Fall 2019 Issue

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR, PROFESSOR ETTORE DAMIANO Ettore Damiano comments on developments in the Department of Economics → More	DOUBLE SUCCESS IN BANK OF CANADA FELLOWSHIP AWARD Professors Michelle Alexopoulos and Diego Restuccia each secured a prestigious Fellowship Award → More	IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR ARTHUR J. HOSIOS It was with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of our great friend and faculty member → More	JIAYING GU WINS ECONOMICS POLANYI PRIZE For research on methods to predict economic and social outcomes by accounting for unseen factors in human behaviour → More
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS RENEWED Faculty members Professors Michael Baker and Gustavo Bobonis have each been awarded renewed funding to pursue their research → More	ISMAEL MOURIFIÉ AWARDED DENIS SARGAN PRIZE He shared the award with co-author Vincent Boucher, for their paper on strategic network formation in large populations → More	DISTINGUISHED FELLOW OF THE HES Susan Howson, professor emeritus, received the award in recognition of a lifetime of study of the history of economics → More	OTHER HONOURS & AWARDS IN THE DEPARTMENT Other achievements from department members, including undergraduate award winners → More
PROFESSORS EMERITI SCOTT EDDIE AND JACK A. SAWYER It is with regret that we have learned over the last few months of the passing of two of our longtime faculty members → More	APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, NEW FACES A roundup of recent changes in the department → More	IN THE AGE OF THE ONLINE REVIEW Professors Robert Gazzale, Robert McKeown and Peter Cziraki react to comments made about them on the RateMyProfessors.com website → More	CHECK OUT OUR PHOTO GALLERY Take a browse around some of the events from the last year or so