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Steven J. Fluharty, Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, has announced that Tariq Thachil has been named Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and Associate Professor of Political Science. As Director of CASI, he will also hold the Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India. The appointment is effective July 1, 2020.

Article by Divy Agnihotri, GPA Ambassador

Article by Charlotte Thomas, GPA Ambassador.

Article by Mike DeNardo (August 3, 2017). Retrieved from CBS Philadelphia.

Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tsend Munkh-Orgil, Will Join in this Historic Visit to Philadelphia—Possibly the First of Its Kind to Be Hosted by an Arts Organization (Philadelphia, September 12, 2016)

As of July 1, 2016, Japanese arts, business, and culture in Philadelphia have a new more effective champion to embody the friendship between Japan and Philadelphia. The America Society of Greater Philadelphia is merging with Shofuso Japanese House and Garden and the Friends of Japanese House and Garden to form the second largest Japan American Society in the United States of America. The organization will be known as the Japan American Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP) and hopes to have greater impact as one single organization.

The University of Pennsylvania English Language Programs recently launched a free online course, English for Business and Entrepreneurship, sponsored by the US State Department.

On February 21, 2016 the Ocean City Seafood Restaurant hosted an excellent Chinese New Year celebration. Ambassador Qiyue and consul general from the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China attended alongside local state and city representatives - many Senior Police Commissioners were present for these wonderful remarks as well.

There was cheering, in both Mandarin and English, as Temple University students competed for the right to serve as Mandarin-language broadcaster of Temple University men’s basketball games.

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) exchange student Shizhe You finished runner-up in the inaugural “Battle of the Broadcasters,” held Jan. 31 at Morgan Hall.

PHILADELPHIA, PA— The Dialogue Institute (DI), based at Temple University, will be hosting 20 young adult students from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand, January 9-February 13, 2016, for an intensive five-week education and immersion program focused on religious pluralism and democracy in the United States.