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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 23 2013
MIT economist gets award at university
ISTANBUL
The big science and education award for `Outstanding Achievements'
given by Kadir Has University has been given to world renowned
economist Daron AcemoÄ?lu.
The awards, given in honor of the late founder of the university,
Kadir Has, for the ninth time this year, have been received by their
owners at a ceremony held in March 22, the sixth anniversary of the
death of Has.
AcemoÄ?lu, who is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent living in the
U.S., is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
is known and citied for his international works on political economy,
economic development and the role of institutions over the economy.
In addition to AcemoÄ?lu, the other big prize at the awards, the
`Promising Science Person Award,' went to Sabancı University
Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty member Ali KoÅ?ar.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was also honored with a `Kadir
Has University Friendship and Neighborhood' plaque during the
ceremony.
The chairman of the Kadir Has foundation Nuri Has, Kadir Has
University Rector Mustafa Aydın, Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu,
Fatih District Mayor Mustafa Demir and Bartholomew were among the
attendees of the ceremony held in the university.
March/23/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mit-economist-gets-award-at-university.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43485&NewsCatID=344
March 23 2013
MIT economist gets award at university
ISTANBUL
The big science and education award for `Outstanding Achievements'
given by Kadir Has University has been given to world renowned
economist Daron AcemoÄ?lu.
The awards, given in honor of the late founder of the university,
Kadir Has, for the ninth time this year, have been received by their
owners at a ceremony held in March 22, the sixth anniversary of the
death of Has.
AcemoÄ?lu, who is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent living in the
U.S., is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
is known and citied for his international works on political economy,
economic development and the role of institutions over the economy.
In addition to AcemoÄ?lu, the other big prize at the awards, the
`Promising Science Person Award,' went to Sabancı University
Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty member Ali KoÅ?ar.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was also honored with a `Kadir
Has University Friendship and Neighborhood' plaque during the
ceremony.
The chairman of the Kadir Has foundation Nuri Has, Kadir Has
University Rector Mustafa Aydın, Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu,
Fatih District Mayor Mustafa Demir and Bartholomew were among the
attendees of the ceremony held in the university.
March/23/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mit-economist-gets-award-at-university.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43485&NewsCatID=344