The currently very high popularity of the Economics BA was at full display during the graduation ceremonies last weekend in Storrs. No less than 213 majors from our department obtained their sheepskin. In addition, 6 MA and 3 PhD students graduated. This class may be one of the largest ever. But even if this is a record, it will not last, as there will not be December commencements anymore. With currently about 800 declared majors in Economics, the program ranks third at UConn and is bound to produce even larger graduating classes.
Events
Spring awards banquet honors students and faculty
On April 17, 2009, the Economics Department convened for its annual awards banquet to honor undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty. This year’s award recipients were:
Undergraduate students
Omicron Delta Epsilon inductees
Lucia Caldari
Anthony Craparo, Jr.
Michael Gurdjian
Eric Roy
Louis D. Traurig Scholarship
John Doyle
Mark Guastaferri
Daniel Marcoux
Michelle Prairie
Eric Roy
Liza Zenkin
Paul N. Taylor Memorial Prize
Lucia Caldari
Poojitha Kondabolu
Rockwwod Q. P. Chin Scholarship
Vishal Kewalramani
Matthew Sangphet
Michael Shell
Economics Department Scholarship
Vishal Kewalramani
Matthew Sangphet
Michael Shell
Audrey Beck Scholarship
Joseph Antelmi
Graduate students
Audrey Beck Scholarship
Gulgun Bayaz
W. Harrison Carter Award
Matthiew Burnside
Leshui He
Troy Helming
Abraham Ribicoff Award
Patrick Flaherty
Albert E. Waugh Scholarship
Lei Chen
Faculty
Grillo Research Award
Kenneth Couch (IDEAS)
Stephen Ross (IDEAS)
Grillo Teaching and Service Award
Thomas Miceli
In addition, the following undergraduate students have been inducted in Phi Beta Kappa, the undergraduate national honor society:
Yi-Jun Chen
Ryan Esplin
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Philip Gorecki
Poojitha Kondabolu
Benjamin Linhard
Daniel Marcoux
Bryan Murphy
Shannon Patrick
Michelle Prairie
William Watson
Congratulations to all recipients!
Karl Case to speak on housing markets
This year, AGES has invited Karl Case, Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, and co-developer of the widely used Case-Shiller Housing Price Index, to give a public talk on “Housing Prices and the Real Economy.” The event will be held at the UConn Dodd Center on Tuesday, April 14th, 11 AM.
This event is this year’s instalment of the AGES Distinguished Speaker Series. Previous editions features Nobel Prize winner Finn Kydland, Ariel Rubinstein and Gregory Mankiw.
Update: For a write-up about Karl Case’s presentation on the CLAS website, click here.