Professor Jorge Aguero has won one of only 4 Faculty Initiative Awards awarded by the Pacific Rim Research program for his Initiative Grant Proposal , "The Permanent Effects of Economic Crises on Child Health in Latin America " for 2010-11.
Emeritus Professor Prasanta K. Pattanaik has been named UCR's 2010 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor. This award also provides financial support for his two research projects. The first project is a study of changes in living standards in a village in India, and the second project is a book on individual rights and freedom in welfare economics.