When senior Lucy Chuang (2019 Schaeffer Fellow, Princeton University) learned of the March 16 shootings in Atlanta, she opened her poetry journal. In the days that followed, she wrote several poems dedicated to the Asian women who were killed.
2019 Fellow awarded Fulbright research grant to Spain
Jenna Mazza (2019 Schaeffer Fellow) graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in International Relations and a B.A. in Spanish. Jenna completed her Schaeffer Fellow internship with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. She is a 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipient of a Study/Research grant to Spain. Learn more about Jenna’s application experience below: What motivated …
2019 Schaeffer Fellow awarded competitive Schwarzman Scholarship
Karthik Ramesh (2019 Schaeffer Fellow) graduated from Princeton University in 2021 with a B.A. in Economics and was one of four Princeton grads selected for the Schwarzman Scholarship to study in Beijing.
Harvard Schaeffer Fellow Named Rhodes Scholar
In keeping with his Harvard concentration, DeVaughn plans to pursue a degree in history at Oxford, focusing on the travels of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and Malcolm X in the United Kingdom, the political philosophies they brought with them, and the insights into American racism they gained while abroad. Read full story here.
2018 USC Fellow selected as a Coro Fellow
Amy Chong will serve as a Coro Fellow in Pittsburgh, PA for the 2020-2021 Coro Fellowship year. Amy is one of twelve Fellows selected for the program. Read Selection Announcement. Education: B.S., Public Policy – University of Southern California, Price School of Public Policy, 2019; MPA – University of Southern California, Price School of Public Policy, 2020 Coro Government Placement – City …
Schaeffer Fellow named 2019 USC Valedictorian
As the proud child of Vietnamese refugees, Giang has spent her time at USC tackling education disparities at a local, national and international level.
Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer’s gift to USC strengthens support for the Schaeffer Fellows program
USC Trustee Leonard D. Schaeffer and his wife, Pamela, donate $17 million to support efforts of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics; and support the administration of the Schaeffer Fellows in Government Service program.
Mr. Schaeffer speaks at 90th Anniversary celebration for the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
“Dean Knott credited the school’s amazing research centers, the largest of which is the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, for the policy analysis their scholars produce. Leonard D. Schaeffer, a USC Trustee and Judge Robert Maclay Widney Chair who endowed the Center, congratulated Dean Knott on the growth and increases in funding the school has experienced in his …
USC Price School valedictorian enriched by government engagement, international experiences
Recent USC graduate, Vivian Le named USC Price School valedictorian. In the summer following her sophomore year, she interned for then-U.S. Congressman Xavier Becerra, currently California’s Attorney General, as a Schaeffer Fellow.
Princeton Class of ’69 features Mr. Schaeffer
Excerpt: “‘The two best things Princeton did for me,’ he now recollects, ‘were 1) I met my wife Pamela, and 2) I applied for and was accepted into a summer internship with Illinois Senator Paul Douglas (photo, right, taken circa Summer, 1966). The former made me happy; the latter sparked an interest in the role of government and policy.’”