U.S. College Students Can Now Apply for Virtual Student Foreign Service eInternships

July 9, 2013

Applications are being accepted from now until July 20th for the Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) program. Through this program, students have the opportunity to work on one of 276 projects with the Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Foreign Commercial Service, and other agencies. For more...

CAS Assistant Director Participates in Delegation to Tokyo Inaugurating the New Nonstop Flight between Denver and Tokyo

June 17, 2013

On Monday, June 10th, Danielle Rocheleau Salaz, the Assistant Director of the Center for Asian Studies, departed on the inaugural United Airlines鈥 787 Dreamliner flight direct from Denver to Tokyo. She is currently taking part in a 70-person delegation to Tokyo that includes Colorado business, tourism, and government officials, as...

Leslie Dong Reflects on Her Experiences as an Intern at Rowman and Littlefield Publishers

June 10, 2013

"Interning for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers was an incredibly eye-opening and memorable experience. Not only did I have the opportunity to attend professional conferences including board meetings, launch meetings, and even marketing meetings, I also had the chance to work directly with production editors and renowned scholars in the fields...

Record Number of CU Students Receive Fulbright Awards for 2013-2014

June 3, 2013

The university recently announced that a record number of CU-Boulder students received a Fulbright Award for the 2013-2014 academic year. This prestigious award funds teaching, research, and graduate studies abroad. Of the twelve students who received this award, six are students of Asia. These students include Ulyana Horodyskyj (Nepal), Elise...

"It's Elementary" Service Project (IESP) Concludes Its Sixteenth Year of Service in Boulder Valley

May 28, 2013

"Very few people truly understand or can comprehend how rewarding and confidence boosting it is to make a difference in a young person鈥檚 life. The idea that this kid may be thinking of you and thanking you for the rest of his or her life is invaluable and will provide...

CAS Event Report: "Translating Buddhist Luminaries"

May 24, 2013

Tibetan Translation Issues Discussed at Recent Conference Buddhist luminaries, clustered in eastern Tibet in the nineteenth-century, composed numerous short texts of advice that are lively in their use of language and poignant in their pith instructions. In order to explore issues of translation in a range of such texts, Holly...

CAS Event Report: Asian Language Night

May 20, 2013

Asian Language Night 2013 was held on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at HUMN 1B50 from 5:30pm to 8pm, followed by a reception at the HUMN lobby from 8pm to 9pm. Language students of Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, and Korean, from beginning to advanced levels, performed skits, songs, dances and...

CAS Event Report: "Visions and Prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism"

May 16, 2013

The event, 鈥淰isions and prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism,鈥 had quite a large and diverse turnout. There were approximately 65-70 people in the audience (the room was Wolf Law 304, which seats only 51 so there were quite a few people standing). Among the audience members were CU faculty, CU graduate...

Congratulations to Leslie Dong, 2013-2014 Recipient of the Boren Award!

May 14, 2013

CAS is pleased to share the news that Leslie Dong, an Asian Studies and International Affairs major at CU, has received the Boren Award, a competitive scholarship for overseas foreign language study. Ms. Dong was the CAS Editorial Intern at Rowman & Littlefield Publishing during the Spring 2013 semester. She...

CAS Event Report: CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) Annual Conference

May 9, 2013

In March, CAS helped sponsor the Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA)'s annual graduate student conference. The two-day conference featured Prof. Michael Puett of Harvard University and Prof. Sharalyn Orbaugh of the University of British Columbia as keynote speakers as well as presentations by 22 graduate students in Asian Studies from...

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