Francis X. Diebold Appointed Paul F. and Warren S. Miller Professor of Economics

Diebold, who received his doctorate in economics from Penn, is a leader in economic modeling, forecasting, and risk management. He has received widespread recognition for his research, including election as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Econometric Society. He has won the Department of Economics Kravis Award for Outstanding Teaching, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, and the Alexander von Humboldt Award from the Federal Republic of Germany. Diebold lectures actively and has held visiting appointments at Princeton University, Cambridge University, the University of Chicago, the London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, and New York University. He has trained more than sixty Penn Ph.D. students, who are now leaders in academia, government, and industry, world-wide.

The Paul F. and Warren S. Miller Professorship was endowed by a gift from Paul F. Miller Jr., W'50, HON'81, and his wife, Ella Warren Shafer Miller,CW'51. This gift is one of many ways that the Miller family has demonstrated continued support for the University. Paul Miller served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1986 and is now an emeritus trustee. He was the recipient of Penn's Alumni Award of Merit in 1982. Currently, he is a senior partner of Miller, Anderson and Sherrerd LLP in Bala Cynwyd. Warren Miller is a former School of Arts and Sciences overseer.

Arts & Sciences News

Azuma and Hart Named Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professors of American History

Eiichiro Azuma specializes in Asian American and transpacific history, while Emma Hart teaches and researches the history of early North America, the Atlantic World, and early modern Britain between 1500 and 1800.

View Article >
Arts & Sciences Students Honored during 37th Annual Women of Color Day

Sade Taiwo, C’25, and Kyndall Nicholas, a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience, were honored for their work.

View Article >
Nine College Students and Alums Named Thouron Scholars; Will Pursue Graduate Studies in the U.K.

The Scholars are six seniors and three recent graduates whose majors range from neuroscience to communication.

View Article >
Irma Elo Named Tamsen and Michael Brown Presidential Professor in Sociology

Elo’s main research interests center on inequalities in health and mortality across the life course and demographic estimation of mortality. In recent years, she has extended her research to include predictors of cognition in high-, middle-, and low-income countries.

View Article >
Julia Hartmann Named Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor in Mathematics

She specializes in algebra and arithmetic geometry, a newer field that applies techniques from algebraic geometry to solve problems in number theory and co-developed the method of field patching.

View Article >
Holger Sieg Named Baird Term Professor of Economics

Sieg focuses his research on public and urban economics, as well as the political economy of state and local governments.

View Article >