Rachel Schutt ’10GSAS, the chief data scientist of News Corp, was nominated for membership in the Forum of Young Global Leaders. This division of the World Economic Forum is composed of leaders under forty who have demonstrated commitment to making a positive impact in their respective countries.
Jan Svejnar, a professor of economics at SIPA and the director of the Center on Global Economic Governance, received the 2015 IZA Prize in Labor Economics. He was recognized for his research on the transition from socialist to market economies.
