Minghui Yu

University to Honor Minghui Yu at Memorial With Music, Flowers

Today at noon the University will hold a memorial in the Low Library Rotunda for Minghui Yu, the 24-year-old statistics graduate student who was tragically killed by a car while fleeing an assault

By Betsy Morais | Apr 25 02:08 am ET

In New York, Yu Family Mourns Son's Passing, Plans Service

A week after arriving in New York, the parents of former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Minghui Yu are struggling to cope with the sudden death of their 24-year-old son and to arrange

By Betsy Morais | Apr 21 02:53 am ET

Parents of Yu Arrive in NYC, Friends Plan Upcoming Memorial Service

The parents of Minghui Yu—the 24-year-old graduate student whose death shocked Columbia’s campus and garnered widespread media attention just over a week ago—arrived in New York Thursday evening an

By Betsy Morais | Apr 14 02:30 am ET

Court Charges Suspect for Assaulting Yu

The 14-year-old male charged with assaulting a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, who killed by a passing car Friday night, was arraigned in Family Court Thursday afternoon.

By Daniel Amzallag | Apr 11 03:06 am ET

Yu Family Granted Visas

With the approval of their travel visas, the parents of Minghui Yu, the 24-year-old graduate student killed tragically Friday evening, are now set to fly from China to New York this weekend as Colu

By Betsy Morais | Apr 10 02:39 am ET

Confronting Prejudice in the Wake of Tragedy

A hasty glance at the Bwog on Saturday evening disrupted what promised to be a normal day.

By Anthony Kelley | Apr 7 08:44 pm ET

Friends, Faculty Mourn Death of Minghui Yu

Bliss seems to pulse through Minghui Yu’s fingertips as he jumps into the air and smiles for a photograph taken by his girlfriend on a recent trip to Florida.

By Betsy Morais | Apr 7 03:24 am ET

One of Us

The University is a vast, at times disconnected complex of institutions and communities, but what transpired Friday night can be said simply: We’ve lost one of our own.

By Editorial Board | Apr 7 01:18 am ET

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