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Newly minted University of Notre Dame alumnus Jackson Glynn has been named a 2024 Yenching Scholar. He is one of 107 total Yenching Scholars, representi. ....
University of Notre Dame alumna Mary Rzepczynski, of Concord, Massachusetts, has been named a 2023 Yenching Scholar. She is Notre Dame’s 10th Yenc. ....
Over the last two years, the FBI has questioned at least five U.S. citizens who have studied at Yenching Academy, a Master’s degree program hosted by Peking University. The purpose of the interviews, according to NPR, is to “ascertain whether they have been co-opted by Chinese espionage efforts.” This intensified attention follows increased scrutiny of Chinese students ....
Share Stanford students Cole McFaul and Caroline Zhang, who are both pursuing master’s degrees as co-term students, have been named 2021 Yenching Scholars and will receive full scholarships for graduate studies at Yenching Academy of Peking University.
Cole McFaul and Caroline Zhang have been selected as 2021 Yenching Academy Scholars. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead) They are among the 114 students chosen from 37 countries and regions for the program, which offers a one-year master’s degree in Chinese studies. Through coursework, independent research and field studies, Yenching Scholars examine China’s past, present and future, with particular emphasis on its development and role in the world. Working closely with academic mentors, they create their own study programs, choosing from six academic concentrations and a variety of extracurricular activities. ....
April 22, 2021 Lilli Ambort 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 ....