The Department of Economics blog @ Wesleyan University
David Kuenzel and Joslyn Barnhardt Trager, from the Government Department, have been awarded Wesleyan’s Carol A. Baker ’81 Memorial prize. The Carol Baker ’81 Memorial Prize was established in the Public Affairs Center in 1987 for the development and recognition of the accomplishments of junior faculty. It is awarded annually by the Dean of the … Read more
Four ECON majors on the Wesleyan football team were named members of the 2019 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, as announced by the NFF & College Hall of Fame. The Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher throughout … Read more
Economics alumnus Ulysses Estrada ’17 was chosen as a finalist for the Fulbright Business Binational Internship in Mexico. He will be paired with a multinational corporation in Mexico City and will assist with their international strategy while he takes business school classes at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). Since graduation, Uly has been working … Read more
On April 7, 2019, the Wesleyan Economics Department celebrated Gary W. Yohe, Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, who will retire at the end of the current academic year. The celebration featured a keynote address by Gary’s former student, Mark Jacobsen, a professor at the University of California San Diego, a panel discussion … Read more
Congratulations to class of 2019 Economics majors Erin Angell, Evan Hull, Kelly Jamrog, Will Levinson, Chad Malinowski, Zachary Murillo, Ryan Nelson, Aviv Preminger, Isabella Reilly, Ella Sinfield, Jiayi Sun, and Yuhan Wang on their recent election to Phi Beta Kappa!
The Wesleyan Economics Department will host a retirement event for our colleague Gary Yohe Sunday, April 7 at 1:30 pm in room 108 of the Usdan University Center. The University community is cordially invited to attend the sessions, which feature a number of Gary’s former students, and a reception following. Session 1: Mark … Read more
On March 25, the Economics Department held a seminar in memory of Michael C. Lovell, Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics, emeritus, who died in December. Speakers included Wesleyan’s Provost and Andrews Professor of Economics, Joyce Jacobsen, Duffy White (Russian Language and Literature. emeritus), and Gil Skillman, Chris Hogendorn, Wendy Rayack, and Richard Grossman from … Read more
Gary Yohe, along with Richard Richels and Henry Jacoby, published “Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) is Not Our Grandparents’ Pollutant.” https://www.thescientificnews.com/carbon-dioxide-co2-is-not-our-grandparents-pollutant-by-richard-richels-gary-yohe-and-henry-jacoby/
Gary Yohe, Wesleyan’s Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, along with Richard Richels and Henry D. Jacoby published an op-ed in the Hartford Courant on Sunday, March 3, entitled “Don’t let the ‘Green New Deal’ hijack the climate’s future.” You can read it here. He also participated in a panel discussion at the New York City offices of … Read more
Our own Joyce Jacobsen, Andrews Professor of Economics and Wesleyan’s provost, will be taking up the presidency of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. President Michael Roth shared this new with the community moments ago. Dear friends, It is with mixed emotions that I share the exciting news that … Read more
