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The Department of Economics proudly announces the winners of the Parker, Romine and GS Dean’s Prizes for the Class of 2021

Sanford S. Parker Prize: Giovanni Topa

The Parker Prize is awarded to a Columbia College senior going on to graduate study in economics who shows promise of doing original work and has already demonstrated boldness of thought and a commitment to excellence, whose interests are wide, heart kind, and spirit generous.

GS Dean’s Prize in Economics: SeHyun (Shawn) Park

The GS Dean’s Prize is awarded to the graduating GS student who has made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the Department and shows the greatest potential as an economist.

David Estabrook Romine Prizes:

Senior Thesis: Leopold Aschenbrenner and Michelle Chen

Senior Seminar: Samuel Jones

The two Romine Prizes are prizes that are awarded annually to two members of the graduating class (CC or GS) who majored or joint majored in economics. One prize is awarded to the student who wrote the best paper in a senior seminar. The other prize is awarded to the student who wrote the best senior thesis.

We would also like to acknowledge the CC Valedictorian and GS Salutatorian.

CC Valedictorian: Leopold Aschenbrenner

GS Salutatorian: Qiming (Iris) Shi

The following students will be graduating with Departmental Honors in Economics:

Leopold Aschenbrenner
Michelle Chen
Monika Francsics
Maggie Gleason
Eric Heiser
Blaine Helleloid
Jackson Nichols
Mary Olson
SeHyun Park
Giovanni Topa

We are also happy to announce the winners of the Parker Summer Research Prizes:

Rand Al-Harahsheh
Joseph Campbell
Vanessa Ho
Ignacio Lopez Gaffney
Kyle Neary
Mabel Smith
Bennett Smith-Worthington

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