Award Recipients
Each fall the Department awards two prizes.
- The Z.W. Birnbaum award was instituted in 1986 to recognize our distinguished emeritus professor and the graduate student who gives the best General exam.
- The teaching award was instituted in 1992 to recognize the best teaching assistant.
Past recipients are:
| Year | Z.W. Birnbaum Recipient(s) | Teaching Award Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Larissa Stanberry | Assaf Oron |
| 2005-2006 | Veronica Berrocal | Linqiu Wu |
| 2004-2005 | Qunhua Li & Debashis Mondal | Caroline Cutting & Albert Kim |
| 2003-2004 | Raphael Gottardo & Marloes Maathuis | Amanda Cox & Krista Gile & J. McLean Sloughter |
| 2002-2003 | Fadoua Balabdaoui & Mathias Drton | Veronica Berrocal |
| 2001-2002 | Amy Anderson & Solly Sieberts | Rebecca Nugent |
| 2000-2001 | Shuguang Song | Dana Coe & Kevin Connely |
| 1999-2000 | Daniela Golinelli | Amy Anderson & Anton Westveld |
| 1998-1999 | Greg Ridgeway | Erin Sullivan |
| 1997-1998 | Nilanjan Chatterjee | Tracy Glass |
| 1996-1997 | Ying Zhang & Sylvain Sardy | |
| 1995-1996 | Chris Volinsky | Ingo Ruczinski |
| 1994-1995 | Dean Billheimer | Simon Byers |
| 1993-1994 | Wendy Meiring | Craig Aumann |
| 1992-1993 | Geof Givens | Chris Volinsky |
| 1991-1992 | Shili Lin | Paul Nakayu |
| 1990-1992 | Jens Praestgaard | |
| 1989-1990 | James Hughes | |
| 1988-1989 | Michael Newton | |
| 1986-1987 | Charlie Geyer | |
| 1985-1986 | John Michalak |