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Allison Thompkins, a 2011 Ph.D. graduate, receiving her degree on June 3, 2011.

Daniel Keniston and Amanda Pallais, the 2011 winners of the Robert M. Solow Award for excellence in teaching and research, with Robert Solow.

Jim Poterba, Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond, Paul Joskow, and Olivier Blanchard at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 2010.

MIT's President Susan Hockfield & Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond during Nobel Reception.

Peter Diamond and Econ Ph.D. Candidates during Nobel Reception. For more photos of this event, please

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Peter Diamond at the Nobel Prize Press Conference on Monday, October 11th.

Susan Hockfield and Peter Diamond after the Nobel Prize Press Conference on Monday, October 11th.

Florian Scheuer, Alp Simsek and Pablo Kurlat – The 2010 Winners of the Robert M. Solow Award for excellence in teaching and research.

Peter Diamond Throws Out First Pitch at Fenway Park, April 20 2010.

Undergraduate Economic Association with Paul Krugman, Spring 2010.

Paul Krugman at the Undergraduate Economic Association's Spring Lecture, February 2010.

Bob Shiller and George Akerlof at the ceremony for the Paul Samuelson Award from TIAA-CREF, January 2010.

The participants in the panel in memory of Paul Samuelson. From left, Bob Hall, Paul Krugman, and Avinash Dixit at the luncheon in honor of Paul's Nobel Prize.

The American Economic Association Meetings, January 2010, in memory of Paul Samuelson. The speakers were (front row, from left) Avinash Dixit, Peter Diamond, and Robert Solow, and (standing, from left) Robert Merton, Robert Hall, and James Poterba.

MIT Economics 2009 Ph.D. recipients. From left, David Powell, Eric Weese, Tal Gross, Richard Hornbeck, Trang Nguyen, Maisy Wong, Florian Ederer, Ricardo Caballero, Christopher Smith, Tatiana Didier, Johannes Spinnewijn, Jesse Edgerton, Arthur Campbell, Suman Basu, Neil Bhutta, James Berry, and Joao Leao.

Jean Tirole, Paul Joskow, and Oliver Williamson at the May 2009 Conference celebrating Paul Joskow's contributions to Industrial Organization.

Nancy Rose, Oliver Williamson (Berkeley), Paul Joskow, Dr. Thomas Byrne, James Poterba, MIT President Susan Hockfield, Ricardo Caballero, SHASS Dean Deborah Fitzgerald and Mrs. Helen Pounds at the May 2009 gathering celebrating Paul Joskow's MIT Career.

Associate Head Glenn Ellison with Institute Professor Emeritus Robert Solow and Konrad Menzel, the 2009 winner of the Solow Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Research.

Robert Hall (Ph.D. '67), President-Elect of the American Economic Association, and Avinash Dixit (Ph.D. '68), Past-President, at the AEA Annual Meetings in San Francisco, January 2009.

Professor Amy Finkelstein receives the 2008 Elaine Bennett Prize from Stanford GSB Professor Kathryn Shaw at a ceremony sponsored by the Committee on the Status of
Women in Economics, January 2009.

Harvard Professor N. Gregory Mankiw (Ph.D. '84), moderator Jim Poterba, and Institute Professor Emeritus Robert Solow at November 13 Panel Discussion on 'Economic Policy for the New Administration'.

Ricardo Caballero hosts a discussion of the unfolding financial crisis with George Soros, October 2008.

William Wheaton, Sloan Professor Andrew Lo, Ricardo Caballero, Bengt Holmstrom, and James Poterba during MIT Economics Panel Discussion on the Global Financial Crisis, October 2008.

Hon. George Shultz (Ph.D. '49) and Robert Solow following Shultz' MIT Energy Initiative Lecture, October 2008.