- 2018-08-09 - 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.
2018-08-09 - Steven Thayer (ECON '88), received the 2018 Chicago Illini of the Year Award at a dinner in Chicago. Thayer is a founding partner of the Chicago-based law firm Handler Thayer, and serves as chairman of the Commercial Practice Group, which focuses on real estate, sports, entertainment, and corporate...
2018-07-24 - José Cantero Sienra (MSPE '00), Economist, has been appointed as a Full Member of the Board of the Central Bank of Paraguay on July 28, 2017, for a period of five years. He holds a Master's Degree in International Finance (University of Illinois); Master's Degree in...
2018-06-26 - The Department is pleased to announce the annual Morris and Sally Kleiner Labor Economics Prize, funded by a generous donation by Morris M. Kleiner (Ph.D. Economics, M.A. Labor and Employment Relations), an alumnus and current faculty member in the University of Minnesota. The...
2017-07-11 - The research on stock volatility of Gustavo Cortes, an Econ doctoral candidate, has been covered in this recent ...