Our revered colleague, teacher and friend, Professor Padmanabh Srivarma Jaini, master of Buddhist and Jain Studies, passed away on Tuesday May 25, just five months shy from what would have been his 98th birthday. His health had been failing over the last weeks, and he peacefully passed away on his own terms in his home in the Berkeley hills, with his son Arvind at his side, who as medical doctor oversaw his gentle departure. For most of the nearly fifty years that Prof.

We are thrilled to announce that Joi Barrios-LeBlanc has been duly recognized with the "Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times" award. The Awards Committee received more than 500 nominations. This is a tribute to the spirit of this campus, to be sure. But most of all, it is a tribute to Joi.

Please join us in congratulating her!

Here is the link to the Awards page, as well as the description of the nature of Joi's extraordinary contribution:

Graduate student Sohini Sarah Pillai's co-edited volume, Many Mahabharatas, appears with SUNY Press.

Manager Jan Johnson has just been awarded the campus-wide Excellence in Management Award, in recognition of her superior accomplishments in this year's category of "Leading in Difficult Times." Jan is being recognized for "showing resilience, adaptiveness, active and intentional engagement around diversity, inclusion, and belonging" as well as for demonstrating care for her staff's work-life balance, and for their overall well-being. Jan is the sole recipient of this award, selected from among 100 nominations, and was nominated by the entire CASMA/EALC staff.

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Professor Lisandro Claudio can be seen in this webinar with the New York Southeast Asia Network, "The Perils and Promise of Democracy in Southeast Asia in the Wake of the US January 6th Insurgency": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VojgMf2df78

Professor Penny Edwards has been awarded the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award!