Tasked with finding notable alumni to profile for the annual Wisconsin China Resource spring student workshop, research assistant Andrew Liu (Class of 2024, History) soon faced a quandary. He found a set of path-breaking UW-Madison …
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The Legendary “Late” Badger Harrison Forman
An adventurous photojournalist of East Asian political turmoil in 1930s Shanghai by Andrew Liu, UW-Madison Class of 2024, with research assistance from Lihao “Billy” Yuan, Class of 2023 In the early 1920s, as Chinese student …
The film poet Sun Yu 电影诗人孙瑜
by Lihao “Billy” Yuan. Sun Yu (B.A. 1925, under the name “Cheng Yu Sun” in the Badger yearbook) came to Wisconsin from Sichuan Province, a province closely associated with the great Tang Dynasty romantic poet …
Pharmacy archives reveal stories of early students from China
by Laurie Dennis A combination of serendipity and knowing what to look for led history of science graduate student J.J. Strange to a treasure trove of materials about some of the first students from China …
Parents group in China send message of gratitude to Chancellor Blank
Parents of Chinese international students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have had to watch from afar and rely on social media platforms like WeChat to monitor how their children are handling the continued spread of …
WCI Hosts 2nd “Welcome New Students” Events in China
The Wisconsin China Initiative, working with International Student Services and the Center for the First-Year Experience, coordinated a second annual program to meet with incoming students and their parents in China prior to the start …
CLACC Adds New Scholarship to Annual Program
Jane Jingyu Zhang, recipient of the inaugural CLACC Ambassador scholarship, is the student organization’s Public Relations Officer. Above is the Panda/Badger design she created for the CLACC t-shirt. The Chinese Language and Culture Club (CLACC) …
WCI Concludes 2nd Year of Bubble Tea Events
The WCI, in partnership with the Asian American Student Union, concluded a 2nd year of the successful Bubble Tea program. This program was made possible by a 2017 “campus climate improvement” grant to the Wisconsin China …