The Economics Department will celebrate the 125th Anniversary on Saturday April 23rd, 2022 at the Illini Union Ballroom.
The Department would like to express its appreciation to Robert and Lois Resek for their sponsorship of this event.
125th Anniversary Celebration
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Alumni News and Notes
Alumni Steven J. Thayer (B.A. Econ, 1988) will be the Department of Economics 2019 Convocation Ceremony guest speaker. Alumni joining Steven on the stage to greet students will be Gene Grass (B.A. Econ 1973) and Dr. John Stodden (MS Econ 1970, Econ PhD 1972).
James E. Howell (Econ MA 1951), a noted economist and formerly the longest-serving faculty member of the Graduate School of Business (GSB), died on March 29 at his home in Palo Alto. He was 91.
Linda Blumberg (Econ 1986) interviewed in article about Medicare for All
Lonnie Golden (Econ Phd 1985) consults on Illinois tax plan
Illini Success 2019 First Destination Survey for Economics is released!
Each month we list the highlights and notes about our alumni. Interested in having your updates included? E-mail hatchel@illinois.edu
Joao Duarte (Econ PhD 2016) had his paper, "Monetary policy, housing rents, and inflation dynamics, published in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, made possible by the Boltz Fellowship.
Jiaying Gu (Econ PhD 2015), an assistant professor at UTM in the Department of Economics, was awarded the 2018 Polanyi Prize for her statistical approach of measuring unobserved or unmeasured heterogeneous qualities.
Edward Keating, CFA, joined as a Senior Wealth Advisor. At BMO Private Bank, Keating and Wano worked together managing 120 client relationships. Keating served as Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for 19 years.
Each month we list the highlights and notes about our alumni. Interested in having your updates included? E-mail hatchel@illinois.edu
The list of economists who should have won the Nobel Prize but didn't added another name with the passing of Harold Demsetz (b. 1930) on January 4, 2019.
