Upcoming Events
2019-20 Seminar Series
Friday, 2/21/20—Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago: Maternal Mortality and Spousal Differences in the Demand for Children in Zambia.
Friday, 2/28/20—Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago Booth School of Business: Sterotypes, Memory, and Updating.
Watch the seminar schedule for upcoming seminars.
Eaton Travel Sabbaticals Program
The Eaton Travel Sabbaticals are to be awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Economics, Anthropology, or History who have completed at least three academic years of full time study, at least two years of which must have been completed at the university, and who desire prior to graduation to broaden their knowledge in a culture and learning environment different from their own. Preference will be given to students who have a creative and well designed plan of unconventional study and travel in a non-traditional environment, especially those which would take place in the southern or eastern hemispheres. Application Deadline: March 31, 2020 for 2020 Summer & Fall Study Abroad.
Spring 2020 Classes
Spring classes end on Thursday, April 30. Check out other important dates for the upcoming semester on the Academic Calendar.
Spring 2020 Department Commencement
The Economics Spring Commencement Ceremony will be Thursday, May 7, 2020, 4:30–6:00 p.m., doors open at 3:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. Refreshments will be served, the commencement address will be given by Bruce Callander, and the professional photographer will be Grad Images.
Department Highlights
- AERE Dissertation Award: Akhil Rao ('19 PhD)
- Daniel Kaffine: Upwind wind farms can reduce the energy production of downwind neighbor turbines on National Science Foundation and on CU Boulder Today, Coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors
- Xiaodong Liu was selected for the Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award.
- Daniel Kaffine on Denver 7 News
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