A University of Pennsylvania senior and two 2019 graduates have received Schwarzman Scholarships, which fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Daniel Ruiz de la Concha, from Puebla, Mexico, is a double major in international relations and in urban studies and is minoring in Latin American and Latinx studies (LALS) in the School of Arts & Sciences. Shuxi (Shirley) Liu, originally from China, and Heather Tang, originally from Toronto, graduated in 2019 from the Wharton School. They are part of the seventh class of Schwarzman Scholars and will enroll at Tsinghua in August. This year, 151 Schwarzman Scholars were selected from more than 3,000 applicants and include students from 33 countries and 106 universities. 

Ms. Liu is interested in promoting cross-cultural understanding through commerce. She recently worked supporting global acquisitions at Roland Berger, an international management consultant firm, in Boston. She also was an intern with financial and consulting firms in the U.S., France, and China. As a Schwarzman Scholar, she plans to study strategies to influence and strengthen relations between China and the rest of the world through cross-border mergers and acquisitions and overseas operations.

Mr. Ruiz de la Concha is president of the Mexican student association Mex@Penn, on the board of Wharton Latino, and a member of the LALS Undergraduate Advisory Board. He has been an advocate for the Latino community, fostering unity among students from Latin America, and establishing service opportunities within the local Latino community. He has led research and fundraising projects to create awareness and fight human rights violations in Mexico, particularly violence against women.

Ms. Tang currently leads Google Canada’s on-platform COVID-19 response initiatives, partnering with local government agencies to connect users with authoritative information. She is interested in accelerating social impact through tech entrepreneurship and public policy and plans to further explore this intersection through the Schwarzman Scholars program.

Mr. Ruiz de la Concha and Ms. Tang applied for the Schwarzman Scholarship with assistance from Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.