Upcoming Events
2024–25 Seminar Series
Friday, November 8:Scott Carrell, University of Texas at Austin, "Evaluating Incentives for Full-Time Enrollment at California Community Colleges"
Friday, November 15:Jing Li, Tufts University, "Entry and Coordination in the U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Industry"
Friday, November 22:Roland Strausz, Humboldt Universität Berlin, "Informative Certification: Screening vs.Acquisition"
For future seminars check out theseminarseries calendar, all seminars areheld 3–4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 5 unless otherwise noted.
Fall classesend December 12. Important dates can be found on the university'sand watch thecourse schedulefor the latest changes and updates toEconomics courses.If you have any questions about courses or recitation schedulesplease emailkit.colombo@colorado.edu.
Arts & Sciences–Division of Social Sciences
Winter Recognition Ceremony
This year's winter ceremony will be a combined Social Sciences ceremony, the division ceremony is open to all graduates from the departments of Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and Women and Gender Studies.It will be held Thursday, December 19, 1–4 p.m. in the University Memorial Center (UMC), Glenn Miller Ballroom. Contact:Jessica Brunecky
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Main Office
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Department Highlights
- : Sara Avila discusses the economic impact of some of the proposals of both Presidential Candidates (Podcast in Spanish)
- Murat Iyigun and his music in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine article, "He will, he will rock you"
- Research at Notre Dame's Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunitiesby Patrick Turner(CU Boulder Econ PhD, 2018) featured in ""
- CU Boulder Today article, "How efforts to make heavy trucks more efficient could hit a roadblock," features research byJonathan Hughes
- Jonathan HughesinKUTV's article, ""
- Ann Carlos was the inaugural recipient of the . Professor Carlos gave the , where the medal wasformally presented, on Thursday 11April 2024
- Jonathan Hughes speaks about Colorado traffic fatalities toDenver Post,""
- "," by Murat Iyigun, Austin Kennedy,Ali Almelhem, and Jared Rubin sparking interest onthe web:, ,
- Francisca Antman's paper,, featuredinthe BBC's article
- A study byJonathan Hughes,Daniel KaffineandLeah Kaffine featured in CU Boulder Today: "In the wake of COVID-19, traffic congestion dropped but crash severity soared"
- Jeffrey Zaxon tipping inCU Boulder Today: "Skipping the tip: Why some restaurants and businesses are nixing gratuities"
- Sara Avila: Winner of a 2023Best Should Teach Award
- Spring 2023 Economics BAGraduates Shane M. Ball and Meenakshi Manoj& PhD GraduatesJames FlynnandPeiyuan Li featured in"Amazing Grads 2023" article bytheCollege of Arts and Sciences
- Mark Valkovci:Recipientof a
- Murat Iyigun in Colorado Arts and Science Magazine:"In the 1950s, many wives financed their husbands through college"
- Dongkyu Yangawarded theCambridge University Press Dissertation Fellowship
- Karen Gebhardt: 2023 UPCEA Excellence In Teaching Award recipient
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