Economics Day is our annual celebration to recognize outstanding achievements by undergraduate and graduate students and exemplary teaching by economics faculty. It is made possible by the generosity of the W.P. Carey Foundation.
Undergraduate Awards
- Kanta Marwah Prize for Undergraduate Research Grant presented to Christine Y.S. Huang
- Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Katrina Truebenbach and Zachary Griff
- Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate presented to Rachel Philbin
- Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics presented to Pearl Li
Graduate Awards
- Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize presented to Nitin Krishnan
- Robert Summers Dissertation Fellowship in Economics presented to Yu (Laura) Liu
- The Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics presented to Ami Ko
- Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics presented to Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan.
- Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics presented to Nishant Ravi
- Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research presented to Yanhao Wei
- Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Kory Kantenga
- William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2015 presented to Salomé Baslandze, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance and, Hui Li, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Teaching Awards
- Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Guillermo Ordonez and Aislinn Bohren
Department Chair Dirk Krueger welcomed attendees and introduced the program.
Christine Y.S. Huang received the Kanta Marwah Prize for Undergraduate Research.
The Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics was shared this year by undergraduates Katrina Truebenbach (left) and Zachary Griff (right). Undergraduate Chair Frank Schorfheide stands between them.
Graduate student Nitin Krishnan won the Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize.
The winner of this year's Robert Summers Dissertation Fellowship in Economics was Yu (Laura) Liu.
Ami Ko received the Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics
The Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics was awarded to Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan.
Nishant Ravi received the Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics.
Yanhao Wei was this year's winner of the Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research.
Kory Kantenga received the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics.
Gus Carey (left) was on hand to present the William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2015 presented to Salomé Baslandze (right) and Hui Li (not pictured)
Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Guillermo Ordonez and Aislinn Bohren