Tufts alum named Schwarzman Scholar

Tufts alumnus David Gantt, A22, was recently named the university’s first-ever Schwarzman Scholar. The Schwarzman Scholarship is a prestigious, year-long masters’ degree program conducted at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The scholars chosen for this highly selective global program live in Beijing for a year of study and cultural immersion. During this time, they attend lectures, travel the region, and develop a better understanding of China. Each year, less than half of the incoming cohort of scholars are from the United States. 

At Tufts, Gantt was a computer science and philosophy major whose research centered on the intersection of ethics and artificial intelligence. His focus on ethics extended to his extracurricular activities – while at Tufts, he co-founded a student group for effective altruism through which he fundraised thousands of dollars for various charities. 

Beyond academics, Gantt was a student athlete and won a silver medal at the intercollegiate rowing national championship. Since graduating, he has worked as a software engineer at Goldman Sachs, where he leads the development of new features for the firm's equities trading platforms. As a Schwarzman Scholar, Gantt will research artificial intelligence policy in China and seeks to gain an understanding of the Chinese regulatory environment.