Student News

  • Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants - Yue Yin
    5/26/21
    The University at Buffalo has a firm commitment to providing students with instruction of the highest quality. The instruction delivered by graduate students who serve as teaching or graduate assistants—or as instructors—is a critical element of that institutional commitment.
  • Economics honors Peter Balogh with the Outstanding Senior Award
    5/11/21
    The economics department congratulates Peter Balogh of West Hempstead, N.Y., who graduates summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts in economics and a minor in media study on being recognized as Economic's Outstanding Senior.
  • NSF-Graduate Fellowship Honorees Dario Diaz Barragan and Makayla Roma
    5/11/21
    The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.
  • Graduate Assistant Spotlight - Haylee Sipos
    5/5/21
    Haylee Sipos is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Economics.  You can find her as a TA for Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181)!
  • Economics and International Studies Alumnus Daniel Courteau Wins Fulbright
    5/11/21
    Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools world-wide. The program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."
  • Graduate Assistant Spotlight - Zhenfeng Peng
    5/3/21
    Zhenfeng Peng is a PhD student in the Department of Economics studying macroeconomics, specifically financial economics.  You can find him acting as a TA for Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181)!