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VOENA AWARDED 2017 CARLO ALBERTO MEDAL (2017)
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 7, 2017 The Department of Economics congratulates Alessandra Voena, recipient of the 2017 Carlo Alberto Medal. The Medal is prese...
TILBURG UNIVERSITY RANKS UCHICAGO #2 OF WORLD'S TOP 100 ECONOMICS RESEARCH SCHOOLS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 31, 2017 Tilburg University recently released its listing of the world's Top 100 Economics schools based on research contributions...
MOGSTAD: 2017 IZA YOUNG LABOR ECONOMIST AWARD (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2017 The Department of Economics congratulates Magne Mogstad, the Gary S. Becker Professor in Economics and the College, on re...
HECKMAN STUDY: HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROVIDES SALIENT BENEFITS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND MOTHERS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 24, 2017 Recent results from a long-term study led by Nobel laureate James J. Heckman demonstrate that high-quality early childhoo...
HECKMAN AND STOKEY ELECTED AEA DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2017 We are very pleased to announce that the American Economic Association has elected James J. Heckman and Nancy L. Stokey a...
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WELCOMES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS (2017)
PUBLISHED ON APR 14, 2017 We are pleased to announce that Mikhail Golosov and Alexander Torgovitsky will join our department faculty beginning July...
PROF. JOHN LIST RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA (2017)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2017 Department Chair John A. List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, has b...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER, 1915-2017 (2017)
PUBLISHED BY ON MAR 22, 2017 David Rockefeller, PhD’40, a prominent philanthropist, banking executive and University trustee whose grandfather, Joh...
AKCIGIT AWARDED NSF CAREER GRANT (2017)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2017 The University of Chicago Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Ufuk Akcigit has been selected to receive t...
TIMOTHY S. FUERST, 1962-2017 (2017)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2017 The Department of Economics is saddened to announce that Timothy S. Fuerst, AM'87, PhD'90, passed away on February 21 at ...