Memorial site dedicated to UNC professor Zijie Yan two years after shooting

Posted Sep 4, 2025
Before his death, UNC associate professor Zijie Yan, a beloved teacher, colleague and friend, studied how to organize nanoparticles with light. On Thursday, exactly two years since Yan was killed in a campus shooting at Caudill Laboratories, community members gathered to honor his memory with the unveiling of a new memorial site. (Daily Tar Heel)

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