Noem even dangled the prospect of closer U.S.-Polish military ties in the event of a Nawrocki win — with the implied warning that a Trzaskowski victory could jeopardize Poland’s security.
Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, who delivered a speech at her Harvard University commencement, poses at a gate to Harvard Yard, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)“The anxiety is real,” said Jiang, who knows two international students from China who are weighing whether to travel for work in Kenya and Rwanda.
“Because of the uncertainty of their visas, they are facing a very tricky situation,” she said. “They can either go abroad, go to Kenya and Rwanda to do their internship and work on poverty alleviation and public health but risking not being able to make it back to campus safely. Or they can stay on campus and do their internships remote.”“It’s pretty heartbreaking,” she continued“They wanted to help humanity and, to see them entangled in politics they didn’t choose, is hard.”Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, who delivered a speech at her Harvard University commencement, raises her fists while talking with friends, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, who delivered a speech at her Harvard University commencement, raises her fists while talking with friends, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Jiang, who went to high school in the United Kingdom and earned her undergraduate degree at Duke University, said there should be more, not fewer, academic exchanges between China and the United States.
“Humanity is facing a lot of crisis,” she said. “There are conflicts. There is climate. There are a lot things that not only one country can tackle. China and the U.S. are the two most powerful economies or countries in the world. They have to work with each other to be able to combat the problems or the issues that affect every single human being.”
Jiang also defended the importance of international students at Harvard, recalling how 60% of the students stood up at the Kennedy School of Government commencement when the dean, Jeremy Weinstein, asked how many came from outside the United States. Then he asked if they had learned something from their international classmates, and most everyone stood.Liebes was a master of color, texture, marketing and bling for decades, starting in the 1930s.
“She pioneered a new role for the textile designer as a partner to industry,” says Susan Brown, the museum’s associate curator and acting head of textiles, who co-organized the exhibit with Alexa Griffith Winton, manager of content and curriculum.A collection of textiles part of the exhibit, “A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes” (Elliot Goldstein/Smithsonian Institution via AP)
A collection of textiles part of the exhibit, “A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes” (Elliot Goldstein/Smithsonian Institution via AP)“A Dark, a Light, a Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes,” which organizers say is the first exhibit devoted solely to her in over 50 years, opened in July and runs through Feb. 4, 2024. The title is taken from a Liebes rule for designing textiles, which produced vibrant results, particularly when viewed from today’s tendency toward neutrals and muted shades.