Professor Zijie Yan honored with memorial 2 years after UNC shooting
>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> TODAY, UNC HONORED A
PROFESSOR KILLED IN A CAMPUS
TRAGEDY. A NEW MEMORIAL NOW
STANDS FOR DOCTORS EASING IN
THE PROFESSOR SHOT AND KILLED
EXACTLY 2 YEARS AGO TODAY.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA
TILLETT AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE NEWEST
WAYS THE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM. WRAL'S
MONICA CASEY SPOKE WITH
COLLEAGUES WHO KNEW YEAH AND
WELL AS WELL AS CAMPUS AS THE
CAMPUS, I SHOULD SAY, WORKS TO
KEEP HIS NAME ALIVE.
>> THE PROFESSOR SAID JAY AND
WORKED IN THIS LAB RIGHT BEHIND
ME. THE WINDOW LOOKS OUT TOWARD
THE MEMORIAL AND BENCH PLACED
HERE IN HIS HONOR, A MASTER OF
LIGHT AND MATTER. THAT'S HOW
THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
DESCRIBE THE UNC CHAPEL HILL
PROFESSOR SEA CHANGE IN HIS
OFFICE WAS ACROSS THE MIND.
SO WE ENDED UP, YOU KNOW.
>> OFTEN LONG.
>> WE'RE MOSTLY APPLIED
SCIENCES. PROFESSOR NICHOLAS,
THANK GOD REMEMBERS AGAIN
FONDLY. WE BOTH HAVE YOUNG
CHILDREN AND SO.
>> WE TALKED TO YOU KNOW,
MANAGING CHILDCARE TIME WAY.
CHIEF, A FORMER GRADUATE
STUDENT IS CHARGED IN YEN'S
DEATH.
>> THAT SHOOTING HAS CHANGED
THE WAY THEY GOT TEACHES WITH
A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.
I MAKE IT PART OF MY LECTURES
MONTHS A YEAR. YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER I TEACH THIS CLASS, I
MAKE SURE TO TELL. AS SOON AS
YOU KNOW, COLLEGE IS A
STRESSFUL PLACE.
>> IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOUR WAY
FROM FAMILY DO HAVE YOUR SAFETY
NETWORK. AND SO THINGS GET
STRESSFUL. EXACTLY. 2 YEARS
LATER, A CROWD OF STUDENTS AND
FACULTY GATHERED AT THE NEW
MEMORIAL PARTICIPATING IN A
MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLACING
FLOWERS ON THE MEMORIAL BENCH
CREATED FROM A 250 YEAR-OLD
POST OAK TREE. WE'RE NOW MOVING
INTO CELEBRATING HIS LEGACY
DEPARTMENT CHAIR COD MEN'S
CALLS HIS COLLEAGUE BOLDLY
CREATIVE. HE IS VERY QUIET,
VERY RESERVED FOR THE EXTREMELY
SMART, REALLY GOOD FOR THE
YOU KNOW, AND ALSO FULLY IN
CHAPEL HILL. MONICA CASEY,
WRAL, NEWS.
>> SO THE GRADUATE STUDENT
ACCUSED OF KILLING YEN IS
CURRENTLY AT A MENTAL HEALTH
FACILITY IN BUTNER. TYLEE CHEAT
WAS FOUND UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL.
PROSECUTORS REHAB CAN ONE DAY