Woodsworth Students, Recent Alumni Win Undergraduate Awards of Excellence in Economics

Earlier this spring, the Department of Economics held its annual awards ceremony. Woodsworth students and recent alumni took home four of the prizes given. The Undergraduate Awards of Excellence in Economics event celebrated the achievements of undergraduates during the 2024-2025 academic year.    

The Arthur Hosios Scholarship in Economics is a best paper prize. Co-authors Yuwei Cai, a 2025 alumnus of Woodsworth College, and Zhaoyi Wang, a recent Innis alumna, were runners up for their ECO419 paper examining what makes charging stations popular. 

Third year Woodsworth student Lingxiao Li was a double award winner. He won the commemorative Alexander Mackenzie Scholarship in Economics that is given to a student enrolled in an Economics program who has completed at least two full courses in Economics in the session for which the award is made. He also won the Stefan Stykolt Scholarship in Economic Theory. Established in 1962 with a bequest from the late Stefan Stykolt, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, this scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student in a Specialist or Major program in Economics who has completed ECO200Y1/204Y1/206Y1 and ECO202Y1/208Y1/209Y1. 

“I’m truly honoured to receive these awards and thankful to the Department of Economics for the recognition,” said Lingxiao Li. “It inspires me to continue exploring economic and finance and to keep pushing myself academically.” 

The Donald Dewees Undergraduate Award honours Professor Emeritus Don Dewees, for his many years of service to the Economics Department. It is granted to students demonstrating excellence in Don’s areas of passion and expertise: the economic analysis of law, and the economics of energy and the environment. The winner is Jingyi Liu who is now pursuing an MPhil in Economics at the University of Oxford, focusing on Environment and Resource Economics. She graduated from Woodsworth College in 2025 with a Specialist in Economics and Finance.   

Congratulations to all of the award winners!