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 …
Mr. Schaeffer’s gift establishes Center for Civic Society at USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
“The Center for Civic Society at the USC Schaeffer Institute will conduct rigorous research that provides evidence and insight to meaningfully address our most urgent civic challenges. This research and the resulting policy recommendations will help us find common ground and new ways to foster a sense of shared purpose across communities.” – Leonard D. Schaeffer
2023 Fellow named Schwarzman Scholar
Diya Kraybill was a 2023 Schaeffer Fellow and, as a senior at Princeton, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar – ” a one-year, fully-funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to build a global community of future leaders who will serve to deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world.”
2023 Fellow selected for Fulbright Binational Business Program in Mexico
2023 Berkeley Schaefferr Fellow, Sofia Greenwald, selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2024-2025 year. Sofia will take international business courses at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México(link is external), one of Mexico’s most esteemed universities, and simultaneously completing a Mexican or multinational corporate internship in Mexico City.
2023 Fellow wins health communication scholarship
Nina Nguyen, a Master of Health Administration student, researched hospital financial products and medical debt policies. Nina has won the Fawn Lopez Health Advocacy Communication Excellence Award from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.
USC announces new Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer’s $59 million gift establishes a new institute that will address multiple public policy issues with evidence-based research and educate new generations of scholars to help solve our nation’s policy challenges.