Awards and scholarships were presented at the 2017 Graduate Awards Banquent on May 4, 2017. Due to the generous support from alumni and friends of the Department of Economics, the following alumni awards and scholarships were included:

Paul W. Boltz Fellowship

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Award Recipient: Asad R. Khan
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Award Recipient: Luis Felipe Saenz Munoz
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Award Recipient: Ignacio M. Sarmiento Barbieri

Berms Graduate Research Award

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Award Recipient: Hee Pyung Cho

Robert E. Demarest Memorial Teaching Award

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Award Recipient: Amirhossein Amini Behbahani
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Award Recipient: Desak N. Filia Dewi Arga
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Award Recipient: Diogo Baerlocher Carvalho
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Award Recipient: Andres Ham Gonzalez

Cleo Fitzsimmons Award

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Award Recipient: Prakrati Thakur

Robert Willis Harbeson Memorial Dissertation Fellowship

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Award Recipient: Gustavo Da Silva Cortes Goncalves
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Award Recipient: Carlos A. Hurtado Martilletti
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Award Recipient: Youngchen Zou

McNatt Memorial Award

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Award Recipient: Dana Shaat

Economics Graduate Student Organization Awards (EGSO sponsored awards)

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EGSO Excellence in Teaching a Field Course
Award Recipient: David Albouy
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EGSO Excellence in Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Award Recipient: Diogo Baerlocher Carvalho
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EGSO Excellence in Teaching a Core Course
Award Recipient: Jorge Lemus Encalada

Summer Research Fellowships (department sponsored awards)

Award Recipient: Evangelos Constantinou
Award Recipient: Mauricio Olivares Gonzalez
Award Recipient: Felipe Diaz Klaassen
Award Recipient: Sebastian Laumer
Award Recipient: Sen Ma
Award Recipient: Xin Wang

 

More photos can be found in the Economics Department photo album

Interested in creating a scholarship or award for graduate students? Contact hatchel@illinois.edu