“We wanted to create an experience that is awesome, beyond words,” says Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University. “We are using modern technology to capture multiple dimensions, to help us imagine a universe in which everything can transform into something else.”
Harvard China Fund in Action Along a wooded path, Ned Friedman is pointing out trees whose DNA originated in China: “A Chinese ginkgo,” he says, in front of a tree exploding with bright yellow, fan-shaped leaves. “We have one of the finest collections of ginkgoes from China in the world.” And then a rare maple
This past summer, I experienced tremendous personal growth during my first-ever (remote) internship for a non-profit persons with disabilities organization that focuses on disability rights, inclusion, and equal participation of persons with disabilities. As someone who had never experienced the hardships of a disabled individual, I feared that my implicit bias would prevent me from
In this turbulent summer, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to intern on-site at my host company’s Shanghai office with 16 other interns from prominent universities all around the globe. This experience gave me a taste of consulting and a precious chance to interact with outstanding mentors and peers from whom I gained
Summer 2020 was unprecedented for the Harvard China Fund in which many of our internships were shifted virtually in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this shift did not stop our interns from growing, learning, and maturing in their professional endeavors. Today, we hear from Elizabeth Yang, ’23, about her virtual internship experience this past
As a native of Beijing, I have seldom ventured to the business and financial district of Guomao (国贸), an area of connected shopping malls and office buildings, home to some of the most influential companies’ Chinese operations in the world. It was natural to wonder what exactly happens on those upper floors aside from a
