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2010

Distinguished Teaching Assistants

The Department's Distinguished Teaching Assistant Awards for 2009-10 were presented in September 2010. The winners of a certificate and a year's subscription to Econometrica were Brian Anderson, Alexander James, Joseph Goodman, Aldo Heffner, Assaf Patir, Cristina Tealdi (all reawards), Henrique Roscoe de Oliveira, Hans Joachim Freyberger, Benjamin Johannsen, Ryan Marsh, Matthew Masten, David Miller, Scott Ogawa, and Christopher Vickers.. These awards are given to the top third of our Teaching Assistants, based on student and faculty evaluations.

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Robert Eisner Memorial Fellowship

In September 2010, a fellowship in honor of our late colleague Robert Eisner was presented. For 2010-11 the Fellowship was split between Nicholas Lehman-Ziebarth and Kota Saito. This fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student who has distinguished him- or herself in both teaching and research.

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Susan Bies Research Prizes

The annual Susan Schmidt Bies Prizes for Doctoral Student Research on Economics and Public Policy were awrded in September 2010. The awards are given to the best public policy papers presented as part of the Economics 501 Graduate Student seminar. The winners for 2009-10 were Andrew Nowobilski for a paper on bank capital and the liquidity trap, and Ketan Patel for an analysis of the impact of taxes on consumption of sodas and its implications for obesity. The prizes were generously donated by alumna Susan Schmidt Bies (PhD, 1972). Her professional career included serving on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.