The Economics Department will celebrate the 125th Anniversary on Saturday April 23rd, 2022 at the Illini Union Ballroom. The Department would like to express its appreciation to Robert and Lois Resek for their sponsorship of this event. 125th Anniversary Celebration Location: Illini Union, Ballroom (2nd floor North) Date: April 23, 2022 (Saturday...

Alumni Steven J. Thayer (B.A. Econ, 1988) will be the Department of Economics 2019 Convocation Ceremony guest speaker. Alumni joining Steven on the stage to greet students will be Gene Grass (B.A. Econ 1973) and Dr. John Stodden (MS Econ 1970, Econ PhD 1972).

James E. Howell (Econ MA 1951), a noted economist and formerly the longest-serving faculty member of the Graduate School of Business (GSB), died on March 29 at his home in Palo Alto. He was 91.

Linda Blumberg (Econ 1986) interviewed in article about Medicare for All

Lonnie Golden (Econ Phd 1985) consults on Illinois tax plan

Illini Success 2019 First Destination Survey for Economics is released!

Each month we list the highlights and notes about our alumni. Interested in having your updates included? E-mail hatchel@illinois.edu

Joao Duarte (Econ PhD 2016) had his paper, "Monetary policy, housing rents, and inflation dynamics, published in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, made possible by the Boltz Fellowship.

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.

Edward Keating, CFA, joined as a Senior Wealth Advisor. At BMO Private Bank, Keating and Wano worked together managing 120 client relationships. Keating served as Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for 19 years.

Each month we list the highlights and notes about our alumni. Interested in having your updates included? E-mail hatchel@illinois.edu

The list of economists who should have won the Nobel Prize but didn't added another name with the passing of Harold Demsetz (b. 1930) on January 4, 2019.

Sterling Partners Quantitative Investments (“SPQI”), an investment manager specializing in a variety of quantitative alternative investment strategies, announced today the launch of its Equity Market Neutral Strategy. SPQI is an affiliate of Sterling Partners (“Sterling”), a diversified investment management firm based in Chicago.

Macro Musings Podcast: Julia Coronado (Econ 1991) On Inflation, Fed Rate Hikes, And Recent Economic Developments

McConnel's textbook, "Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies," has seen over 20 editions since its initial publication by McGraw-Hill in 1960. As the best-selling book in its field, McConnell's work has reached millions of students, spanning generations.

Theresa Eagleson (Economics 1990) will serve as Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS).* Eagleson currently serves as the executive director of the Office of Medicaid Innovation at the University of Illinois system

Governor-elect JB Pritzker named Jesse Ruiz (Econ 1988) one of three Illinois Deputy Governors.

Bank of America announced that Rajendra "Raju" Patel (Econ 1986) has been appointed market president, serving as the company’s enterprise leader in Denver.

Champaign County Auditor | Finally adding up Wed, 01/02/2019 - 7:00am | Tim Mitchell   New Champaign County Auditor George Danos talks about his new position at his office at Brookens in Urbana on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.   You don't need to own an actuarial calculator like the one GEORGE DANOS always...

Stevens Industries President Todd Wegman (Econ '93)overseas one of North Americas largest commercial casework companies.