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PROFESSOR MICHAEL KREMER DISCUSSES POVERTY AND PANDEMICS ON "BIG BRAINS" (2021)
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2021 In Episode 66 of the University’s “Big Brains” podcast, Kremer sat down with host and Vice President for Communications a...
November 22, 2023
ROBERT A. MUNDELL, FORMER PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND “FATHER OF THE EURO,” 1932-2021 (2021)
Robert A. Mundell, a Nobel Laureate and former Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, died April 4, 2021 in Siena, Italy. Mundell was a ...
November 22, 2023
UFUK AKCIGIT AWARDED A 2021 GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP (2021)
PUBLISHED ON APR 8, 2021 Ufuk Akcigit, the Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics and the College, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director o...
November 22, 2023
LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBILITY TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN IN ECONOMICS (2021)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 23, 2021 On Monday, March 15, women in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics met virtually for the annual Econ Women’s Lu...
November 22, 2023
ALEX TORGOVITSKY APPOINTED AS GROSSMAN PRIZE LECTURER
PUBLISHED ON MAR 8, 2021 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce Alex Torgovitsky as the next Grossman Prize Lecturer...
November 22, 2023
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HIRING UPDATE
PUBLISHED ON MAR 1, 2021 We are pleased to announce that Anne Karing and Christina Brown will be joining the junior faculty at the Kenneth C. Griff...
November 22, 2023
JPE AWARDS 2021 LUCAS PRIZE (2021)
The Journal of Political Economy has announced the winners of this year's Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize: Charles I. Jones and Jihee Kim for their paper, "...
November 22, 2023
ECONOMIST ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG TO JOIN UCHICAGO FACULTY AS THE GLEN A. LLOYD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR (2021)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 4, 2021 Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg to join UChicago faculty Economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg has been appointed the Glen ...
November 22, 2023
STUDY SUGGESTS THE U.S. MAY UNDERVALUE TIMESAVING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 For Lyft users, time is money—now, we know how much Study suggests the U.S. may undervalue timesaving transportation i...
November 22, 2023
REMEMBERING YIRAN FAN (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and our campus community is deeply mourning the loss of Yiran Fan, who was...
November 22, 2023