Yuan-Chun Wang, a first-year doctoral student at the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH), died in a car accident near Mobile, Ala., on Christmas Eve. She was 25.
A native of Taiwan, Wang had gone to Atlanta to meet a friend--Wen Ling Hsiu, 25, of Athens, Ga.--before driving to New Orleans for the New Year.
According to Alabama state troopers, Wang was driving her friend's car along Interstate 10, four miles east of the Mississippi state line at 6:20 p.m. Dec. 24, when she ran off the road and struck a tree.
Wang died at the scene of the accident. Her friend was hospitalized for minor injuries.
Police said both were wearing seatbelts.
Last June, Wang received a masters of science degree in epidemiology from the School of Public Health. This fall, she began studying for her Ph.D. in environmental health.
Wang was active in the local Taiwanese community and was close to Taiwanese students and faculty at MIT and Harvard's other graduate schools.
She was vice president of the Harvard Republic of China Student Club, which holds cultural events and other social gatherings for undergraduates, graduate students and faculty members.
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