RISE Day 2016
On April 25, 2016, the Rice Economics Department held its inaugural RISE Day Award
Luncheon, its annual celebration to recognize outstanding achievements by undergraduate and graduate students and exemplary teaching by Economics faculty. Director of
Undergraduate Studies George Zodrow, Director of Graduate Studies Hülya Eraslan,
and newly appointed Dean of Social Sciences Antonio Merlo presided over a catered
lunch and award ceremony for award winners and invited guests, including many
alumni and community leaders.
2016 Undergraduate
RISE Day Award Winners
The Gaston Rimlinger Prize
Tanya Rajan
Malcolm Gillis Award in Economics
Sarah Hodges-Copple
Malcolm Gillis Award in
Mathematical Economic Analysis
James Yuan
RISE Award in Economics
Alex Alexander
RISE Award in
Mathematical Economic Analysis
Yize Zhao
The Peter Mieszkowski Prize for
Honors Program Research
Jan Dudek
Maggie Shi
The Baker Institute
Public Policy Essay Prize
Sean Leong
New Members of
Omicron Delta Epsilon
At the RISE ceremony, 20 students were
inducted into the Economics Honor
Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon, which is
one of the world’s largest academic honor
societies with n