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Department News
Charlie Holt is first Wilson Scholar
Thanks to a generous gift from Jackson L. Wilson, Jr., an Economics alum and a founding partner of Accenture, the Department has launched a new program that will bring prominent professors at other universities to the UA as Wilson Scholars, to interact with students and faculty. Our first Wilson Scholar, Charlie Holt of the University of Virginia, visited for a few days in February. Charlie presented a research paper, met with faculty and doctoral students to discuss research ideas, and had some great interaction with some of our undergraduate students.
Inaugural Ed Zajac Prize
This spring the Department will award the first Ed Zajac Prize for the Best Doctoral Student Paper produced in the Department's annual competition. Ed taught a core doctoral course for years and was loved by his students. He was also the longest-serving chairman of the modern-day UA Economics Department. The Zajac Prize was recently endowed by the generosity of three dear friends and former colleagues of Ed's, Bruce Greenwald and Ken and Jennifer Kroner.
Matt Stone named a Marshall Scholar
Economics major Matthew Stone has been selected as a Marshall Scholar. In honor of George Marshall and the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II, the United Kingdom awards about 40 Marshall Scholarships each year to American students for study in the U.K. Matt will spend a year at the University of Dundee, in Scotland, and a year at King's College London studying the economics of energy markets and their relation to international security and terrorism. During his undergraduate studies Matt spent a year in the Russian cities of Irkutsk and Vladivostok, doing research on Russian oil relations with East Asia. Matt says he has "developed a passion for energy markets and their geopolitical ramifications."
Ryan Johnson named a Fulbright Scholar and Outstanding Honors Graduate
Economics and International Studies double major Ryan Johnson has been selected by the UA Honors College as its Outstanding Graduating Senior. Ryan was recently named a Fulbright Scholar, and he was also one of the UA's three finalists this year for a Truman Scholarship. Ryan will spend his Fulbright year in Brazil, doing research on Rio de Janeiro's public transportation system. Ryan first became interested in the economics of public transportation systems during a United Nations internship in Chile, where he studied the effects of using per-passenger incentives to pay bus drivers in Santiago. His Santiago study helped him win a place on USA Today's All-USA Academic Team.
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