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The past 2017 fall semester is an exciting and productive period for the Center for Buddhist Studies. Since its founding in July 2017, the Center for Buddhist Studies has become an influential institution for research, teaching, and community…

A faculty spotlight article on Dr. Rae Erin Dachille, one of the core faculties in the Center for Buddhist Studies, appeared in the UA’s Parent& Family Association newsletter. The article highlights Dr. Dachille’s biography and her advocate of…

Dr. Yaling Chu, an associate professor at Shijiazhuang College, Hebei Province, joined the Center for Buddhist Studies as a visiting scholar from October 2017 to February 2018. Prof. Chu received her PhD degree in journalism from…

Prof. Kai Sheng of Tsing-hua University, a collaborator of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UA, has newly been awarded a major grant by the Chinese National Social Sciences Fund, for his ambitious project titled “Social Life History of Chinese…

Nan Ouyang, the program coordinator in the Center for Buddhist Studies, received 2017-2018 College of Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant at the University of Arizona. As a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Studies, Ouyang works…

Mr. Chan-Paw Lim, a local community leader in Tucson, recently donated $3,000 to the Center for Buddhist Studies to support various center activities. In 1969, Mr. Paul Lim was enrolled in the Ph. D program of Chinese Studies in the Department of…

New grants have launched an in-depth study of East Asian Buddhism as one of the signature projects of the UA's Center for Buddhist Studies. Albert Welter, head of the Department of East Asian Studies and a core faculty of the Center for…

The Center for Buddhist Studies and Pu Yin Educational Center recently reached an agreement to organize a series of academic events to promote Buddhist Studies in the next three years. Under the support of the Pu Yin Educational Center, the Center…

Dr. Jiang Wu was recently invited to attend the 2017 Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum organized by the Fo Guang Shan International University Consortium. The event was held from November 3rd to 8th, 2017 at Fo Guang Shan Monastery,…

The CBS donor Dr. Su Wukang recently visited the center from China and was warmly welcomed by the College of Humanities, Department of East Asian Studies, and Center for Buddhist Studies. On behalf of the College of Humanities, Dean Alain-Philippe…

Chia-lin Pao-Tao, Professor Emerita at Department of East Asian Studies, recently donated $1,000 to the Center for Buddhist Studies to support center initiatives. She is the first individual who pledged financial support to the center after its…

The Arizona Daily Wildcat, the most influential student newspaper on campus, released a report about the new Center for Buddhist Studies. Director Prof. Jiang Wu, and one of the core faculties, Prof. Albert Welter, accepted the interview. They…