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Media advisory: Campus walk, concert Thursday night for missing scholar

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The public is invited to take part in the Walk and Concert to Support Yingying Zhang on Thursday evening as a means of conveying community support and concern for the visiting scholar missing since June 9. The event is organized by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.

The walk portion of the event starts at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, at 6:45 p.m. Walkers will proceed to Turner Hall, the laboratory where Zhang works, at 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., and then will walk to the North Goodwin Avenue vicinity where Zhang was last observed, before returning to KCPA.

Krannert Center is providing space for a brief concert to follow the walk, featuring Jasmine Fields Orchestra. Light refreshments during the concert will be provided by the Illini Union.

Parking at KCPA is free after 5 p.m. Community members wishing to take part in the walk should begin assembling in the plaza on the western side of the building at 6:30 p.m. In the event of a storm, participants will be invited to enter KCPA for a gathering instead of a walk.

Editor’s note: For more information, contact Yifan Ping, ping3@illinois.edu; or Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for public affairs, 217-333-5010, rkaler@illinois.edu

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