Student News

  • Graduate Assistant Spotlight - Sungmin Park
    3/22/21
    Sungmin Park is a PhD student in the Department of Economics studying macroeconomics.  This semester, Sungmin is a TA for Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO 182).  During the winter and summer sessions, you can find Sungmin teaching Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181)!
  • Graduate Assistant Spotlight - Sandipa Bhattacharjee
    3/15/21
    Sandipa Bhattacharjee is a PhD student in the Department of Economics studying applied microeconomics, specifically labor economics and development.  During the fall and spring semesters, Sandipa TAs for Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181) and Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO 182).  During the winter and summer sessions, you can find Sandipa teaching Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181)!
  • Graduate Assistant Spotlight - Yue Yin
    3/12/21
    Yue Yin is the Department of Economics Undergraduate Advisor as well as a graduate student studying labor economics, family economics, and health economics.  As the Undergraduate Advisor, Yue helps guide economics majors and minors as they complete their degrees.  Additionally, you can find her teaching Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO 182) and Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181) during the summer and winter sessions!
  • Congratulations to our 2020-21 Scholarship and Award Winners!
    4/25/23
    We thank our generous donors for creating these exceptional opportunities for our students.
  • ECO 755 Econometric Methods for Causal Interference
    4/28/22
    This applied microeconometrics course strengthens students' knowledge of the empiral methods they have learned in foundational courses. The courses focuses on how to obtain (or try to obtain) estimates that have a causal interpretation. Specifically, these methods include the basics of classical experiments, instrumental variable, regression discountinuity, difference-in-difference, and some extensions.
  • College Ambassador Spotlight - Peter Balogh
    9/13/21
    Peter Balogh is a 2020-2021 UB College Ambassador for the Department of Economics and is preparing to pursue a Masters in Economics while also minoring in Media Studies. As a College Ambassador, he was nominated by the faculty of the Department of Economics to represent the university and serve as a source of information for current and prospective students!