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“Navigating Nearby”: Billy Wu ’26 Brings Chinatown Elders’ Stories to Light

Congratulations to PCS Junior Billy Wu ’26, who was just named one of the Lang Center’s 2024-2025 Engaged Humanities Studio Fellows! His project “Navigating Nearby: A Multidirectional Learning Experience in Philadelphia Chinatown” will explore the experiences of Chinatown elders through the medium of documentary filmmaking.

Billy Wu