Tepper School of Business
At a special Tea on April 24, the following student awards were presented:
The Alexander Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory: Jeremy Bertomeu.
The Gerald R. Salancik Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research in Organizational Behavior and Theory: Julia Bear.
The Egon Balas Award for Best Student Paper in Operations Research/Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization: Amitabh Basu.
The March/April 2008 issue of the Doctoral Program Newsletter is now available!
Links to all past issues can be found on the Doctoral Newsletter page.
Tepper Diploma Ceremony
(PhD and Masters)
Saturday, May 18, 2:00 pm
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 8:00 pm
Wiegand Gymnasium, University Center
S A V E T H E D A T E!
Tepper PhD/Faculty Picnic
Friday, August 29
Afternoon Tea
every Monday and Thursday, 3:00 pm.
PhD Student Lounge
Information on all upcoming dissertation proposals and dissertation defenses can now be found in one convenient location!
Tepper PhD Alumni
CHARLES EVANS, MSIA 1985, PhD 1989 (Advisor: Bennett T. McCallum), was named President of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, effective September 1, 2007. Evans, 49, replaced Michael H. Moskow, who retired August 31 after 13 years as president.
OLIVER E. WILLLIAMSON, MSIA 1962, PhD 1963 (Advisor: Richard M. Cyert), Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, was awarded Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association (AEA). Williamson's work has examined how varying organizational structures for markets and institutions affect economic activity. His style blends social science with abstract economic theory and has been said to have influenced everything from investment in Eastern Europe to HRM in the technology industry.
