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
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.
UChicago Fed Challenge Team Wins Regionals

UChicago Fed Challenge team wins Regional Fed Challenge Competition; advances to the National Fed Competition in Washington, DC.
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"

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

Lars Peter Hansen, James Heckman welcome scholars for ‘deeper understanding’ of issues
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.
UChicago Fed Challenge Team Wins Regionals

UChicago Fed Challenge team wins Regional Fed Challenge Competition; advances to the National Fed Competition in Washington, DC.
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"

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