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Benjamin Friedman, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, was named a 2025 Cabot Fellow for his latest book, Religious Influences on Economic Thinking: The Origins of Modern Economics (MIT Press, 2024). In this book, Professor Friedman...

For his pioneering work in economics, Professor Ed Glaeser was awarded the University of Bern honorary doctorate of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences during the university’s 190th Foundation Ceremony in December. The focus of the...

Professor David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, was awarded the 2024 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. This award recognizes individuals in the health services field who have significantly increased the quality of...

Senior prize winners (l to r): Hemanth Asirvatham, Aden Barton, Sara Moore, Jay Garg Graduating Economics concentrators were recognized throughout the University. Jay Garg was awarded the Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize for his thesis, “Opium, Poppy...

Harvard Department of Economics Graduate Instruction Committee awarded Jiafeng Chen the David A. Wells Prize in Economics for best dissertation. The annual prize is awarded for best publishable work, embodying the results of original investigation...

Kunal Sangani has been awarded the Padma Desai Prize in Economics. This annual prize is awarded by the Harvard Department of Economics Graduate Instruction Committee for exemplary graduate student research. Kunal Sangani is a macroeconomist interested in...

Professor Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chair of the Department of Economics, was elected into the National Academy of Sciences. Each year, the National Academy of Sciences inducts new members "in recognition of...

Professor Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics and Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences,was on this week's episode of the NPR News Quiz show, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. You can hear her interview as she plays "Not My Job", along with...

Professor Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics and Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences, was named one of Time's Women of the Year. Please read here for their interview with Professor Goldin on her work and winning the Nobel Prize.

Professor Ludwig Straub, Associate Professor of Economics, was among the list of this year's Sloan Research Fellows. The fellowship is awarded to "early-career scholars" that "represent the most promising scientific researchers working today." Also among...