本来以为今年Cal不会有人获得诺贝尔奖，因为最有希望的物理和化学都花落人家。只是前面的生理和医学奖的得主一个是Berkeley的学生，一个是曾经在berkeley做过教授，而且她们获奖的工作是在这里完成的。据新闻报道说，当时那个工作还是那个获奖的人过PhD prelim的时候提出来的。没有想到那个想法改变了世界。即使如此，那天chenghao和我说，这次Cal应该没有人那得到诺奖了。
今天，偶然打开邮箱，第一封就看到了校长给我们发的关于诺贝尔经济学奖颁发给了Professor Williamson，全校应该为此很受鼓舞。这是Cal第5个经济学诺贝尔奖的获得者，第21个诺贝尔奖获得者。学校里面又会多一个诺贝尔停车位了。
呵呵，作为这里的一份子，心里自然由衷感到高兴。我也应该加油，为这里贡献我们点滴的力量。相信Cal会越来越好。
附校长的信如下：
Campus Congratulates Nobel Laureate
Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor
To the Campus Community:
Today is a wonderful day for UC Berkeley as we celebrate the joyous announcement that Professor Oliver E. Williamson, the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his pioneering work in the field of transaction cost economics. On behalf of our campus, I offer our heartiest congratulations to Professor Williamson, who shares this year's prize with Professor Elinor Ostrom at Indiana University. This is the fifth economics Nobel Prize for UC Berkeley and the 21st Nobel Prize for our campus. It is emblematic of Berkeley's greatness as a public university and today we all bask in the reflected glory of Professor Williamson's award.
Earlier this morning, at a press conference, Professor Williamson was asked what this prize meant for Berkeley, given the difficult budgetary challenges that we are facing. Commenting on Berkeley's commitment to excellence across the length and breadth of the campus and its palpable energy for creating a richly collaborative intellectual environment, Professor Williamson replied that our campus is incredibly resilient, that it has faced many challenges in the last 50 years, and that with all the good will and resources on our campus, he was confident that we would survive this crisis. He emphasized that it was the duty of all of us to work together and of our legislature in Sacramento to support the university and not to squander this precious resource. In a tribute to his colleagues and to the many graduate students whom he has taught and mentored, Professor Williamson modestly indicated that "some wonderful people are coming along and there are more prospects for Nobels ahead."
I thank Professor Williamson for his insightful remarks and for reminding us not to become too discouraged by short-term challenges. Today's Nobel Prize is clear evidence that Berkeley's excellence is recognized around the world. It is a part of our DNA that will not be changed and will be preserved for future generations.
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