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2024 Recruitment & Internship Fair
The Economics Department is hosting a recruiting/internship fair for ECON majors on Wednesday August 28 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Great Hall in the Carolina Student Union. Students … Read more
Anusha Chari to Join President’s Council of Economic Advisors as Senior Economist
UNC-Chapel Hill Economics Professor Anusha Chari will serve on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) for a year beginning in June 2024. As a Senior Economist at CEA, Anusha will assist in providing quantitative and … Read more
Introducing the 2023-2024 Job Market Candidates
The 2023-2024 placement director is Fei Li. Jeff Ackermann The Effect of Franchising on Store Performance: Evidence from an Ownership Change 5, 4 jeff.ackermann@unc.edu | Visit Jeff‘s personal website Ihsan … Read more
2023 Undergraduate Award in Economics
Gabriela Goodman is an Economics (BS) major with minors in Public Policy and Business Administration. During her time at UNC, Gabriela has been working with Dr. Jane Fruehwirth to delve … Read more
Fulbright Scholar Spotlight: Olga Malashenkova
Olga Malashenkova, having completed her PhD studies at the Belarusian State University, was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow in the Department of Economics at UNC-CH during the Fall 2022 semester. Here, … Read more
Faculty Spotlight: Patrick Conway
Department Chair Donna Gilleskie’s interview with retiring Professor Patrick Conway. Pat served the department for 40 years, having joined the economics department in 1983. He received his PhD from Princeton … Read more
Faculty Spotlight: Rita Balaban
Department Chair Donna Gilleskie’s interview with retiring Professor Rita Balaban. Rita served the department 17 years, having joined the economics faculty in 2006. She received her PhD from the University … Read more
Underrepresented Majors (URM) Fund
Experiences funded through Economics Department Underrepresented Majors (URM) Fund The Sadie Collective was officially founded in August 2018 and named after Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Sadie Alexander was the first African American … Read more
2nd Annual Sadie Conference
Via our Underrepresented Majors (URM) Fund, the Economics Department sponsored the attendance of three UNC Economics majors to the second annual Sadie Conference on February 20-22, 2020 in Washington DC. … Read more
5th Annual Sadie Conference
Ashley Hinnant and Dana Paige are both senior Economics majors. They attended the 5th Annual Sadie Conference, which was held in Washington, D.C. from February 16-18, 2023. Ashley reflects on … Read more