Sanford S. Parker Prize: Oliver Smirnov and Pablo Torres Rey
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: Zaheer Abbas and Chris ShufanYuan
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: Sooji Kang | How Much Wider Is the Border Now?
Revisiting the Border Effect in North America
Senior Seminar: Yvon Lu
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.
The following students will be graduating with Departmental Honors in Economics:
Zaheer Abbas
Alejandra Diaz-Pizarro Perdomo
Michael Galvin
Leo Jergovic
Sooji Kang
Lucas Porto
Oliver Smirnov
Pablo Torres Rey
Chris Shufan Yuan
Alex Zhang
Parker Summer Research Prize
Ian Cheng
Bryan Ge
Sam Lopez
Nathan Yuan
Theodore Zaritsky
GS Summer Research Prize
Ria Agarwal Basu
Paul Touzeau
