RECENT PH.D. GRADUATE, EZRA KARGER, RECEIVES 2021 APPAM PH.D. DISSERTATION AWARD HONORABLE MENTION (2021)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 16, 2021 Recent Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics Ph.D. graduate, Ezra Karger, was selected as an honorable mention recip...
November 22, 2023
GEORGE S. TOLLEY, PIONEER IN ENVIRONMENTAL, URBAN, AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 1925-2021 (2021)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 7, 2021 George S. Tolley, pioneer in environmental, urban, and energy economics, 1925-2021 By Sarah Steimer George S. Tolley...
November 22, 2023
COLLABORATING WITH KENYAN GOVERNMENT ON DEVELOPMENT INNOVATIONS IS KEY TO FIGHTING POVERTY, SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE (2021)
PUBLISHED ON AUG 31, 2021 Economist Michael Kremer emphasizes the power of partnerships to identify scalable solutions to development challenges ...
November 22, 2023
MAX SOLOMON LEWIS, RISING THIRD-YEAR STUDENT IN THE COLLEGE, 2001-2021 (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JUL 19, 2021 University of Chicago community mourns loss of campus leader, selfless friend Max Solomon Lewis, a rising third-year s...
November 22, 2023
HUGO SONNENSCHEIN, 11TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1940-2021 (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JUL 19, 2021 University administrator and economist remembered for overseeing change during tenure Hugo Sonnenschein, a renowned ec...
November 22, 2023
UCHICAGO MOURNS LOSS OF FORMER PRESIDENT HUGO SONNENSCHEIN (2021)
PUBLISHED ON JUL 15, 2021 Editor’s note: The following message was sent July 15 to members of the University of Chicago community from President Ro...
November 22, 2023
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 ...
November 22, 2023
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...
November 22, 2023
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...
November 22, 2023
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 ...
November 22, 2023