 Congratulations to Vladimir Shkolnikov on the publication in European Journal of Epidemiology of the paper "Hazardous alcohol consumption is associated with increased levels of B-type natriuretic peptide: evidence from two population-based studies", coauthored with David A. Leon, Svetlana Borinskaya, Juan-Pablo Casa et al
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| On April 29 the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation announced the results of the open competition for distribution of government support for university students
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 Shlomo Weber, Professor of Economics at the Southern Methodist University and Pine Foundation Visiting Professor at NES, won a research grant within the open grant competition of the Government of the Russian Federation designed to provide governmental support to research projects implemented under the supervision of the world’s leading scholars
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 On April 17, 2013 Anatoly Andriash, Partner, Head of Moscow Norton Rose (Central Europe) LLP, made a presentation at NES within the NES/CEFIR Public Seminars series
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 Congratulations to Vladimir Shkolnikov and Dmitry Zhdanov on the publication in Stress of the article "Perceived Stress and Biological Risk: Is the Link stronger in Russians than in Taiwanese and Americans?", coauthored with Dana A. Glei, Noreen Goldman, Maria Shkolnikova, James W. Vaupel and Maxine Weinstein
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| On April 11-13, 2013 the 32nd NES Research Conference was held. The Keynote Address “Dissergate: what it was and what it will be” was delivered by Igor Fedyukin, Deputy Minister of Education and Science. Patrick Rey (Toulouse School of Economics) presented a Distinguished Lecture “Vertical Relations”
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 In March 2013 NES started a new project – NES monthly newsletter
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 On April 9 NES alumni attended the Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76's basketball game at the Barclays Center in New York thanks to the donation from Andrei Vavilov, Member of the NES Endowment Foundation Board of Trustees
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 On April 2, 2013, Kaushik Basu, World Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist was a guest speaker at the NES/CEFIR Public Seminar
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 Congratulations to Galina Besstremyannaya (CEFIR) on the publication in Japanese Economic Review of the article "The effect of hospital financing reform on cost efficiency: a difference-in-difference approach"
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 On March 6, 2013 David Aylen, Managing Partner, Gowlings’ Moscow office, made a presentation on Pure Patent Monetization at the NES/CEFIR Public Seminar
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 Congratulations to Ruben Enikolopov on the publication in American Political Science Review of the article "Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan" coauthored with Andrew Beath и Fotini Christia
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 On 18 February 2013 Professor Alex Anas, Professor of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, was the guest lecturer at the NES Public Seminar. Dr. Anas made a presentation on RELU-TRAN model which has been applied to Chicago, Paris and Los Angeles. The address focused on issues and policy questions common to the three metropolises, as well as on important differences among them
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 On February 13, 2013 a guest lecture “How do we make decisions?” within a joint multimedia project “LectoRIA” and NES was held at the RIA Novosti Press-Center
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 Congratulations to Konstantin Sonin on the publication in Quarterly Journal of Economics of the article "A Political Theory of Populism" coauthored with with Daron Acemoglu and Georgy Egorov
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| Congratulations to Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova, Konstantin Sonin on the publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the article "Field Experiment Estimate of Electoral Fraud in Russian Parliamentary Elections" coauthored with with Vassily Korovkin (UCLA, NES'2012) and Alexei Zakharov (HSE, NES'1999)
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 On 23 January 2013 Steven Geiger, Chief Operating Officer of Skolkovo Foundation (until December 2012), was a speaker at the NES Public Seminar. Mr. Geiger spoke about the reasons why countries are pursuing innovation now, common mistakes they make and traps they fall into, and pointed out specific problems of innovation in Russia
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