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University of Minnesota graduate awarded international scholarship to study in China

April 22, 2021
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Lilli Ambort, a global studies major from Davenport, Iowa, will begin graduate studies at Peking University in the fall as a Yenching Scholar. A December 2020 Honors graduate, Ambort began studying Chinese in high school and completed a minor in the language at the University of Minnesota. As a Yenching Scholar she will join a cohort of 90 students from 37 countries and 27 Chinese students to complete a Master’s Degree in China Studies with a concentration in Law and Society.
Ambort’s Global Studies major focused on political economy and environmental change, as well as, studying East Asia. She was able to pursue her interests in international environmental policy as a research assistant for Sociology professor Rachel Schurman, contributing to projects on pro-agricultural biotechnology and the Green Revolution in Africa. The Institute on the Environment selected her for its undergraduate leaders program, where she developed a c ....

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