Congratulations to all of our recently promoted colleagues, especially our Economics colleague Riley Acton (@riacton.bsky.social)! Riley was one of the faculty members up for promotion whose work was highlighted at the Board of Trustees meeting.
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Let's welcome our first seminar speaker of the spring: Rob Lester. He'll be presenting, "Crate or Crib: (Some) Economics of Pet Ownership."
Professor Josh Ederington and Chair and Professor Jenny Minier (@jennyminier.bsky.social) share evidence that business cycles and economic shocks have become more globalized over the past couple of decades.
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Professor Peter Nencka (@peternka.bsky.social) will be having a brown bag seminar today at 11:30. He'll be presenting his paper, "Democratizing Opportunity? The Effects of the U.S. High School Movement."
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Be sure to check out the work from our own Professor Greg Niemesh and Eco alum, Jackie Craig ('17).
Women in Economics will be having a Resume Refresh on February 17 at 6:00 in FSB. This meeting will be centered around professional development, and there will be a chance for everyone to get a professional headshot and have their resume looked at.
Some of our Eco MA students recently went to a site visit of DJJ Company to work on their client project of forecasting the demand of their steel projects.
Women in Economics will be hosting their Welcome Back night on Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00. Be sure to stop in and check it out.
Be sure to check out recent work from our Eco alum Dan Hungerman ('00) and former Economics Advisory Board member.
Congratulations to all for their years of service, but special congratulations goes to Professor Steve Elliott for 25 years of being at Miami!
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Be sure to check out the upcoming events for Women in Economics for the semester.
Be sure to check out Professor John Bowblis in a recent article about Medicaid and patient care.
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Interested in the faculty you may work with in our MA program? To just name a few are Dr. Riley Acton, Dr. Peter Nencka. Dr. Chuck Moul, Dr. Jonathan Wolff, Dr. Jing Li, Dr. David Lindequist, Dr Kim Berg, and Dr. Jim Flynn. Take a look at their research! miamioh.edu/fsb/director...
February 1st is the deadline for completed MA apps for financial assistance. Apps will still be looked over after. Be sure to get your apps complete to join our great program!!
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Our MA students have ended up with great placements after completing our program. Some great employers some went to are EY, KeyBank, Worldpay, Federal Reserve Bank (Cleveland and Chicago). Some great schools they went onto are Indiana University and Georgia State University.
Welcome back for spring semester! Let's have a great semester! * This is what we wish the weather was like now!
Congratulations to all our Eco graduates today. Best of luck in your future endeavors!
Be sure to check out some work from our own Professor Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social.
Wonder what some standard semesters/classes would look like in our MA program? Take a look at a standard class schedule students would take along with in the spring/summer is when the thesis/project work would take place. miamioh.edu/fsb/graduate...
We have 2 great options our MA students work on to put their learning to real life use: thesis or project.Some thesis topics have covered MLB compensations, union contracts, divorce laws. Some group projects were with Cincinnati Metro and FIS.
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MA in Eco? Try ours! Focused on innovation and real-world application, after completing the program, you'll be prepared to, frame and answer questions from unstructured situations, excel in eco or policy Ph.D. programs, and achieve success in quant tracks. miamioh.edu/fsb/graduate...
30 Miami students have been learning about internl fin, Brexit, and the euro in Dublin with Prof Josh Ederington and Conor Burns. They’ve visited Croke Park and Guinness and had a fascinating guest lecture from Ron Davies, prof at University College Dublin (and Miami econ alum!)
Be sure to take a look at an interesting experience some of our Miami students had including of one of our Eco majors.
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Be sure to check out some new work from Professor John Bowblis mentioned in McKnights Long-Term Care News.
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Congratulations to all our Eco graduates today! Best of luck in all your future endeavors!
Best of luck to all on their finals this week. Study hard and finish strong!
Our last brown bag of the semester is Professor Jonathan Wolff presenting, ""Growth in a time of (Projected) Debt." This is also co-authored by Miami's Professor Jing Li and alum Jackie McCafferty ('21/22).
For #GivingTuesday, please consider donating to the Eco Dept. Any donation can go to help various aspects of the dept from student and faculty research to student orgs to student experiential learning as well as the Honors conference! All is appreciated.
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Be sure to take a look at something interesting one of our professors did for his Principles of Micro classes!
