Department of Economics News

Nadia Huffman, BS '19, shares here experience as an undergraduate economics student and her experiences in both the corporate and research world.

Congratulations to Gavin Lee (BA '07, economics), co-founder and CEO of Gwoop Inc., for his recognition in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 2023 40 Under 40 list.

In the latest article "What’s one of Minnesota’s biggest sources of revenue? The federal government of course" from MinnPost Professor V.V. Chari is cited as a reference.

Announcement of the winners of the Alumni of Notable Achievement Award as well as the Emerging Alumni Award.

Blank, 1976 Bachelor's in Economics, was a leader in higher ed, economics, and public policy. She advised three presidents and most recently led the University of Wisconsin's…

Sang Min Lee, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota, shares his research and findings of structural change and globalization and how it has been impacted by…

Regents' Professor John S. Chipman, who joined our faculty in 1955 (emeritus in 2007), passed away in 2022. He was a major figure in the economics profession, whose…

With great regret, we have learned that Edward C. Prescott passed away.

December 2022 news and highlights from the Department of Economics.

Emilia Ndely-Ogundipe (BA ‘11, economics), 2022 Emerging Alumni Award winner, flexes her “innovative and strategic skill sets” as a Presidential Innovation Fellow.