Michael Alter, Brandon Li, Todd Messer and Dmitry Zhdankin were given prestigious Henry Rutgers Awards for their senior theses in economics. We are very proud of these students who spent the entire year working on economic research under the guidance of professors from the department and our undergraduate honors program director, Professor Joseph Hughes. This is a very high honor, arguably the highest award Rutgers gives its undergraduates. The names of the award winners, titles of their senior honors theses, and faculty advisers are as follows:

Professor Eugene White and doctoral candidate Ebru Isgin have been chosen to receive SAS Awards for Distinguished Contributions in Undergraduate Education. The department is proud of their accomplishments in the classroom and as mentors. At the ceremony held on May 2, Executive Dean Douglas Greenberg said the following about the honorees.

Professor Jennifer Hunt's research featured on PBS Newshour.

Graduates should plan to arrive at Old Queens by no later than 4:00pm to line up for the processional.

Convocation Invitation

General advising available in New Jersey Hall, room 202 (including declaration of major)

Summer 2012
Monday - Friday: 8:30 - 12:00pm and 1:00 - 4:00pm

Office hours are by appointment only for Professor Moehling, Director of Undergraduate Studies, in New Jersey Hall room 209B.

The department now has a bulletin board with information on employment and graduate school opportunities for undergraduates.

Located outside NJ Hall 202, the board is regularly updated and has information about a wide range of graduate programs in various fields, including but not limited to economics.

The department will also post announcements from government agencies and private organizations seeking to hire students with training in economics.