Student & Alumni News

  • Summer Economics Undergraduate Course List
    5/14/19
    Take advantage of a UB Economics course this summer!
  • Congratulations to our 2018-19 Scholarship and Award Winners!
    10/6/21
    We thank our generous donors for creating these exceptional opportunities for our students.
  • Dr Bo Feng Appointed to Lewis College of Business
    11/6/18
    Dr. Bo Feng joined the college as the tenure-track assistant professor of economics and director of the Center for Business and Economic Research
  • UB Economics Alum Cordell Schachter listed as Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver of 2018
    9/4/18
    Cordell was recently featured in an article with the distinction of a Government Technology Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver award — a program started in 2002 to recognize those technology leaders putting their knowledge to work to solve problems and serve their communities. Congratulations, Cordell!
  • Congratulations to our 2017-18 Scholarship and Award Winners!
    10/6/21
    We thank our generous donors for creating these exceptional opportunities for our students. Taylor Anderson, a first-year MS student in our new Econometrics and Quantitative Economics program, was awarded the Kogut Brother Award ($6,300). Dania Abul-Enin, an Economics and Business Administration double major in her junior year, was awarded the Strauss Scholarship ($4,300). Lucas Grisanti, an Economics major with a minor in Statistics in his junior year, was awarded the Scarpati Scholarship ($3,400).
  • Two PhD students receive Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships
    6/25/18
    We are happy to announce that two of our PhD students have won the Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships this year! Bibaswan Chatterjee won the fellowship for his dissertation topic: “Corruption at Different Levels of Government: What Causes its Incidence and how it Impacts Economic Growth and Social Welfare?” Yiru Wang won the fellowship for her dissertation topic: “Essays on Education and Health in Rural China.” Congratulations to the winners! Good luck to both in completing your work impressively as well.