Winter 2011 Economics
Department Commencement
The ceremony was Thursday, December 15, 2011, 3:00–4:30 p.m. in Muenzinger E050 with commencement speaker Jennifer Barringer Simpson. See the slideshow for more pictures.
CU Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop
The 13th Annual CU Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop was held October 7–8, 2011 at Lion Square Lodge in Vail, Colorado and was hosted by Nicholas Flores, CU Department of Economics. The workshop provided researchers the opportunity to share their research results and/or ideas in a relaxed, workshop environment. Ample time was allocated for discussion, allowing researchers to get feedback from other workshop participants. Work presented ranged from proposed research to highly polished and complete projects. Graduate students were especially encouraged to participate.
Faculty in Focus
Nicholas Flores was invited to serve as a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board. He serves on the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee and his term runs from Oct. 15, 2009 through Sept. 30, 2012. As a member he will work as a special government employee and be asked to provide independent expert advice on technical issues underlying EPA policies and decision-making.
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Catherine Massey has been invited to attend the 2011 meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. The Lindau meetings foster interaction between Nobel Laureates and up-and-coming economists through panel discussions, seminars and during various social events. The process for selection was tiered and competitive. Only so many of the most qualified young economists are accepted to participate in this unique form of dialogue with Nobel Laureates and other top qualified students. |
Catherine Massey invited to meeting of Nobel Laureates
Koch Fellowship Program in Public Policy
The Koch Fellowship Program in Public Policy, funded by the Koch Charitable Foundation, gave students from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to conduct research on public policy issues. A major goal of the Fellowship Program is to help prepare students for their post graduation careers. Funding was also available to support participation in conferences and seminars, and publish their research work. The fellowship Program was directed by Professor Barry W. Poulson and assisted by Professor Robert McNown. The Koch Fellows for this past academic year were as follows: Katherine Krauland, Nate Neligh, Steven Mark Seguin, Lydia Van Vleet, and Susanna Wang.
Featured and Profiled Alumni
Alumna Kathleen Cooper (PhD '80) Elected Chair of NBER Board of Directors
From The NBER Reporter 2011 Number 4: Kathleen B. Cooper was elected Chair of the NBER's Board of Directors at its September 19 meeting. She succeeds John S. Clarkeson, the former Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group. Cooper, the previous Vice-Chair of the NBER Board, is a senior fellow of the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. She served as Undersecretary for Economic Affairs of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2001-5, and was previously Chief Economist at Exxon Mobil. Cooper was first elected to the NBER's Board of Directors in 1987.
TeachAIDS founder Piya Sorcar recognized as top innovator
Piya Sorcar (Bus, Econ, Jour'01) has received a major award for her work on TeachAIDS, a nonprofit startup she founded out of Stanford, which has created new technology to address numerous persistent problems with HIV education around the world. Read more at the CU-Boulder Alumni Association.
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