{"id":205572,"date":"2016-12-14T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=205572"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:56:26","slug":"qa-catching-up-with-schwarzman-scholar-jintian-li-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/qa-catching-up-with-schwarzman-scholar-jintian-li-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Catching up with Schwarzman Scholar Jintian Li \u201912"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Steven Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and cofounder of Blackstone, announced the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars in 2016, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> graduate Jintian \u201cJay\u201d Li \u201912 was among the first 111 students chosen<\/a><\/strong>\u2014selected from more than 3,000 applicants\u2014for the prestigious master\u2019s degree scholarship in China. The program is aimed at giving the most talented future leaders from all over the world a global context to change the course of history. Today Li and this first class of Schwarzman Scholars are residing and studying at the newly constructed Schwarzman College on the Tsinghua University campus in Beijing. Expenses for each scholar are funded by the program.<\/p>\n

In catching up with Li, he shares some of his experiences at Schwarzman College at the halfway point of his program.<\/p>\n