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COVID-19 prequel

COVID-19 prequel

The outbreak of COVID-19

April 6, 2020 | Zhenshu (Stan) W.

Unlike a lot of MIT community members, who were only affected by the coronavirus outbreak starting in March 2020, I was paying attention to the outbreak since the very beginning on 12/31/2019. This was because one of my high school classmates – also my best friend – worked in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. […]

Embrace rather than Escape

Embrace rather than Escape

Culture shock in the States

March 4, 2019 | Zhenshu (Stan) W.

There is a saying in Chinese: “It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.” Embracing this old saying, I started my four-year undergrad journey in Minnesota after graduating from my high school in Beijing. I got this stamp on my passport when I first came to the United States […]