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Len Nichols (Econ PhD '81) receives Odyssey Medal

Hendrix College to Award Odyssey Medal to Len Nichols (Econ PhD '81) for his distinguished career
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Billy Dec's (Econ '95) second act

The man who made River North into a nationally known nightlife district has bought a home in Nashville...
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More on Mary Daly (Econ '87) new President of the San Fran Fed

More news on Mary Daly (Econ '87) and her rise to the top of the San Fran Fed, overcoming diversity and equality on her path
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IBD joins Peeptrade says CEO & Co Founder Ali Bakir (Econ '05)

Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced that it has joined forces with Peeptrade, a trading platform that leverages the power of social...
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Mary Daly (Econ '87) picked as President for Fed Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco Fed Picks Mary Daly (Econ '87) as President; Ms. Daly, the bank's research director, will take up her new post on Oct. 1, succeeding John Williams
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Richard Clarida coming to Illinois - will present campus seminar

Professor Richard Clarida - recently confirmed Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve - will be visiting the Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign on October 12, 2018 to accept an Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, where he is an alumnus from the Economics Department.
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Friend to Econ and alumnus Jimmy Pinkstaff (Econ '99) passes

It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of James "Jimmy" Pinkstaff, 41, of Urbana who died on Saturday September 8, 2018 in Urbana.  Jimmy, as his friends called him, was a 1999...
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