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New Economics Majors Orientation

16 September 2011 11:18AM All new economics first majors are required to attend one of the upcoming orientation sessions on Wed., Sept. 28 (7:00 PM in Social Sciences 139) or  Tues., October 18 (8:00 PM in Social Sciences 139). Learn about advising, major/minor requirements, transfer credits, research opportunities and the honors program. Second majors are encouraged to attend but are not required to do so. Questions? Stop by EcoTeach for help.  read more »

Senior Matthew Grape in Accident

16 September 2011 10:39AM Senior Matthew Grape, a political science major and economics minor, was killed in a car accident on Sept. 15. A memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 19, in Grape's hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts.  For more details on this sad event, please see the full story written by Duke News.  read more »

Davies Fellow Thomas Burr Studies Teach for America Peer Effects
Davies Fellow Thomas Burr Studies Teach for America Peer Effects

08 September 2011 10:58AM When I signed up for Dr. Michelle Connolly’s honors thesis seminar in the spring of my junior year, I knew only broadly that I was interested in the subfield of the economics of education, an interest that developed out of being a tutor for America Reads and Counts in Durham and a teaching assistant for the Duke Talent Identification Program. The thesis seminar was the perfect place for me to get an introduction to the field, narrow my interests to a specific issue, and then bounce ideas for… read more »

New Staffer Ashli Kjos Helps Graduate Students, Offers Advice
New Staffer Ashli Kjos Helps Graduate Students, Offers Advice

06 September 2011 10:00AM Ashli Kjos joined the Economics Department as Staff Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies in July. In a recent interview, Ashli shared the following information about herself and her experiences before relocating here to Duke.Tell us about yourself. As for my educational background, I went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an undergrad and majored in Chinese and French. While I was in school, I began working at the Center for South Asia and also worked in the summer… read more »

Visiting Speakers coming to the Financial Econometrics Lunch Workshop in Fall 2011

01 September 2011 11:00AM The Fall 2011 semester of the Financial Econometrics lunch workshop welcomes Roel Oomen from Deutsche Bank on September 19th, here to present his paper “Fact or Friction: Jumps at Ultra High Frequency”, and Asger Lunde from Aarhus University, Denmark, on October 24th. The workshop is held from 11:40am-12:55pm in room 113 of the Social Sciences Building.  read more »

Viktor Todorov awarded early tenure at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management

31 August 2011 3:54PM Viktor Todorov, a 2007 PhD alum who worked in Duke's financial econometrics research group, was awarded very early tenure at Kellogg-Northwestern.  Kellogg-Northwestern decided that Viktor’s research record was so strong that they awarded him tenure only four years after graduating from Duke.  Dr. Todorov was a student of Professor George Tauchen, and was also mentored by Professor Tim Bollerslev. read more »

Charles Clotfelter on “Big-Time Sports at American Universities”
Charles Clotfelter on “Big-Time Sports at American Universities”

25 August 2011 9:55AM "If you think about it, it’s a little bit strange—to have institutions that are dedicated to research and teaching and service to also be in the commercial-sports business," said Professor Charles Clotfelter, who teaches economics and law at Duke. "Well, they’ve been this way for almost a century. And in fact, the U.S. is the only country in the world that has universities that do commercial sports." Clotfelter's new book "Big-Time Sports in American Universities" has been called "remarkable… read more »