Undergraduate Student News
Economics students chosen as 2025 Bobby Jones Scholars for study in Scotland
Four Emory College students including two Economics students, have been selected to be Bobby Jones Scholars at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Emory University will send these four outstanding graduating seniors to Scotland for additional study next fall through the elite Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholarship program.
Emory College of Arts and Sciences seniors (l-r) Lydia King, David Lee, Elizabeth Martin and Lucas San Miguel will complete a year of interdisciplinary study at the University of St Andrews in honor of the legendary amateur golfer and scholar who attended Emory School of Law.
Read the full story at Emory News.
Emory News Center article by April Hunt, photo by Kay Hinton, Emory Photo/Video, 3/3/2025.
Economics student David Lee wins gold at World Taekwondo Championship
David Lee, a senior political science and economics major from Gwinnett County, won a gold medal in the team male under 30 at the World Taekwondo in December 2024 in Hong Kong. According to Lee, “It took well over a decade to master the moves to compete on the world stage and to set myself out on this road...[and] I feel very fortunate to be at Emory, where I can study and have the proximity to train at my dojang.” Lee expressed that he "enjoys the theoretical focus of his political science major and the empirical and quantitative aspects of his economics minor. Then, after participating in a summer economics program at the University of Chicago, he realized how to combine them."
Read the full story at Emory News.
Emory News Center article by April Hunt, photo by Sarah Woods, Emory Photo/Video, 2/12/2025.
Undergraduate Students Recognized with Department Awards
The Department of Economics recognized the following undergraduate students for their outstanding academic achievements in an annual awards ceremony on April 8. 2024.
- The Jack and Lewis Greenhut Prize: Joshua Jacobs (Honors Student)
- The Tate Whitman Prize in Economics: Fareed Khan (Honors Student)
- The George Benston and Richard Muth Prize for Excellence in Economics: Varun Saxena (Honors Student)
- Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Daniel Bell
Congratulations to all of this year's awards winners! Learn more about these annual departmental awards on our Undergraduate Honors and Awards page.
Economics Students Recognized in 100 Senior Honorary Class of 2024
The 100 Senior Honorary members are chosen from the graduating classes of the undergraduate schools: Oxford College, Emory College, Goizueta Business School, and the School of Nursing.
- Kushagra Chadha
- Fareed Khan
- Evan Mustin
- Moyo Odugbemi
- Jonathan Ross
- Sophia Yang
Economics Double Major Featured in Emory Magazine
Carol Xu, an Economics-Human Health and Music Performance double major, is featured in the Emory Magazine (Winter 2023) story, Seeing Double about students who have sought and benefited from pursuing a double major.
Claudia Smith, Economics-Human Health Joint Major, Benefits from Emory’s Pathways Center
Emory Junior, Claudia Smith, an Economics-Human Health joint major, was recently featured in an Emory News article about how a new fund fueled by donors to Emory’s Pathways Center helped 274 Emory students say “yes!” to summer internships on six continents. According to the article, Claudia was part of a cohort that represented 47 different majors across the university’s four undergraduate colleges. In 2023, Claudia participated in a summer internship at venture-capital firm GoAhead Ventures, and "was inspired to see tech solutions tackling real-world problems with passionate people behind them."
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Economics Students Participate in SURE Summer Program
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program is a ten-week summer program sponsored by Emory College of Arts and Sciences during which undergraduate research fellows conduct full-time independent research under the direction of a faculty mentor.
Emory sophomore Economics-Computer Science major, Gabriela Coada, presented her 2023 SURE research project with Prof. David Jacho-Chavezat the Conference on Expectation Surveys in Ottawa hosted by the Bank of Canada, last October 2023.
Emory senior and Economics major, Josh Jacobs, presented his SURE 2023 research project with Prof. Caroline Fohlin on the impacts of the 1920 Supreme Court Decision in the US vs US Steel.
Economics and History Double Major Accepted as a Delegate at the 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand
Economics and History double major, Ying Yi Tan, has been accepted as a delegate at the 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium organized by Humanitarian Affairs Asia. As a representative of Emory University, Ying Yi will have the opportunity to listen to inspiring speakers, attend workshops from 10 UN agencies, and volunteer during Kindness Day.Emory Student Accepted to Expanding Diversity in Economics Summer Institute (EDE)
