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Prizes and Honors

College Alumni Society Prize in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Honors the outstanding graduating Philosophy, Politics, or Economics major who in the view of program faculty has most distinguished him or herself through a combination of academic excellence, research accomplishments, and/or other achievements. The Prize includes a $400 award. Awarded from 2002 onwards.

Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence
Awarded annually to the graduating senior in PPE with the highest cumulative GPA. The Prize includes a $500 award. Awarded from 2002 onwards.

Goldstone Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis
Awarded annually for the Honors Thesis that makes the most distinguished contribution to the interdisciplinary understanding of the fields of ethics, politics, and economics. The Prize includes a $500 award. Awarded from 2002 onwards.

Recognition of Distinguished Academic Performance

A certificate awarded annually to those students who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance. Awarded from 2010

Recognition of Distinguished Research

A certificate awarded annually to those students who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance. Awarded from 2010

Recognition of Distinguished Service and Support

A certificate awarded annually to those students who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the PPE program and its activities. Awarded from 2010

Best paper in Student Journal

Chosen by the editors of the PPE student journal, this is a certificate awarded to the student whose paper is considered to be the best amongst those published in the issue. Awarded from 2010

2012-13


Robert Gianchetti  (Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence)

Robert Gianchetti, Punya Abbhi, Mai Chi Tran, Isabelle Sun (College Alumni Society Prize)
Robert Gianchetti, Brenna McGinnis, Elizabeth Sivitz and Dong-Eun Lee (Goldstone Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis)


Distinguished Service and Support:

Robert Gianchetti

Jeffrey Chen

Megan McGlynn

Avi Grunfeld

John Petsagourakis

Shana Mansbach

David Berk

Anna Whiteman


Distinguished Academic Performance:

Avi Grunfeld

Brenna McGinnis

Elizabeth Stokes

Elizabeth Valentine

Jeffrey Chen

Ariela Cohen

Spencer Braun

Tamara Pier

Lauren Lubetsky

Ching Ho (Helen) Chu

Robert Gianchetti

Caroline Cohn


Distinguished Research:

Ching Ho (Helen) Chu

Ashleigh Taylor

Robert Gianchetti

Anna Whiteman

Elizabeth Sivitz

Jillian Wang

Dara (Dong-Eun) Lee

Elizabeth Stokes

Hohn Petsagourakis

Jonathan Skekloff

Brenna McGinnis

Kevin McNulty

Megan McGlynn


Best Paper in Student Journal:

Shane Olaleye

 

2011-12

Benjamin Moskowitz (Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence)

Sarah Morrissey, Edward Graham Ober and Antonio Luis Vazquez (College Alumni Society Prize)
Limor Bordoley and Lauren Harding (Goldstone Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis)

Distinguished Service and Support:

Mai Chi Tran, Isabelle Sun, Jeffrey Chen, Lauren Lubetsky, Douglas Miller, Limor Bordoley, Punya Abbhi, Robert Gianchetti, Benjamin Moskowitz, Amanda Johnson, Megan McGlynn. Kaitlyn Schaeffer

Distinguished Academic Performance

Claudia Ricciardi, Claudia Ricciardi, Elizabeth Valentine, Limor Bordoley, Robert Gianchetti, Amanda Johnson, Benjamin Frank, Benjamin Moskowitz, Darryl Poon, Elizabeth Stokes, Lauren Lubetsky, Ching Ho Chu, Lauren Harding

Distinguished Research

Lauren Harding, Karla Forjoe, Kaitlin Schaeffer, Douglas Miller, Limor Bordoley, Benjamin Wasserman, Christina Shin, Claudia Ricciardi, Joseph Lawless, Shane Olaleye, Sarah Morrisse, William Baskin-Gerwitz


Best Paper in Student Journal:

Avinash Samarth


2010-11

David Kanter (Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence)

Lauren Springer and Fernanda Dobal (College Alumni Society Prize)
Lorenzo Lagos and Lynndon Groff (Goldstone Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis)

Recognition of Distinguished Academic Performance:

Claudia Ricciardi, Elizabeth Valentine, Limor Bordoley, Robert Gianchetti, Amanda Johnson, Benjamin Frank, Benjamin Moskowitz, Daryl Poon

Recognition of Distinguished Research:
Amanda Johnson, Matthew Frias, Juliana Van Hoeven


Recognition for Distinguished Service and Support
Sarah Morrissey , Mark Adams , Samantha Greenblatt , Graham Ober, Chloe Ho, Antonio Vazquez, Claudia Ricciardi, Robert Gianchetti, Avinash Samarth


Best paper in Student Journal
Maya Perl Kot


2009-10

Amanda Springer (Academic Excellence)

Nikhil Dhingra and Mario Peia (Alumni prize)

Amanda Springer and Sam Adelsberg (Best thesis)

Recognition of Distinguished Academic Performance

Ben Moskowitz, Seanna Senior, Roderick Miller, Sam Adelsberg, Yuen Kit Chau

Recognition of Distinguished Research

Amanda Springer, Sam Adelsberg, Erica Reicher, James Katz

Recognition for Distinguished Service and Support
Veronica Wang, Douglas Moore, Fernanda Dobal, Mario Peia, Nikhil Dhingra, Lauren Springer, Eric Lemor

Best paper in Student Journal

Christopher Poliquin

2008-9


Cecilia Vogel and Michael Gibaldi (Academic Excellence)
Christopher Poliquin (Best Thesis)
Ellie Ivanova and David Wolfish (Alumni Prize)

2007-8


Bret Wallace (Academic Excellence)
Jeremy Baron, Todd Rubin and Allison Levy (Best Theses)
Sonia Pascal and Colleen Donovan (Alumni Prize)

2006-7


Caroline Decell and Craig Mark Disston (Academic Excellence)
Livia Levine (Best thesis)
Stephen Danley (Alumni Prize)


2005-6


Brian Savage and Jillian Volkmar (Academic Excellence)
Jacqueline Rogers and Zeynep Ugur (Best Thesis)
Sheri Halpern, Beth Rosen, and Ronald Wu (Alumni Prize)

2004-5


Steven Winter (Academic Excellence)
Ophelia Roman (Best Thesis)
Matthew Miller (Alumni Prize)

2003-4


Katherine E. Lehman
Forewing Lum

2002-3:

Keya Banerjee
Joshua M. Kaplan

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