Drawing on his recent book, The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Great Saint Milarepa, Andrew Quintman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, explores the extraordinary life story of Milarepa composed by Tsangnöyn Heruka, tracing its historical formation, changing narrative voices, and enduring legacy across the region. Presented October 1, 2014 at Norlin Library, University of Colorado Boulder.

On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, the Libraries opened a special exhibit of paintings by the Lhasa artist Gade on the theme of "pecha" or traditional Tibetan texts. Tours are available of the multi-media exhibit, "Opening the Tibetan Treasury of Knowledge: Textual Transmission and Cultural Preservation" on the Norlin Library 3rd Floor, West. The exhibit highlights key transformations in the production of Tibetan texts - from woodblock prints to digital searchable text.