Events
PhD Student Research Competition
The PhD program proudly recognizes its students’ research achievements with recognition at both the Fox School’s Annual Awards Night as well as school-wide research forums. These forums recognize the winners of both the Fox School’s annual research paper and dissertation competitions, and they afford top-tier PhD students the opportunity to present their research, receive awards and begin building their academic resumes.
In the Fox School’s PhD program, students who have received High Pass grades for their first or second year research papers are often invited to present their work in a school-wide forum, where they are given the opportunity to receive comments on their work, as well as receive awards based on these papers and possible monetary funding to continue their outstanding research. PhD students who have recently defended their dissertation proposals are also provided with the opportunity to present their research, and recent graduates of the PhD program may compete for the honor of the Best Dissertation award.
Each concentration recommends one to two outstanding PhD students to present at this school-wide awards competition, where they are eligible to compete for these awards and receive further research or dissertation support.
Recent Award Recipients
| Award | Recipients |
| First & Second Year Poster Presentation Winner | Han Chen Marketing |
| Third & Fourth Year “3MT” Presentation Winner | Jingshu Luo Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management |
| Third & Fourth Year People’s Choice Award Winner | Zeya He Tourism & Sport |
| Dissertation Proposal “3MT” Presentation Winner | Jung Kwon Kim Strategic Management |
| Dissertation Proposal People’s Choice Award Winner | Michael Power Statistical Science |
| Completed Dissertation Winner | Xun Zhong Finance |
| Award | Recipients |
| Completed Dissertation | Sangsuk Yoon Marketing and Supply Chain Management |
| Dissertation Proposal | Xun Zhong Finance |
| Third/Fourth Year Research Paper | Xue Guo Management Information Systems |
| Second Year Research Paper | Jingshu Luo Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management |
| First Year Research Paper | Samayita Guha Operations and Supply Chain Management |
| Award | Recipients |
| Completed Dissertation | Lauren Spirko Statistical Science Chi Zhang Finance |
| Dissertation Proposal | Yeil Kwon Statistical Science |
| Third/Fourth Year Research Paper | Aaron Cheng Management Information Systems |
| Second Year Research Paper | Xue Guo Management Information Systems |
| First Year Research Paper | Siddharth Bhattacharya Management Information Systems |
| Award | Recipients |
| Completed Dissertation | Kartik Ganju Management Information Systems |
| Dissertation Proposal | Chi Zhang Finance |
| Third/Fourth Year Research Paper | Zeda Li Statistics |
| Second Year Research Paper | Aaron Cheng Management Information Systems |
| First Year Research Paper | Xue Guo Management Information Systems Juan Zhang Risk Management and Insurance |
| Award | Recipients |
| Completed Dissertation | Michelle Andrews Marketing |
| Dissertation Proposal | Jing Xiao Statistics |
| Third/Fourth Year Research Paper | Kartik Ganju Management Information Systems |
| Second Year Research Paper | Scott Bruce Statistics |
| First Year Research Paper | Yiran Su Tourism and Sport |
Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum
The Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum (YSIF) is a biannual event open to current Fox School faculty and PhD students for seed funding grants to undertake novel interdisciplinary research projects. The purpose is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty and PhD students. The traditional YSIF seed funding grants in the amount of $500 to $5,000, with an annual amount of $50,000, will be available for proposal submission groups seeking small or medium outside funding grants.
All Fox faculty and PhD students are encouraged to attend the Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum. Young Scholars takes place in both the fall and spring semesters.