The Suresh Konda and George Duncan awards were established in 2011 thanks to generous support from the Konda family and George Duncan. The Konda and Duncan awards are given annually to the best Ph.D. student first and second research papers, respectively.
Suresh Konda (1st Paper) Award Winners
2011: Yan Huang, "A Structural Model of Employee Behavioral Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media."
George Duncan (2nd Paper) Award Winners
2011: Yu-Chieh Hsu, "Estimating Black-White Mortality Differences by State of Birth Using Census and Vital Statistics Data: A Simple GMM Approach."
Doctoral Dissertation Awards
Heinz College Ph.D. students have also won awards administered by the Tepper School of Busines for best doctoral disseration. Recent Heinz College winners are:
2010: Sharique Hasan
2011: Kiminori Nakamura
2010: Samuel Kleiner