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Peace Prize Forum, Tibetan New Year earn media attention

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The Forum received a range of print, radio, and television coverage. A small fraction of the stories  stories regarding the 2014 Forum — as well as Sunday’s New Year celebration — include:

  • “Global risk expert to urge U.S. flexibility at Nobel conference,” by Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune
  • “Dalai Lama visits Twin Cities, presides over Tibetan New Year,” by Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune
  • “Local Tibetans Welcome Dalai Lama to Minnesota,” by Tendar Tsering, Hill Post
  • “Dalai Lama visits Minneapolis to celebrate Tibetan New Year,” Bring Me the News
  • “The Dalai Lama on staying optimistic in troubled times: ‘There is no other choice,’” by Jim Walsh, MinnPost
  • “Dalai Lama visits Minneapolis for NPPF and Tibetan New Year,” by Susan Elizabeth Littlefield, WCCO TV.
  • “Dalai Lama celebrates Tibetan New Year in Twin Cities,” by Scott Wasserman, Fox 9 News.
  • “Dalai Lama visits Minneapolis,” by Christina Cerruti, KFAI radio.
  • Photo Gallery: Tibetan New Year, by Nikki Tundel, Minnesota Public Radio.

Tenzin Yeshi Paichang ’16 plays unique role for Dalai Lama

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PioneerPressWhen he was two years old, Augsburg student Tenzin Yeshi Paichang ’16 was cast as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in Martin Scorcese’s movie “Kundun.” This past weekend, Paichang added a new role to his resume — that of His Holiness’s student attache at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Paichang’s experiences were featured by the Pioneer Press in, “Dalai Lama’s visit will be third juncture for Augsburg student” and by WCCO television in the story, “Dalai Lama Visits Minneapolis For Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Tibetan New Year.”