Citing the adaptive reuse of the former CTS building as an “innovative model for campus planning, growth, sustainability, and stewardship,” the American Institute of Architects Illinois chapter has granted Saieh Hall for Economics its 2016 Frank Lloyd Wright Honor Award for New Design or Renovation. This award recognizes an individual building project with the largest impact that closely adheres to AIA’s Principles of Livable Communities.
Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College and the Harris School of Public Policy, and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, is the subject of an in-depth feature examining his ongoing research on the human and economic costs of pollution and climate change.
Department of Economics Chair John List once again has been selected as one of the Non-Profit Times' Power and Influence Top 50 Innovators, for the broad impact of his research on the sector over the past year and for "mastering the balance between sustainability and change." List’s "field study of philanthropic behavior is catching the eyes of academics and practitioners," according to NPT vice president and editorial director Paul Clolery,
In recognition of his outstanding and loyal service to the University of Chicago and the enormous influence his work has had on the field of Economics, Robert E. Lucas, Jr., will be presented the Phoenix Prize from the Division of the Social Sciences. A conference will be held in his honor October 7-8, 2016.
(Front row, l-r): Professor Ali Hortaçsu, Sara Moreira, Martin Beraja, Professor Fernando Alvarez, Anushree Subramaniam, Professor Hugo Sonnenschein. (Center, l-r): Nancy Hammond, Sihoon Nahm, Ippei Shibata, Philip Barrett, Raluca Ursu, Hyun Lee, Jonathan Adams, Alexander MacKay. (Back row, l-r) Ignacia Mercadal, Gunnar Heins, Yang Xu, Sarah Gordon. (Photo credit: Ignacia Mercadal)
Derek Neal, Professor in Economics and the College, shares his traditions inside and outside the classroom. Neal is one of this year’s winners of the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, which the University of Chicago has presented annually since 1938.
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