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Media advisory: Campus meeting Thursday night for missing scholar support

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Representatives from the University of Illinois Police Department, International Student and Scholar Services, Counseling Center and others will meet with members of the campus and Champaign-Urbana communities the evening of Thursday, June 22, to discuss campus support for the search for Yingying Zhang.

The meeting, which is open to the public and the news media, will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. in room 314 of Altgeld Hall, 1409 W. Green St., Urbana.

Because of the sensitive nature of the search, police representatives will not be able to comment on specific details of the ongoing investigation. Zhang, a 26-year-old visiting scholar from China, has been missing since June 9.

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