2025-06-27
- Anthony Erkan, 2025 Economics and History graduate, was named as one of five Fulbright grant recipients from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year.
Four of the students have accepted...
2025-06-25 - A project led by University of Illinois associate professor of economics Elizabeth Powers is reshaping how Illinois funds its K-12 public schools. Powers, associate director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), partnered with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to develop a revised Comparable Wage...-
2025-06-23 - The Department of Economics congratulates Elizabeth Powers on being named LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar for the 2025-2026 academic year. The LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholars award is presented to excellent faculty who are under consideration for promotion from associate to full professor. Recipients hold the title for one academic year and receive support for...
2025-04-30 - Medium-Term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child Development Cash transfers are a critical part of social safety nets. More recently, integrated programs combining either information or home visits have been adopted to help households overcome barriers to improving child development. Working with the Burkina Faso government, we...
2025-02-06 - The Department of Economics is honored to announce that Kari Hutjens was recognized by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for her Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Cihang Wang was recognized for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants.
2025-01-31 - The Economics Department is proud to announce Yuriy Gorodnichenko as the Spring 2025 David Kinley Lecturer. Dr. will present "Subjective Inflation Expectations and Decisions". The lecture will take place on Monday, March 24th from 3:30-5:00 pm in 141 of Wohlers Hall. Image Yuriy Gorodnichenko, a native of Ukraine, is a Quantedge Presidential professor at the Department...
2024-12-05 - The Econometrics Data Lab in David Kinley Hall is building on a win-win concept for everyone: Give students data from ongoing research and let them crunch the numbers. The result is an experiential learning opportunity that’s allowing students to apply what they’re learning in the classroom to help resolve real-world...
2024-11-05 - Elizabeth Powers is a professor of economics at Illinois and serves as the associate director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA). Prior to her position with the University of Illinois, Powers worked in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland as...
2024-11-04 - Inspired by his experience as an international athlete, LAS senior Mitchell Leshchiner created ElectroKare, a start-up company that tracks electrolyte levels through smartwatches. ElectroKare is one of several startups coming out of the iVenture Accelerator program. The program started in 2015...
2024-10-07 - John Kelly (BS, ’86, economics) spends his office hours as an economist with the US Department of Labor in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, it’s his work with his non-profit that feeds his soul. Kelly founded A Meal to Heal following the death of his mother when his family found comfort sharing a meal at their family’s favorite...
2024-10-01 - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Robert Resek, former student and professor in the Department of Economics. For more information on Dr. Resek's impressive career and life please read his obituary, https://www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Robert-Resek. Dr. Resek will be greatly missed by...
2024-07-17 - Chase Hinkle is a CS + Economics major and the first and only researcher from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign selected for Cornell University’s pilot program, BURE Next....
2024-07-10 - Many students, said George Deltas, professor and head of the Department of Economics, see his field as a way to prepare for a future in public policy. He describes, however, how economics combines elements of business, engineering, and statistics to be practical and relevant in both the public and private sectors. What are you currently...
2024-03-29 - The Economics Department is proud to announce Sefan Dercon as the Spring 2024 David Kinley Lecturer. Dr. Dercon will present "Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose". The lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 3rd from 4:00-5:00 pm in 120 Architecture Building, with a reception to follow. Stefan Dercon is a Professor of...- 2023-09-12 - This fall, we had 76 students begin their study in the MSPE Program. This class is represented by 11 different countries: Brazil, China, Indonesia, Korea, Liberia, Nigeria, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the USA. These students joined the 61 continuing students in the MSPE Program.