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Economics awards

June 4, 2008

Graduate Economic Association Teaching Assistant (TA) Teaching Award
- Alp Simsek G
- JosÃ© Tessada G

Graduate Economic Association Teaching Award
- Assistant Professor Anna Mikusheva
- Professor Glenn Ellison

Graduate Economic Association Thesis Advisor Award
- Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics

Graduate Economic Association Graduate Student Placement Award
- Professor Nancy Rose

Undergraduate Economic Association TA Teaching Award
- Tal Gross G

Undergraduate Economic Association Teaching Award
- Professor Josh Angrist

Robert M. Solow Endowment Prize
- Greg Fischer G

Undergraduate Economics Association Journal Prize
- First Place: Julia Dennett
- Second Place: Reshmaan Hussam
- Third Place: Joshua Hessan

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 4, 2008 (download PDF).

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