Junior Prizes
The Economics Department awards three junior prizes per year: a first, second and third prize.
The prizes will be awarded based on GPA averaged over all departmental courses taken by the end of the junior year plus junior independent work (JIW). JIW counts as two courses. Graduate courses will be awarded an extra 1/3 in the calculation of GPA, as for departmental honors.
Prizes are announced each fall.
2024 Prize Winners
First Prize: Oliver Zhong
Second Prize: Anna Cornelissen
Third Prize: Alvaro Goncalves
From left to right: Prof. Smita Brunnermeier (Executive Director of Undergraduate Studies), Anna Cornelissen (2nd place), Oliver Zhong (1st place), Alvaro Goncalves (3rd place), and Prof. Alessandro Lizzeri (Associate Chair)
2023 Prize Winners
First Prize: Gloria Wang
Second Prize: Samantha Lee
Third Prize: Henry Wright and Aaron Ventresca
From left to right: Aaron Ventresca, Henry Wright, Department Chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer, Gloria Wang, and Samantha Lee
2022 Prize Winners
First Prize: Julio C. Martinez
Second Prize: Asher Joy
Third Prize: Sophia Zheng
Read more about the 2022 winners.
From left to right: Sophia Zheng, Department Chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer, JC Martinez, and Asher Joy
2021 Prize Winners
First Prize: Vignesh Panchanatham
Second Prize: Zachary Shevin
Third Prize: Caroline Skinner
2020 Prize Winners
First Prize:Audrey Hahn
Second Prize: Aaron Balleisen
Third Prize: Alexandra Rice
2019 Prize Winners
First Prize: Nathaniel Hickok
Second Prize: Karen Wu
Third Prize: Isabella Haegg
