Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing 

Event Time

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Registration

18:30-19:00

Panel Discussion

19:00-20:30

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Please click “HERE” to register. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. 

Ticket: RMB 60 for members of Yale community and Yale or non-Yale students (must submit valid .edu email address to qualify); RMB 100 for regular admission. This price includes canapes.

*The registration fee is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The event will be in English, with AI-enabled captions translated into Chinese in real time.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

On May 20, seven Yale students from diverse backgrounds ranging from history to neuroscience will gather at Yale Center Beijing to share their journey to studying at Yale College, reflect on their various experiences as Yale students, including the impact of AI, and offer advice to prospective applicants.

Speakers

Bryant Pranboonpluk ’28

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
College: Saybrook College
Major(s): Political Science and Psychology
Campus involvement: Yale Model United Nations (YMUN); Yale Asian American Cultural Center (AACC); Payne Whitney Gym; South East Asian Movement (SEAM)
Interests/Hobbies: Watching basketball, playing table tennis, listening to Taylor Swift and Charli XCX

Amanda Wu ’28

Hometown: Bellevue, Washington
Major(s): Neuroscience
Academic interests: Intersection between computation and cognition
Campus involvement: YMUN (Organized conferences at Yale, Seoul, and Shenzhen); Viola player in Yale Symphony Orchestra; Yale Club Running; volunteer at Yale New Haven Hospital pediatrics department

Lishore Kumar ’28

Major(s): Biomedical Engineering and Economics
Academic interests: Economic solutions for healthcare challenges
Campus involvement: Cellist in the rock group Low Strung
Interests/Hobbies: Collecting fragrances, cooking, learning Chinese

Lauren Kim ’28

Hometown: Michigan
College: Silliman College
Major(s): Applied Mathematics and Global Affairs
Campus involvement: YMUN; Movement; Silliman Buttery
Interests/Hobbies: Pottery, crocheting, café-hopping, trying good food with friends; Golf, skiing, pilates, pickleball, dance; Coffee and frozen yogurt enthusiast

Greta Garrison ’28

Hometown: Ithaca, New York
College: Benjamin Franklin College
Major(s): Global Affairs
Campus involvement: YMUN; Yale Daily News Business Team; Director of Social Media for 17o1 Records; trumpet player in Yale Concert Band
Interests/Hobbies: Listening to music, spontaneous adventures around town

Jason Jiang ’29

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Major(s): Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Sociology
Academic interests: Medicine, policymaking, and health inequities
Campus involvement: YMUN; Cultural chair for the Chinese American Student Association at Yale
Community involvement: Organizing with Chinese immigrant communities

Baala Shakya ’28

Major(s): History and Political Science
Campus involvement: YMUN; Former Secretary of Yale International Relations Association; analyst at Yale Policy Institute; research assistant at Yale Law School, Yale MacMillan Center, and Yale History Department; Editor-in-Chief of The Vexillum Medieval Studies Journal; managing editor for Yale Historical Review and The Globalist
Interests/Hobbies: Exploring New Haven cafés, spending time outdoors