Condolences and Donations in Memory of Yiran Fan
- Please visit this page to express condolences, share memories, and upload photos, videos, or other files. English messages will be translated into Chinese, and then presented together to the Fan family. Please submit by the end of the day on Monday, January 18.
- In partnership with the Fan family, the university is establishing a fund in memory of Yiran to support students in the joint program of Chicago Booth and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. To contribute, you may call 773-702-7747 or donate online via this link (please select the option “Yiran Fan Memorial Fund for the Joint Program in Financial Economics”). The university will send a letter to the family to acknowledge your gift.
- While the University is committed to assisting the family of Yiran Fan at this difficult time, we understand the desire of the community to support the bereaved family directly by gifts. Here are the community giving links: China residents (RMB donation); US residents (USD donation).
- The university will hold a Candlelight Remembrance Vigil on Thursday, January 14, at 4pm CST, 10pm GMT, 6am (Friday) HKT. This event may be attended in person on campus in Hyde Park or remotely.
- Finance PhD program area advisor, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
- Director of Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China, University of Chicago
- Guest editor for Review of Finance, Special Issue on China (call for papers here)
- Faculty co-director of the Fama-Miller Center, University of Chicago
- President of Finance Theory Group
- Special-term Alibaba Foundation Professor, Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management
- Research associate at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- Senior fellow at Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)
- Member of the academy committee, Luohan Academy
- Member of the Council of Advisers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research