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MAGNE MOGSTAD IS THE 2020 SHERWIN ROSEN PRIZE RECIPIENT (2020)
PUBLISHED ON JUL 2, 2020 The Society of Labor Economists has awarded the 2020 Sherwin Rosen Prize to Magne Mogstad for outstanding achievement in t...
STATEMENT ON DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR (2020)
PUBLISHED ON JUN 12, 2020 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics wholeheartedly endorses the University of Chicago’s statement opposing dis...
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LUNCH CONVERSATION FOR FEMALE PHD STUDENTS, POST-DOCS, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, AND FACULTY (2020)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 18, 2020 On May 12, the Department hosted the third annual Professional Development Lunch Conversation for Female Academic Profess...
DESHPANDE NAMED A 2020 WILLIAM T. GRANT SCHOLAR (2020)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 6, 2020 Prof. Deshpande was awarded a $350,000 grant through the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Her project, “Reducing In...
VAN DIJK AWARDED RICHARD SALLER DISSERTATION PRIZE (2020)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 6, 2020 Winnie van Dijk has been selected as one of this year’s two recipients of the Richard Saller Dissertation Prize, which rec...
DESHPANDE RECEIVES 2020 AEJ BEST PAPER AWARD (2020)
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2020 On April 28, the American Economic Association (AEA) announced recipients of the Best Paper Awards of the American Econom...
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HIRING UPDATE (2020)
PUBLISHED ON APR 27, 2020 We are pleased to announce that Joseph Root and Evan Rose will be joining our junior faculty. Root is an Economics Ph....
TWO ECONOMICS STUDENTS SELECTED AS 2020 TRUMAN SCHOLARS (2020)
PUBLISHED ON APR 23, 2020 On April 15, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced the names of 62 college students from 55 U.S. college...
ECONOMICS OF THE OPIOID CONFERENCE (2020)
PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2020 On Friday April 3, “The Economics of the Opioid Epidemic” conference brought together faculty, research professionals, a...