by Meera Kymal | Sep 23, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Education
“You know the student loan crisis is bad when I’m asked to testify before Congress about it,” tweeted Hasan Minhaj, the popular host of political comedy series Patriot Act, on Netflix. Minhaj was invited by the House Financial Services Committee to share his...
by Mark Hedin | Sep 6, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Education
A coalition of civil rights organizations has concrete suggestions for Congress as it considers how to update the 1965 Higher Education Act (HEA). That law informs a vast array of college, university and post-graduate issues, from the provision and terms of student...
by Nirupama V. | May 7, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Education
If you thought that today’s girls need encouragement and mentorship to pursue engineering in America, imagine the situation when women pursued the study of engineering decades ago in India. A new book – Roots and Wings – written by Dr. Shantha Mohan...
by Pavani Kaushik | Jun 19, 2018 | Education
“I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very very curious.” – Albert Einstein. Parenting is tricky business. My mother might not necessarily agree with this statement, maintaining that in her time, people did whatever came to...
by Pavani Kaushik | May 8, 2018 | Education
Crisply starched cotton saris. A hand kerchief tucked at the waist. Hair in a top knot. Bustling with life and laughter. Her belly laugh lit up the room and caught everyone in its unique charm. She was Sundari – “The Beautiful One”. Aptly named, for she was...
by Staff Writer | Apr 17, 2018 | Education
On Saturday, March 17, 2018, more than 320 philanthropists, physicians, and community leaders came together for the Scarlet Ball, an annual gala to benefit the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital. The fundraising event, which was held at the Dolce Hayes...
