Tag: lunar new year

Center for East Asian Studies Opens Lunar New Year With Talk in Stoughton

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) kicked off the Year of the Horse with a presentation on Tuesday, Feb 17 at Atmus Filtration Technologies and Cummins offices in Stoughton, Wisconsin. CEAS project assistants Jimin Gim (Sociology doctoral student) and Andrew Liu (History, Class of 2023) offered comments to an audience of about 70 employees (from both Atmus and Cummins, which …

Celebrating the Year of the Dragon: Discover your zodiac and UW–Madison’s Lunar New Year

As midnight struck on Feb. 10 over Lake Mendota, cheers and claps filled the air as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Asian community came together. They were making dumplings and sharing their traditions to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Dragon. For people who celebrate the two-week-long holiday — known by …

Message from the dean: Wishing you all the best in the Lunar New Year

I write this message at a time of new beginnings. We are one month into a new calendar year, a new semester is barely underway, and the new moon, on February 1, marks the beginning of a new lunar new year—the year of the tiger. The tiger is the third in the cycle of 12 …