The James Tobin Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences was established in honor of Uni graduate James Tobin, an economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1981. The Tobin Award is given each year to a graduating senior who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the questions and principles of the social sciences.
- Martin Geiger
- Ruth Welch
- Andrew Lovdahl
- Rachel Harmon
- Katherine Floess
- Rosa Druker
- James Boyle
- Jonathan Yockey
- Alice Hu & Patrick Stein
- Patrick Stein
- Kavi Naidu & Ellen Rispoli
- Andrew Stelzer
- Vikram Perry
- Annemily Hoganson
- Sasha Rushing
- Roshan Perry & Zachary Donnini
- Maxine van der Donk