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Vanderbilt Economics Ph.D. and GPED Alumnus Muhammad Yunus wins Nobel Peace Prize

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econ PhD students on the job market 2011-2012

 

rwj With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University will recruit new Ph.D. students whose research interests include health and health policy. More....

econ The Department of Economics announces the creation of two new funds to support the research activities of doctoral students and undergraduate honors students. Two existing funds support diverse activities within the Department and provide scholarships for students in the Graduate Program in Economic Development.
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(center) 2011 Nobel Laureate Chris Sims, the Spring 2011 Steine Lecture guest speaker, with graduate students.

graduate Recent placements of our Ph. D. students during AY 2010-2011

  • Halit Akturk: Assistant Professor of Economics, Meliksah University, Kayseri, Turkey
  • Matthew S. Jaremski: Assistant Professor of Economics, Colgate University
  • Katharine L. Shester: Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington & Lee University
  • Omolola Y. Soumonni: Economist, Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLC.
  • Tommaso Tempesti: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Demet Ulker Yilmazkuday: Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida International University

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

caleb-and-pj The winners of the "Rendigs Fels Award for Graduate Excellence" for the academic year of 2010-11 are Caleb Stroup (left) and P.J. Glandon. The award is presented annually in honor of Professor Rendig Fels, at a ceremony held by the Economics Department with the staff, faculty, graduate students and teaching assistants all in attendance. Congratulations P.J. and Caleb! Click here to see a list of past recipients.

nayana-bose Nayana Bose is the recipient of the Household International Best Research Paper Award in AY 2010-2011. This award carries a monetary prize of $250 and an engraving on a plaque to be placed in the Economics lounge. Congratulations, Nayana. Keep up the good work. [Pictured here with Economics DGS starting in AY 2011-2012, Kevin Huang]

Ziyi Guo, Heng Chen, and Yong Tan are the recipients of the 2011 Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grants from the Department of Economics. Congratulations and may you have a productive summer!

Susan Carter and Caleb Stroup are the Social Science Dissertation Fellowship award winners this year.

The winners of the Noel Dissertation Fellowship for AY 2011-2012 are niemesh Greg Niemesh and sunghoon-hong Sunghoon Hong.

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