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
Economics Student Announcements
ECONOMICS MAJOR, DEMETRIUS JOHNSON JR., RECEIVES DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 Faculty, alumni, staff and student winners to be recognized during 2021 MLK commemoration Every year, the University o...
November 22, 2023
KENNETH C. GRIFFIN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS MOURNS LOSS OF PHD STUDENT YIRAN FAN (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JAN 10, 2021 A Message from Department Chair Robert Shimer It is with great sadness that I share the news that Yiran Fan, a fourth ...
November 22, 2023
PROF. MICHAEL GREENSTONE DISCUSSES INDIA'S CONFLICTING GOALS ON AIR POLLUTION
PUBLISHED ON NOV 29, 2022 Read this article in the New York Times. ...
November 22, 2023
FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN IN ECONOMICS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL HOSTED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 23, 2022 Students in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics hosted the first “Women in Economics Distinguished Speaker Pan...
November 22, 2023
2022 STUDENT AND FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 14, 2022 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Martin and Margaret Lee...
November 22, 2023
DOUGLAS DIAMOND, ASSOCIATED FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT, WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL CRISES (2022)
PUBLISHED ON OCT 10, 2022 Editor’s note: The University of Chicago will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. CT Oct. 10 to honor Prof. Douglas Diamond...
November 22, 2023
Economics Faculty Announcements
PROF. LESTER G. TELSER, PIONEERING ECONOMIST AND GENEROUS TEACHER, 1931–2022 (2022)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 14, 2022 Alum and scholar of core theory was part of UChicago community for decades Lester G. Telser, a pioneering figure in e...
November 22, 2023
HOW MICHAEL KREMER IS TRANSFORMING GLOBAL RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 12, 2022 Nobel laureate's experimental approach aims to tackle root cause of poverty In 1985 a new college graduate named Micha...
November 22, 2023
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES PERSIST ACROSS GENERATIONS MORE THAN BELIEVED, RESEARCH SHOWS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 8, 2022 Economic outcomes persist across generations more than believed, research shows Chicago, Sept. 7, 2022 — New research t...
November 22, 2023