Yingying's Fund set up to help students

Over $58,000 raised as of Monday and the scholar's family endows $30,000

Two years after the murder of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a visiting student, on Monday announced the establishment of a fund to support international students and their families in crisis.

Yingying's Fund, which has raised more than $58,000 as of Monday, will be managed by the University of Illinois Foundation and is designed to serve international students on campus and their families during times of hardship.