Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

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"
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
Akcigit Receives 2019 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award

UChicago Griffin economist’s innovative research honored with €1.5 million prize; Akcigit will study Germany’s east-west divide by turning a new lens on data.
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.
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"
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
Akcigit Receives 2019 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award

UChicago Griffin economist’s innovative research honored with €1.5 million prize; Akcigit will study Germany’s east-west divide by turning a new lens on data.
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.
Nobel Laureates Bring UChicago-Style Debate to New Economic Policy Series

Lars Peter Hansen, James Heckman welcome scholars for ‘deeper understanding’ of issues

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