Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

Nobel Laureates Bring UChicago-Style Debate to New Economic Policy Series

Lars Peter Hansen, James Heckman welcome scholars for ‘deeper understanding’ of issues
The Griffin Gift: "Our goal is to be the best department in the world"

How UChicago is using Kenneth C. Griffin's enormous gift as "an opportunity...to change the world"
Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg to join Griffin Department

Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg has been appointed the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago where he will join the faculty of the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.
Heckman Receives Prestigious Friendship Award from China

Nobel Laureate James J. Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, has received the Friendship Award from the Chinese government.
Michael Kremer to Join Department Faculty as University Professor

A pioneer in development economics who has shaped the discipline through the use of field experiments to inform economic models, policy and program development, Kremer shared the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2019

Nobel Laureates Bring UChicago-Style Debate to New Economic Policy Series

Lars Peter Hansen, James Heckman welcome scholars for ‘deeper understanding’ of issues
The Griffin Gift: "Our goal is to be the best department in the world"

How UChicago is using Kenneth C. Griffin's enormous gift as "an opportunity...to change the world"
Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg to join Griffin Department

Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg has been appointed the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago where he will join the faculty of the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.
Heckman Receives Prestigious Friendship Award from China

Nobel Laureate James J. Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, has received the Friendship Award from the Chinese government.
Michael Kremer to Join Department Faculty as University Professor

A pioneer in development economics who has shaped the discipline through the use of field experiments to inform economic models, policy and program development, Kremer shared the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2019

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