Faculty Economics Announcements
The inaugural Growth Academy brought the World Development Report to practitioners
The two-week intensive program at the UChicago campus and the World Bank headquarters has led to increased collaboration between researchers and polic...
January 13, 2025
Remembering Robert E. Lucas, Jr.: A Conversation Among Colleagues
Featuring:Kevin Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics EmeritusRobert Shimer, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service ...
August 7, 2024
Prof. James J. Heckman Awarded Honorary Doctor of Social Science Degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The following is a statement released by the Center for the Economics of Human Development (CEHD) We are thrilled to share that The Chinese Univers...
June 28, 2024
UChicago Partners With UMass On NSF Expedition To Elevate Computational Decarbonization As A New Field In Computing
A team of researchers from the University of Chicago has been named winners of the 2024 NSF CISE Expedition Program for their part in the proposal of ...
May 30, 2024
WashPost – Tariffs against China hamstring the transition to a clean energy future. Prof. Michael Greenstone comments
Citing the need to protect U.S. jobs from what otherwise would be Chinese domination of clean energy manufacturing, President Biden has announced stee...
May 28, 2024
2024 Undergraduate Awards Announced at Annual BBQ
On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, students in the College and department faculty gathered for the annual 2024 Undergraduate Barbeque. This annual event cele...
May 23, 2024