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University of Pennsylvania senior Patrick Beyrer and 2020 graduate Brook Jiang have been selected as 2021 Yenching Scholars, with full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University, in Beijing.
Beyrer and Jiang are among the 117 scholars chosen from 37 countries to enroll in the one-year program in September. Six scholars affiliated with Penn have been chosen since the program’s inception in 2015.
Beyrer, from Rockville Centre, New York, is pursuing a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree in East Asian languages and civilizations with a concentration in Chinese and a minor in science, technology, and society in the School of Arts & Sciences. At Penn, he has been involved in radiology research at the Perlman School of Medicine and was the vice president of mentorship for Penn Transfer Student Organization.
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