奥巴马基金会宣布在芝加哥大学推出面向未来国际领袖的硕士项目

哈里斯公共政策学院硕士项目与奥巴马基金会共同发起的一系列活动帮助领袖们给社会带来积极影响

奥巴马基金会与芝加哥大学于2月28日宣布设立“奥巴马基金会学者项目”。该项目由哈里斯公共政策学院执行，旨在支持下一代全球领导者在国内国际事务中发挥积极影响。

美国前任总统奥巴马2017年4月于芝加哥大学与芝加哥地区学生对话

哈里斯公共政策学院奥巴马基金会学者项目为硕士学位项目，以国际发展与政策为方向。项目学生将参加由奥巴马基金会牵头的多项领导力社会实践项目。其中一些项目将组织学生在芝加哥市和芝加哥南城地区进行社会实践，让他们参与当地社会事务，给他们提供课堂理论学习与实践相结合的机会，同时为芝加哥的发展建言献策。

该项目将为来自全球各地的领袖提供技能、工具和经验，帮助他们在各自的工作中扩大影响力。项目还将帮助构建跨领域、跨国界的关系网，团结全球精英，共同寻求解决方案，应对当今世界最棘手的挑战。

项目将于2018年秋季开始，第一期学者的申请截止日期为2018年4月10日。

“对全球各地的年轻领袖来说，这将是一个影响深远的机遇。”芝加哥大学教务长、哈里斯公共政策学院David Lee Shillinglaw杰出教授Daniel Diermeier表示。“哈里斯公共政策学院一贯秉承认真严谨、证据驱动的传统，培养未来领导者应对世界最棘手的问题。奥巴马基金会将提供独特的创新机遇，让他们在课堂之外进一步提升自我，构建全球网络。该项目将让新一代的领导者掌握更强大的能力和工具，对国际社会产生积极影响。”

“奥巴马总统及夫人曾多年在芝加哥大学与我们的学生和未来领袖们一同工作。因此，对他们来说，在芝加哥大学成立一个全球性项目，帮助培养下一代的领导人具有特殊的意义。”奥巴马基金会首席执行官David Simas表示。“奥巴马基金会致力于激励和赋能全球年轻领袖，而哈里斯学院则有无与伦比的资源来帮助年轻人获得新技能，为社会带来积极的转变。我们期待能够与哈里斯学院一同努力，将这些才华卓著的年轻人聚集到芝加哥大学，让他们融入芝加哥社会。”

奥巴马基金会学者项目在第一年将为25名学生提供全额奖学金和生活津贴。项目旨在吸引来自不同背景的杰出人才，包括社区领袖、企业家和公益人士。项目的选拔依据主要是申请者目前所从事的工作对国际社会的重要性以及他们对为该领域和自己所在的社会做贡献的投入程度。他们作为奥巴马基金会学者所获得的技能与经验将帮助他们更快地进步，并大幅提高工作水平。

奥巴马基金会的使命是激励、赋能和团结下一代的公民领袖。去年，奥巴马基金会在芝加哥举办了全球峰会，在波士顿、芝加哥和坦佩为青年领袖提供培训，并组织有巴西、印度尼西亚、德国和印度的青年领袖共同参与的活动。同时，奥巴马基金会正在建设位于芝加哥南城的奥巴马总统中心。

被项目录取的申请者将成为哈里斯高度多样化的大家庭的一员，成为来自36个国家的校友中的一员。哈里斯和芝加哥大学其他学院致力于国际发展、经济学和全球冲突研究的学者将共同为项目授课。

“我们即将迎来一大批新的年轻国际领袖加入哈里斯学院的大家庭。” 哈里斯学院院长、Emmett Dedmon讲席教授Katherine Baicker表示。“将我们的教职工、学生和校友团结在一起的是想要改变国际社会的愿望。我们要用当今最先进的科学来改善政策和生活。现在，人类社会迫切需要政策创新，我们的学院就是一个大家庭，在这里，我们共同致力于研究数据驱动的解决方案，应对各领域、世界各国都会面临的政策问题。”

准备在4月10日截止日期前提交申请的学生可以点击“阅读原文”在哈里斯学院网站上了解更多关于该项目的信息。登录奥巴马基金会（obama.org/scholars）可获取更多信息。

UChicago, Obama Foundation announce program for emerging leaders from around the world

Master's program at Harris and foundation-led activities to help leaders impact their communities

The Obama Foundation and the University of Chicago on Feb. 28 announced the Obama Foundation Scholars Program, a new program at the Harris School of Public Policy to support the next generation of leaders making an impact on issues in their communities and around the world.

Students in the Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Harris will pursue a master’s degree with an emphasis on international development and policy. Students also will participate in a range of leadership activities outside the classroom led by the Obama Foundation. Some of these foundation activities will include experiences throughout Chicago and the South Side. By engaging with the local community, students will have the opportunity to complement what they learn in the classroom and also to bring their unique perspectives to Chicago.

The program will provide rising leaders from across the globe with the skills, tools and experiences to expand the impact of their work at home. It will build relationships that reach across issues and borders, and build a global network that is committed to working together on solutions to address the most pressing challenges of our time.

The program will begin in the fall of 2018, and applications for the inaugural class of scholars are due April 10.

“This will be an impactful opportunity for emerging leaders from across the globe,” said Daniel Diermeier, provost of the University of Chicago and the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at Harris. “Harris is known for educating leaders using rigorous, evidence-based approaches to confront the world’s most pressing problems. The Obama Foundation will provide unique and innovative opportunities to apply that learning outside the classroom and to build a global network. The result is a program that will equip a new generation of leaders to have a positive impact on a global scale.”

“The University of Chicago is where President and Mrs. Obama worked with students and future leaders for many years, so the opportunity to establish a world-class program to train the next generation of leaders there is particularly exciting for them personally,” said David Simas, CEO of the Obama Foundation. “The Obama Foundation is committed to inspiring and empowering emerging leaders around the world, and Harris has extraordinary resources to help young people gain new skills that will help them promote positive change. We look forward to working with Harris and to providing foundation-led programming to help these leaders gain real-world skills, tools and experiences to expand the impact of their work at home.”

The Obama Foundation Scholars Program will provide full scholarships and stipends for living expenses to approximately 25 students in its first year. The program will aim to attract individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including community leaders, entrepreneurs and people in public service. Candidates for the program will be selected based on the work they are already doing on an issue of local or global importance and their demonstrated dedication to making a meaningful contribution to that issue and their community. The skills they develop and experiences they have as Obama Foundation Scholars will accelerate their progress and help take their work to the next level.

The Obama Foundation’s mission is to inspire, empower and connect the next generation of civic leaders. In the last year, the Obama Foundation hosted a global summit in Chicago, training days in Boston, Chicago and Tempe for local young leaders, and events with emerging leaders in Brazil, Indonesia, Germany and India. The Obama Foundation is developing the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side.

Applicants who are selected for the scholars program will join Harris’ diverse community, including alumni representing 36 countries. The students will study with leading academics from Harris and across UChicago in such fields as international development, economics and global conflict.

“We are thrilled to be able to welcome a new cohort of rising international leaders to our growing Harris community,” said Katherine Baicker, dean of Harris and the Emmett Dedmon Professor. “What unites our faculty, students and alumni is a desire to effect change on a global scale, using today’s best science to improve policy and improve lives. At a time of great and urgent need for policy innovation, ours is a home for new data-driven solutions to international policy issues across sectors and around the world.”

Students who wish to apply by the April 10 deadline can learn more about the program on Harris’ website at https://harris.uchicago.edu/obama-scholars. More information can be found on the Obama Foundation website at obama.org/scholars.