Bulletin No. 1, 2015

News in Brief  45  Territory’s First Cloud-based eLearning Platform The University has launched KEEP (Knowledge & Education Exchange Platform), a cloud-based eLearning platform developed and initiated by CUHK w i t h i t s pa r t n e r institutions and funded by the University Grant Committee. KEEP, now open for subscription, aims at offering a personalized educational portal for users to easil y s earch, subs cr ibe and access content related to education from the KEEP Cloud Ecosystem. CUHK Extends Partnership with Foguang Shan Foundation Photo courtesy of Foguang Shan The Venerable Master Hsing Yun of the Foguang Shan and Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, CUHK Vice-Chancellor, signed the third agreement of co-operation on 1 April 2015 at Foguang Shan in Taiwan to extend the partnership between the two parties for another five years. With the generous support from the foundation in 2005, the Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism has been established under the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, with the aims of engaging in academic research and promoting the beauty of Humanistic Buddhism through a wide range of activities. In 2014, the centre was upgraded and now operates under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts. After the signing of the agreement, the centre will continue to facilitate academic and cultural exchange and development of Humanistic Buddhist studies in Hong Kong and overseas.