<p>I would like to expand on Momrath’s suggestion of Cornell. You can read about their Asian Studies Department at the following URL:</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University - Department of Asian Studies](<a href=“http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/]Cornell”>http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/)</p>
<p>Although the Chinese language courses emphasize Mandarin and Cantonese, some of the faculty have interests in Tibetan Buddhist literature and offer courses in the subject. Cornell’s Wason Collection of East Asia includes one of the largest collections of volumes in Tibetan.</p>
<p>[Explore</a> Cornell - Wason Collection - Tibet Collection](<a href=“http://dspace-local.library.cornell.edu/web_archive/explore.cornell.edu/scene8ee3.html]Explore”>http://dspace-local.library.cornell.edu/web_archive/explore.cornell.edu/scene8ee3.html)</p>
<p>The Namgyal Monastery, also located in Ithaca, is the Dali Lama’s North American seat. His Holiness visits every year or so.</p>
<p>[Namgyal</a> Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies](<a href=“http://www.namgyal.org/]Namgyal”>http://www.namgyal.org/)</p>
<p>The monastery has a number of educational events that are open to the public. One of the monks from Namgyal serves as a chaplain at Cornell, ensuring a connection between the monastery and the university.</p>
<p>While Ithaca is not urban, it is a large university town with lots of diversity. You specified “access to multiple religious practices (temples, synagogues, churches, sanghas, etc)” and your son will find that in Ithaca.</p>