# Faculty Awards & Accolades – October/November 2015 1 Research Highlights November 1, 2015 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/trophy-article.jpg?itok=9-13tVO7)> On October 12, Professor **[Ed Altman](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/edward-altman)** received an honorary doctorate from the [Warsaw School of Economics](http://www.sgh.waw.pl/en/Pages/dhc-altman.aspx) in Poland. Among his many contributions to the field of finance, ​Professor Altman was recognized by ​the School for his international reputation as an expert on corporate bankruptcy, high yield bonds, distressed debt and credit risk analysis. Professor **[Jeanne Calderon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jeanne-calderon)**’s co-authored [paper](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/EB5%20paper%20final%205.24.2015.pdf) with Gary Friedland, Esq, a guest lecturer at Stern, on EB-5 financing was cited in a recent [Government Accountability Office](http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/671940.pdf) (GAO) Report to Congress. The GAO Report was requested by the Judiciary Committee to assess the fraud risks and economic benefits of this immigration program in connection with the pending reauthorization of the program. Professor **[Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides)** and co-investigators Sundeep Rangan and Elza Erkip of NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant totaling approximately $750,000, to support their research on the creation of fifth-generation phone networks. On October 22, Nobel Laureate Professor **[Robert Engle](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-engle)** was presented the [Oskar-Morgenstern Medal](http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/uniblicke/detailansicht/artikel/oskar-morgenstern-medaille-fuer-finanzoekonomen-robert-engle/) at the University of Vienna for his academic achievements and ongoing efforts in the field of time series/financial econometrics. A bi-annual award, the Oskar-Morgenstern Medal honors contributions to science, emphasizing the importance of formal methods for business, economics and finance research. Professor **[Pankaj Ghemawat](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/pankaj-ghemawat)** was recently shortlisted for the 2015 Thinkers50 [Strategy Award](http://thinkers50.com/t50-awards/2015-distinguished-achievement-awards-shortlist/), which celebrates the best in strategy thinking. Professor **[Panos Ipeirotis](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/panagiotis-ipeirotis)** has been awarded the 2015 [Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_Prize) in recognition of his overall research work. The prize is given for the outstanding scientific contributions in the field of complexity and complex systems across all the scientific disciplines. Professor **[Natalia Levina](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina)** and Visiting Research Professor Manuel Arriaga (PhD ’11) were awarded the 2015 Best Published Paper Award by the [Organizational Communications and Information Systems Division](http://ocis.aomonline.org/index.php) of the Academy of Management for their paper, “[Distinction and Status Production on User-Generated Content Platforms: Using Bourdieu’s Theory of Cultural Production to Understand Social Dynamics in Online Fields](http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/isre.2014.0535),” which was published in the Information Systems Research journal. Professor **[Thomas Philippon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-philippon)** has joined the the [monetary policy advisory panel](http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/ag_monetary.html) of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Thinkers50 recently shortlisted Professor **[Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan)** on its 2015 [RADAR Award](http://thinkers50.com/t50-awards/2015-distinguished-achievement-awards-shortlist/), which celebrates the thinkers most likely to shape the future of business and business thinking. Professor **[Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh)** is currently serving on a panel of experts that will advise Norway's government on opening its $880 billion wealth fund to invest in infrastructure and whether to change its real estate allocation. Professors **[Luke Williams](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/luke-williams)** and **[Cynthia Franklin](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/cynthia-franklin)** were named as two of Hot Topic’s [Top 100 Professors of Entrepreneurship](https://www.hottopics.ht/stories/education/the-100-top-professors-of-entrepreneurship-worldwide/), which honors academics who have helped shape the direction of formal entrepreneurship learning globally. ### 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)