From the 2025 Schaeffer Fellows Annual Report: Sport has the power to unite people across cultures and continents. Schaeffer Fellow alumni are helping showcase its spirit of collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation. By drawing on their public service experience, alumni are helping to ensure that their organizations leave a lasting positive impact on local communities and fans alike. Their work embodies …
Leading Through Research, Communication, & Storytelling
From the 2025 Schaeffer Fellows Annual Report: Schaeffer Fellow alumni are shaping how stories are told and information is shared across sectors. Many have built careers in communications, media, and writing, applying their public service experience to foster understanding, transparency, and engagement. From producing journalism to publishing books, these alumni demonstrate the power of storytelling in strengthening trust and community. …
Go Government: From Fellowship to Careers in Public Service
From the 2025 Schaeffer Fellows Annual Report: Schaeffer Fellow alumni continue to make an impact in local, state, and federal government long after their internship summer. Many have begun to build their careers in public service. Whether developing policy, managing programs, communicating with constituents, or leading new initiatives, Schaeffer Fellow alumni are helping to make government more responsive, inclusive, and …
Schaeffer Fellow Alumni Abroad: Impact Around the World
From the 2025 Schaeffer Fellows Annual Report: Schaeffer Fellow alumni extend their commitment to public service beyond U.S. borders through international fellowships, advanced academic study and research, and global careers — applying their skills and experiences to address complex global issues. Their work spans fields including public health, diplomacy, education, and business, contributing to initiatives that strengthen communities and promote …
Shaping Strong Communities Through Nonprofit Organizations
From the 2025 Schaeffer Fellows Annual Report: Schaeffer Fellow alumni extend their commitment to public service into the nonprofit sector, applying their skills and experiences to advance mission-driven work that strengthens communities and promotes equity. Many have built careers in areas such as sustainability, health, education, and civic engagement. Through program management, advocacy, research, and leadership, these alumni continue to …
2025 Fellow named Schwarzman Scholar to study global affairs in China
Schwarzman Scholars supports a one-year, fully-funded master’s degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Kaitlyn Tran of Harvard University has been selected for the 2026 Schwarzman Scholarship.
2024 Fellow selected for prestigious Marshall Scholarship to study in the UK
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. As a Marshall Scholar, Tenzin Gund-Morrow will study preventative urban planning and policy solutions to public safety issues in the US …
Remembering Harvard Institute of Politics Director Setti Warren
Photograph Courtesy of Harvard Kennedy School
Government internships put students on the front lines of public service
For more than a decade, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellows in Government Service program has supported students in high-level government internships to foster career development — and democracy.
2019 Fellow pursues national education research study in Kigali, Rwanda
Jenna Mazza, a 2019 Schaeffer Fellow from USC, is pursuing a master’s degree in international development policy at Georgetown University. In summer 2025, she worked in Kigali, Rwanda, supporting a national randomized controlled trial with the Ministry of Education and Innovations for Poverty Action. Jenna led data quality checks, training preparation, and analysis for a multi-year study examining teacher performance …