the Silk Road, for 150 New York City middle school teachers at Teachers College, Columbia University.]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1856?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1664The Stanford program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) has just announced a major new interdisciplinary, interactive initiative for middle school and high school students on the road to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. "The Road to Beijing" initiative includes a new documentary featuring world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, a new documentary developed by NBC that features Olympians who will participate in the Beijing Olympics, curriculum materials addressing Beijing and issues raised by the Olympics, an interactive website, and teacher professional development.]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1664?http://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 2009, SPICE has developed four new curriculum units: Examining Long-term Radiation Effects, Interactive Teaching AIDS: A Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention Curriculum, China's Republican Era, 1911 to 1949, and Teacher's Guide to Wings of Defeat.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1436?http://spice.stanford.edu/news/1571The Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) serves as a bridge between FSI's research centers and elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States. Over the past year, SPICE curriculum writer Rylan Sekiguchi and Joon Seok Hong (MA, East Asian Studies, 2007) have been developing a curriculum unit for secondary schools called "U.S.-South Korean Relations" in consultation with Professor Gi-Wook Shin, director of the Korean Studies Program (KSP).]]>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1571?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/1588SPICE was established more than 30 years ago and serves as a bridge between FSI and elementary and secondary schools in the United States and independent schools abroad. SPICE's original mission in 1976 was to help students understand that we live in an increasingly interdependent world that faces problems on a global scale. For 30 years, SPICE has continued to address this original mission and currently focuses its efforts primarily in three areas: (1) curriculum development for elementary and secondary schools; (2) teacher professional development; and (3) distance-learning education.]]>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1588?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/1603Epidemic infectious diseases have shaped many aspects of ancient and modern history. In an interdependent world, well-known pathogens and new, emerging infectious diseases continue to pose a global threat. At the same time, the biomedical and social sciences have been making incredible progress in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases.]]>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://spice.stanford.edu/news/1603?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?