The Economics Department hosted the 2016 Graduate Student Dinner on April 22nd to celebrate the hard work, dedication and successes the Econ graduate students completed over the past year. It was a great evening for profs and students to connect outside of the classsroom.
Awards were given to students who had the highest grades in the following areas of study:
Microeconomics Award -
Macroeconomics Award -
Econometrics Award -
The Ken Stollery Memorial Graduate Award was given to students who demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding research contributions. This year's recipients were PhD student
Congratulations to the 2016 Economics Graduate Students on a great year!
Congratulations 2016 Econ Grad Students! Back row from left: Mary Stollery, Victoria Janicki, Sean Meng, Abby Zhang, Xinyuan (Wilson) Yang, Victoria Xiao, Andres Arcila Vasquez, Jordan Hill, Garnik Kakosyan, Yazhuo (Annie) Pan, Hongxiu (Manda) Li, Jack Chen, Xuan (Maggie) Zhang, Yu (Sonja) Chen, Mohamad Ghaziaskar, Jue Zhang, Bilal Mirza Ahmed, Idris Ademuyiwa, Professor Pierre Chausse, Allison Mascella, Joanna Wajda and Professor Dinghai Xu. Front row from left: David Ta, Qinshu Shi, Xin (Amy) Xu, Lingyan (Jackie) Jin, Meijun (June) Zhu, Renfang Tian, Professor Ana Ferrer, Yichun Huang, Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf, Ghazal Memartoluie and Kayla McKinnon.
Professor Ana Ferrer (Associate Chair of Graduate Studies) and the 2016 PhD students: From left: Yichun Huang, Joanna Wajda, Mohamad Ghaziaskar, Bilal Mirza Ahmed, Professor Ana Ferrer, Allison Mascella, Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf, Sonja Chen, Jue Zhang, Andres Arcila Vasquez, Maggie Zhang, Manda Li, Annie Pan, Wilson Yang, Renfang Tian, Ghazal Memartoluie.
The Ken Stollery Memorial Graduate Award: PhD student Jack Chen and MA student Jordan Hill were awarded the Ken Stollery Memorial Graduate Award for their research in Economics. (From left: Jack Chen, Mary Stollery and Jordan Hill)
Wilson Yang, 2016 Goosie recipient: Wilson was awarded the 2016 "Goosie" award. He had the closest encounter with the notorious UW geese during nesting season and was given a t-shirt to mark the occasion. (From left: Wilson Yang, Becky Moore and Professor Kathleen Rodenburg)
