On June 29th, 2020, the Yenching Academy of Peking University held a memorable joint online and offline Graduation Ceremony for its 2020 graduates. Wang Bo, Vice President of Peking University sent his blessings to the students in a video message. Yuan Ming, Dean of the Yenching Academy, Associat...

02 July 2020

Today I am so filled with pride to celebrate the achievements of the 2020 graduates of the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Graduates, you have overcame extraordinary challenges to be here today--and, while the COVID-19 pandemic we currently face has made special the way we celebrate the gr...

30 June 2020

I am honored to join you in celebrating your academic achievement, and I find the format for doing so this year to be refreshing, unique and memorable. I hope that both now and many years into the future, you will look back on this moment in the same light.

30 June 2020

Thanks or no thanks to the pandemic of COVID-19, we have to have such a special cloud graduation ceremony. I hope in your mind it is another luxury that only your generation could enjoy. I know you all have beautifully completed on-line defense of your MA thesis with no less amount of in-depth re...

30 June 2020

We are gathered together today in a world that is unimaginably different from the one we sat in on a warm fall day two years ago when we celebrated YCA’s opening ceremony for the 2018 Cohort. While none of us could have imagined that our graduation would look quite like this, there are some impo...

30 June 2020

“Staying foolish” is one suggestion that Steve Jobs made to conclude his speech at Stanford commencement in 2005. Although I’ve known the words since junior high school, not until coming to Yenching Academy did I realize its true meaning. Overall, “staying foolish” has become the main theme ...

30 June 2020

On May 10, International Mother’s Day, Yenching Scholars Hannah Kirk, Clara Wang, and Michelle Kan organised a joint online R-coding tutorial outreach. A collaboration between their respective organisations, R-Ladies Beijing and Ladies Who Tech, the online tutorial is the first of several online...

05 June 2020

According to a recent IMF report, the global economy will shrink by three percent this year due to COVID-19. The lingering China-U.S. trade war will likely make the situation worse. With all the uncertainties, where is the international community heading？In this video, three international studen...

27 May 2020

Following the experiences of the Yenching community around the world as they confront the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Academy interviewed Quoc Anh Tran, alumnus from the 2nd cohort, about his work as a Communications Officer for the WHO in Vietnam and how his time at Yenching shaped his vie...

14 May 2020

It’s Yenching Academy’s 6th anniversary today! Although we are not able to celebrate together at Peking University’s beautiful campus, our Yenching Scholars and staff sent their heart-warming wishes from around the world. We miss you all here in Beijing. Happy birthday Yenching Academy!

05 May 2020