Amazon to Sponsor Summer Program Hosted by the Department of Economics
Amazon will sponsor a summer program hosted by the department of economics aimed at increasing the pipeline of minority economists.
Read More about Amazon to Sponsor Summer Program Hosted by the Department of EconomicsFive-Year Program to Increase Diversity in Economics
The Department of Economics will host the American Economic Association Summer Training Program to increase diversity in economics.
Read More about Five-Year Program to Increase Diversity in EconomicsEconomics Graduate Students Meeting
On September 16, 2020, Wednesday, at 5:30 pm via Zoom. To attend, email Dr. Swinton at oswinton@howard.edu for a link.
Read More about Economics Graduate Students MeetingEconomists Top 100
We are proud to announce that the Economists Top 100 list for 2020 includes Howard Department of Economics' Professor Bill Spriggs.
Read More about Economists Top 10019 Black Economists to Celebrate and Know, this Juneteenth and Beyond: Howard Faculty Featured
An article in Fortune, "19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond," features Howard Department of Economics' Professor Bill Spriggs
Read More about 19 Black Economists to Celebrate and Know, this Juneteenth and Beyond: Howard Faculty FeaturedIs Now a Teachable Moment for Economists? An Open Letter from Bill Spriggs in the Wake of George Floyd’s Death
Our own Professor Spriggs just published this open letter to economists.
" I hope we economists will focus on how we achieve systemic change...We will not chase endlessly for the right instrument to identify some narrow policy goal that on the margin might lift wages by 2 percent, all else equal, but again ask the big questions about understanding the institutions that created our massive inequality."
Department of Economics Supports NEA's Solidarity Statement
The Department of Economics supports the National Economic Association's (NEA) solidarity statement.
Read More about Department of Economics Supports NEA's Solidarity StatementHoward Students Win 1st Place in Covid-19 Data Visualization Challenge
Carl Romer, economics major and class of 2020, and Shawn Meepagala, chemistry major, won first place in the Flattening The Curve: Covid-19 Data Visualization Challenge presented by the Center for Global Data Visualization at Georgetown University.
Read More about Howard Students Win 1st Place in Covid-19 Data Visualization ChallengeDepartment of Economics and HUEDAA Recognition Ceremony
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