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<\/p>\nBoran Cui \u201922 grew up in Beijing and has dreamed of attending Tsinghua University,\u00a0China\u2019s top-ranked university, since high school. That dream is coming true for Cui, who is attending Tsinghua University this year as a Schwarzman Scholar. Cui is the second Trinity alum to be a Schwarzman Scholar, following in the footsteps of\u00a0previous winner Albert Ananyan \u201924.<\/p>\n
Schwarzman Scholars spend one year earning a fully funded master\u2019s degree in global affairs. The\u00a0incoming class\u00a0of 2025\u201326 consists of 150 scholars from 38 countries. Schwarzman received the highest number of applications ever this year, with the final class chosen from a pool of more than 5,000 candidates.<\/p>\n
Since graduating with majors in studio arts and engineering, Cui\u2019s been using his skill set in various ways. He works full time in health care consulting and health care investment in Beijing while also helping friends with entrepreneurial ventures in artificial intelligence and UI\/UX design. He still finds time for art, working on photography projects in his free time.<\/p>\n
Cui said he found similarities in the process of learning in the disparate fields of studio arts and engineering. \u201cBoth studio arts and engineering require you have a clear definition of something. You then try to figure out the best solution for the circumstances. Engineering is solving the problem that the teacher gives you, whereas in art, you\u2019re solving the problem you bring up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cui was motivated to apply to Schwarzman Scholars after working for a few years because he noticed himself feeling less connected to the world internationally. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m losing the international part of myself,\u201d said Cui, \u201cAnd Schwarzman is gathering global young leaders together in Beijing, so that\u2019s pretty attractive to me.\u201d Cui says the emphasis on travel around China also is an appealing aspect of the program, as is the chance to introduce new friends from around the world to his home city of Beijing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boran Cui \u201922 grew up in Beijing and has dreamed of attending Tsinghua University,\u00a0China\u2019s top-ranked university, since high school. That dream is coming true for Cui, who is attending Tsinghua University this year as a Schwarzman Scholar. Cui is the second Trinity alum to be a Schwarzman Scholar, following in the footsteps of\u00a0previous winner Albert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"parent":4669,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n