Econ Day Highlights 2012

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 Benjamin McGuire.
  • Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate presented to Kathy Qian.
  • Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Matthew Klein and Jonathan Roth.
  • Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics presented to Andrew Judson.

Graduate Awards

  • Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize presented to Zenan Wu.
  • The Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics presented to Chamna Yoon.
  • Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics presented to Salome Baslandze.
  • Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics presented to Francesc Dilme.
  • Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research presented to Eleanor Harvill and Gil Shapira.
  • Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Nils Mattis Gornemann and Luigi Bocola.
  • William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2011 was presented to Nirav Mehta and Edward Herbst.

Teaching Awards

  • Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Rebecca Stein, Xu Cheng, and Hanming Fang.
Department Chair Antonio Merlo introduces the program.
Department Chair Antonio Merlo introduces the program.
Undergraduate Chair, Professor Frank Schorfheide, introduces the undergraduate section of the program.
Undergraduate Chair, Professor Frank Schorfheide, introduces the undergraduate section of the program.
Benjamin McGuire is this year's winner of the Kanta Marwah Undergraduate Research Award.
Benjamin McGuire is this year's winner of the Kanta Marwah Undergraduate Research Award.
Kathy Qian won the Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate.
Kathy Qian won the Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate.
Matthew Klein was co-winner of the Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics.
Matthew Klein was co-winner of the Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics.
Jonathan Roth was also co-winner of the Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics.
Jonathan Roth was also co-winner of the Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics.
Andrew Judson received the Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics.
Andrew Judson received the Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics.
Professor Dirk Krueger, Director of Graduate Studies, begins the graduate portion of the program.
Professor Dirk Krueger, Director of Graduate Studies, begins the graduate portion of the program.
This year's recipient of the Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize was graduate student Zenan Wu.
This year's recipient of the Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize was graduate student Zenan Wu.
Chamna Yoon accepts the Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics.
Chamna Yoon accepts the Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics.
Joel Popkin was on hand to present the Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics.
Joel Popkin was on hand to present the Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics.
Salome Baslandze thanks Joel Popkin and the department for the Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics.
Salome Baslandze thanks Joel Popkin and the department for the Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics.
This year's winner of the Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship is Francesc Dilme.
This year's winner of the Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship is Francesc Dilme.
Eleanor Harvill was co-winner of the Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research.
Eleanor Harvill was co-winner of the Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research.
Co-winner of the Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research, Gil Shapira, expresses his thanks.
Co-winner of the Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research, Gil Shapira, expresses his thanks.
Nils Mattis Gornemann expresses his thanks as co-winner of the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics.
Nils Mattis Gornemann expresses his thanks as co-winner of the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics.
Luigi Bocola, the other co-winner of the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics, thanks the assembly.
Luigi Bocola, the other co-winner of the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics, thanks the assembly.
Francis Carey presents the William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in honor of his late brother.
Francis Carey presents the William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in honor of his late brother.
Nirav Mehta, one of the co-winners of this year's Carey Prize, expresses his thanks while Francis Carey III looks lon.
Nirav Mehta, one of the co-winners of this year's Carey Prize, expresses his thanks while Francis Carey III looks lon.
Edward Herbst, the other co-winner of this year's Carey Prize, happily accepts his award.
Edward Herbst, the other co-winner of this year's Carey Prize, happily accepts his award.
Rebecca Stein accepts the Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching. (Professors Xu Cheng and Hanming Fang, each of whom also won the prize, were unable to attend the ceremony.)
Rebecca Stein accepts the Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching. (Professors Xu Cheng and Hanming Fang, each of whom also won the prize, were unable to attend the ceremony.)
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