# Faculty Awards & Accolades – January/February 2016 1 Research Highlights February 1, 2016 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/trophy-article.jpg?itok=9-13tVO7)> Thomson Reuters named Professors **[Xavier Gabaix](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/xavier-gabaix)** and **[Lasse Pedersen](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lasse-pedersen)** to its 2015 list of the “[World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds](http://stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-report-2015)” in economics and business. Professor **[Anindya Ghose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose)**'s paper, "[Internet's Dirty Secret](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2035585)" co-authored by PhD alumnus **Jason Chan**, won Best Paper Award from *MIS Quarterly* and Best Publication Award from the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Professor **[Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt)** and Research Scholar **[Robert Frank](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-frank)** were named to *Ethisphere’s* 2015 list of the “[100 Most Influential in Business Ethics](http://ethisphere.com/what-we-do/other-award-programs/100-most-influential-business-ethics/).” “The Coddling of the American Mind,” an essay by Professor **[Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt)** and co-author Greg Lukianoff, was recently named as a [2015 Sidney Award](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/opinion/the-2015-sidney-awards.html?_r=1) winner in *The New York Times*. Professors **[Sonia Marciano](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sonia-marciano)** and **[Glenn Okun](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/glenn-okun)** were voted “Great Professors” by the Executive MBA class of January 2016. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has granted a 2016 [Anneliese Maier Research Award](https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/anneliese-maier-award.html), totaling 250,000 EUR, to Professor **[Marti Subrahmanyam](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/marti-subrahmanyam)** to support his collaboration with the research center, [SAFE](http://safe-frankfurt.de/about.html), at Goethe University. He also recently received a research grant totaling 30,000 EUR from the European Financial Data Institute (EUROFIDAI). On January 1, Professor **[Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh)** began his appointment as editor of the Review of Financial Studies. ### Past Faculty Awards & Accolades - [December 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-december-2017) - [October/November 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-october-2017) - [August/September 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-august-september-2017) - [July 2017](/node/47071) - [June 2017](/node/46191) - [May 2017](/node/45246) - [April 2017](/node/44136) - [February/March 2017](/node/42646) - [January 2017](/node/40511) - [December 2016](/node/39431) - [October/November 2016](/node/38521) - [September 2016](/node/36151) - [July/August 2016](/node/35151) - [May/June 2016](/node/33141) - [April 2016](/node/32226) - [March 2016](/node/30781) - [January/February 2016](/node/30036) - [December 2015](/node/27751) - [October/November 2015](/node/25666) - [September 2015](/node/24686) - [Summer 2015](/node/21756) - [April/May 2015](/node/21286) - [March 2015](/node/19296) - [January/February 2015](/node/17816) - [December 2014](/node/49766)