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
- Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate presented to Eben Lazarus.
- Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Joel Tee and Shepard Berg.
- Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics presented to Lisa Rickles.
Graduate Awards
- Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize presented to Olga Itenberg.
- The Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics presented to Karam Kang.
- Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics presented to Zhao Yang.
- Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics presented to Francesc Dilme and Fei Li.
- Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Kurt Mitman.
- Lawrence Robbins Prize awarded to Zehao Hu and Selman Erol.
- David Cass/Beth Hayes Prize for Research Accomplishments awarded to Xi Weng.
- William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2010 was presented to Chao Fun and Antonio Penta.
Teaching Awards
- Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Ufuk Akcigit and Holger Sieg.
Department Chair Antonio Merlo introduces the program.
Eben Lazarus accepts the Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an undergraduate.
Joel Tee accepts the Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics (Shepard Berg shared the prize but was unable to attend.)
Lisa Rickles won the Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics.
Olga Itenberg is this year's recipient of the Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize.
Karam Kang accepts the Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics.
Zhao Yang won the Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics.
Francesc Dilme won this year's Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics. Fei Li (not pictured) also won.
Kurt Mitman won the Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics.
Zehao Hu and Selman Erol accept the Lawrence Robbins Prize from Professor Dirk Krueger.
Xi Weng accepts this year's David Cass/Beth Hayes Prize.
Frances Carey announces the winners of the William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2010.
Chao Fun (one of the winners of the Carey Prize) pictured with Professor Dirk Krueger. Antonio Penta (the other winner of the prize) was unable to attend.
Professor Ufuk Akcigit receives the Kravis Prize for Distinctive Undergraduate Teaching for tenure-track faculty.
Professor Holger Sieg (left) receives the Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching for tenure faculty.