We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of our graduate student trainees, who have received prestigious awards and honors during the 2024–25 academic year. Their accomplishments reflect the excellence, creativity, and impact of graduate training in the CASER community.

Marco Laghi

• Research Grant, New York City (NYC) Reducing Inequality Network, William T. Grant Foundation (administered at NYU through the Center for Advanced Social Science Research [CASSR])

Zhi Li

• Travel Award, International Chinese Sociological Association
• Student Travel Award, International Sociological Association – Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) (August 2025)
• Robert D. Mare Graduate Student Paper Award, Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, American Sociological Association

Conor McCutcheon

• NYU GSAS Predoctoral Summer Fellowship

Yiming Zhu

• CASER International Conference Travel Award, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (April 10–13, 2025)

We warmly congratulate Marco, Zhi, Conor, and Yiming on their well-deserved honors, and look forward to their continued contributions to the field.