11/07/2018 - View candidate profiles, find their job market materials, including papers, CV, website, references, and other materials on our

11/06/2018 - The Economics PhD Job Market Candidates for 2018-2019 are now available.

10/29/2018 - WeSpline, a new tech company, announced October 22 that it is simultaneously launching it's platform in the Us, Israel, and Brazil.

10/25/2018 - 71 new students entered the MSPE Program this fall.

10/18/2018 - The tenacious road to learning - Hard work earns Miranda MacNaughton the Shebik Centennial Economics Scholarship.

09/25/2018 - Home prices within a school district affected by a school-based mass shooting episode declined by 7.8 percent over the course of at least three years after the incident, according to a new paper co-written by University of Illinois scholar Juan Sebastian Munoz.

09/13/2018 - 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.

09/07/2018 - The roster of revolutionary CS + X degrees is growing by four this fall with the additions of bachelor’s degrees in CS + Advertising, CS + Economics, CS + Geography & Geographic Information Science, and CS + Philosophy.

09/07/2018 - Economics Department has two alumni with a connection to Mr. Obama: Mr. Jesse Ruiz (Econ ’88) and Mr. Billy Dec.

09/07/2018 - Congratulations to Professor Marieke Kleemans whose recent research on 'Rural-Urban Wage Gaps' was featured on VoxDev...

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08/29/2018 - Software AG today announced the immediate appointment of Raj Datta as President of Software AG North America Inc. Raj Datta takes the helm to further accelerate Software AG's technology leadership and market share in the United States and Canada.

08/29/2018 - The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Columbia University economist Richard Clarida to become Federal Reserve vice chairman, filling a top leadership position ahead of the central bank’s September policy meeting. President Donald Trump tapped Mr. Clarida in April to serve as No. 2 to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, whom Mr. Trump nominated last year.

08/09/2018 - The STEM designation allows MSPE graduates, who participate in Optional Practical Training (OPT) with an employer in the United States, to file a request for a two-year extension to the normal one year of OPT.

08/09/2018 - 76 new students entered the MSPE Program.