Four second-year graduate students were honored for their first-year work during this year's New Student Reception on September 14, 2016.
Sherwin Lott was the winner of the Lawrence Robbins Prize, awarded to the student judged to be the best in the first year class.
Alejandro Sanchez Becerra received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Econometrics.
Seung-Ryong Shin received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Microeconomics.
Ruizhi Ma received the Certificate of Distinctive Performance in the Preliminary Examination in Macroeconomics.
Winners pictured from left to right: Sherwin Lott, Alejandro Sanchez Becerra, Seung-Ryong Shin, and Ruizhi Ma.
The reception was hosted by the Graduate Economics Society.