The "Lois and Robert Resek Economics Seminar Series" is sponsored by Lois and Robert Resek. The Department of Economics at the University of Illinois hosts a conference or mini-conference annually.
Economics May 2019 Convocation
Jesse Ruiz (Econ 1988) named Illinois Deputy GovernorJesse Ruiz (Econ 1988) named one of Illinois Deputy Governors
PhD Job Market CandidatesView the 2018-2019 PhD Candidates on the Job Market.
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ILLINOIS ECON FREDcast Winners!Once again, ILLINOIS Econ has secured the win for the FREDcast challenge, built into some of our core courses.
MSPE ProgramOur MSPE Program is in the Top 10 of Professional Econ Master's degrees in the U.S.!
New Degree Programs!CS+ECON, B.S. in Econometrics & Quantitative Economics, and an Economics Minor are new programs beginning in Fall 2018!
Undergraduate AdvisingUndergraduate students are encouraged to make an Academic Advising Appointment.
Jiaying Gu (Econ PhD 2015), an assistant professor at UTM in the Department of Economics, was awarded the 2018 Polanyi Prize for her statistical approach of measuring unobserved or unmeasured heterogeneous qualities.- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Marieke Kleemans who has published a new paper on VOX DEV which concentrates on labor market impacts of immigration.
More Department News
- The Economics PhD Job Market Candidates for 2018-2019 are now available.
- 71 new students entered the MSPE Program this fall.
- Economics Department has two alumni with a connection to Mr. Obama: Mr. Jesse Ruiz (Econ ’88) and Mr. Billy Dec.
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