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OP-ED: A VACCINE LOTTERY WOULD BE A WIN FOR ALL OF ILLINOIS
PUBLISHED JUNE 8. 2021 This links directly to the Chicago Tribune article
PHD CANDIDATE GERMÁN VILLEGAS BAUER AWARDED BOOTH GRADUATE TEACHING PRIZE (2021)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2021 Germán Villegas Bauer, a PhD candidate in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, has been named a recipient of t...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...