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Job Market Candidates Share Experience, Tips

23 February 2012 10:30AM Ph.D. Program Assistant Ashli Kjos has set up a panel discussion with this year's job market candidates on Wednesday, February 29 at 1:30pm in Social Sciences 111. The current job market candidates are going to talk about their experiences, tips, and advice. If you are not yet on the job market but would like to get some insight into what your future will be like, please join the discussion.  read more about Job Market Candidates Share Experience, Tips  »

Professor De Marchi on the DALMI Project, Fantasy Collecting Network

23 February 2012 12:22PM Professor Neil De Marchi and Hans J. Van Miegroet (Art, Art History & Visual Studies), have recently received a grant for a new project called the Duke Art, Law and Markets Initiative (DALMI). The project will include two workshops for undergraduate and graduate students, talks by expert international visitors, and the creation of an e-journal that will publish the results of research into the role of rationality and/or irrationality in purchasing art and related investment decisions.  read more about Professor De Marchi on the DALMI Project, Fantasy Collecting Network  »

Faculty, Alumni, Grad Students Share Research at AEA Conference

09 January 2012 4:24PM Many faculty, alumni and graduate students were at the American Economic Association (AEA) annual meeting in January to share their research. Following is a list of work presented by Duke Economics faculty at the meeting held in Chicago.  Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters' Response to Gasoline Price Changes? Christopher Timmins (Duke University) Allison Smith (Duke University) Elisheba Spiller (Duke University) Heather Stephens (Ohio State… read more about Faculty, Alumni, Grad Students Share Research at AEA Conference  »

Recent MA Graduate Addresses Women's Health in Uganda

Katherine Donato's interest in international health began when she was an undergraduate at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. But it was her desire for more quantitative answers to issues of development that lead her to take courses in economics.  This past summer, Donato, who graduated from Duke’s Economics Master’s program in December, worked in Uganda with the Progressive Health Partnership (PHP), a non-profit founded by Duke undergraduate students. In the following interview Donato shares her… read more about Recent MA Graduate Addresses Women's Health in Uganda  »