Focused COVID-19 restrictions will save lives in poor countries. Professor Mikko Packalen weighs in.
Read his co-authored op-ed piece with Stanford professor Jay Bhattacharya in the Financial Post.
Read his co-authored op-ed piece with Stanford professor Jay Bhattacharya in the Financial Post.
Professor Mikko Packalen outlines why we must be cautious about our expectations of testing in this op-ed for the Financial Post.
The Economics department celebrated the accomplishments of its’ graduate students at a virtual celebration on Zoom held on Friday, June 26, 2020.
Yichun Huang, a PhD student in Economics, competed in the Arts 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition earlier this term. Yichun had three minutes to explain her thesis with one static slide.
Congratulations to our 2019 graduates!
The Arts Young Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their professional field, in the community, and in public service within 10 years of graduation. This year, the recipient of this award is Mandy Tao, a graduate of the UW Economics program (2011).
This Arts Young Alumni Award is another proud achievement Mandy can add to her already impressive resume. Currently serving as the Director of Strategy at Merck, Mandy has also been busy co-founding "Education Togo Switzerland", learning new languages and climbing volcanoes.
Professor Mikal Skuterud and PhD student Zong Jia Chen studied the labour market performance of former international students with their Canadian counterparts. Check out the report titled, "Comparing Outcomes: The Relative Job-Market Performance of Former International Students".
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, we celebrated our newest graduates. Congratulations to all our undergraduate and graduate students. We are so proud of your achievements! To see some photos from the reception, see the Spring 2018 convocation reception page.
On Friday March 23rd, MA co-op students in ECON 674 completed their capstone presentations.
In the 2017 fall term, the Department of Economics offered graduate and undergraduate students a new elective course on Water Resource Economics.