UW-Milwaukee Economics News 2009-2010
Seminar Series
The Department of Economics sponsors a weekly seminar series in the fall and spring that features the cutting edge research of both our own faculty and leading economists from across the world. The upcoming lecture is featured on the Department home page, while the full list for the semester is found here. The lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact our Seminar Series Convener, Professor Bahmani.
Applied Micro 'Brown Bag' Seminar Series
The 'brown-bag' seminar series for micro oriented papers will be held on Wednesdays at 12:30. This seminar series is oriented for work that is in its beginning stages, and so is very informal. Check the main Economics Department webpage for an announcement for the next seminar. Contact Professor Heywood for more information or to sign up to present.
Graduate Student Presentations
The Department congratulates graduate student Amr Hosny whose paper, "Assessing Trade Potential between Countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area," was selected as a featured graduate student paper to be presented at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting Nov 21-23 in San Antonio. Other UWM graduate students presenting at the meetings are Miao Chi, Murat Mercan, and Jia Xu.
UWM Open House
Welcome to all of you who are visiting UWM for our Open House and welcome to the Department of Economics website. We hope that you find helpful information at this website and our special Open House website. Please be sure to contact us if you have any questions.
UWM Economist in the News
Prof. Scott Adams, who was on leave last year while serving on the Council of Economic Advisors, was the subject of a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about his experiences in Washington, DC during the change from the Pres. Bush to Pres. Obama administration and the tumultuous economic times over the past year. Prof. Adams was also a recipient of a 2009-10 UWM Foundation/Graduate School Research Award. This award recognizes outstanding research achievements by members of the UWM faculty in their respective fields of endeavor."
Attention Graduate Students
If you plan to take the field comprehensive exams in January 2010, you must register with the Economics office by no later than Nov 13, 2009. Contact Prof. Bahmani for more information.
Graduate Student Awards
The Department would like to congratulate the winners of two annual prizes given by the Department to outstanding graduate students. First, Swati Kumari is the winner of the 2009 J. Walter Elliott Award in Macroeconomics. Second, Miao Chi is the winner of the 2009 Richard Perlman Outstanding Paper Prize in Labor Economics. Congratulations to you both!
Important Undergraduate Announcement
We are happy to announce that Prof. Rebecca Neumann has accepted the position to be our first Director of Undergraduate Studies. Prof. Neumann will chair the Undergraduate Committee for the Department and be a resource person for undergraduate students (note, however, that we will still have the same team of advisors to answer questions about how to sign up as a major or minor). Congratulations!
Economist Dean Baker to Give Talk
The Economics Department is cosponsoring a talk by Dr. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on Wed, Sept 23 at 7pm in the Ballroom West of the Student Union. The title of the talk is, "The Crash of the Housing Bubble & Beyond: A Tale of Ignorance and Greed." Click here for more information.
Undergraduate Mentoring Program
In its third year, the highly successful Economics/Alumni Office Mentoring Program is getting ready to kick off for the academic year. However, there is still time to sign up for this year. Contact Cindy Petrites of the UWM Alumni Office for details by Friday, Sept 11.
New website
The UWM Economics Department website has recently had a facelift, and we hope that you like it. Please let us know any comments that you have on the new webpage.
New faculty
The UWM Economics Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Antonio Galvao as a new Assistant Professor in the department. Dr. Galvao recently earned his PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching interests involve econometrics and statistics. WELCOME!
Other Faculty News
We are also happy to welcome back several faculty who were on leave last year - Prof. Scott Adams, Prof. Scott Drewianka, Prof. Rebecca Neumann, and Prof. Vivian Lei. Also congratulations to Prof. Matt McGinty who was given tenure and promoted to Associate Professor over the summer.
TA and GTA Orientation
There will be an orientation for TAs and GTAs on Friday, August 28 at 2pm in Lubar N110. Please contact Prof. Bahmani for more details.
Department Academic Year Kickoff
The Department invites all Economics faculty and graduate students to gather on Friday Sept 4 from 4-6pm in Union 280.
August 2009 Preliminary Exams Schedule
The following PhD preliminary examinations will be held in Bolton 868C from 8:30-11:30am. Contact Prof. Bahmani for more details.
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