Jessica Holmes discusses how her role on the Green Mountain Care Board, which regulates health care in Vermont, benefits her students and the state.

Bloomberg, Nicholas Muller

Prof. Jeff Carpenter's class tested whether free lottery tickets would be a postitive or negative incentive for giving.

Political and economic experts will examine the negative effects of inequality in the United States and abroad, and discuss policies to address this growing problem. 

Beloved economics professor remembered for his engaging classroom and remarkable command of American economic history.

Holmes will serve on the independent board charged with regulation, innovation, and assessment of Vermont health care.

557 students earned diplomas on a picture-perfect Sunday morning.

Over the past half century, nearly a third of all countries in the world have experienced violent civil wars. Until recently, the economics profession has been mostly on the sidelines, uninterested in exploring the causes and consequences of these conflicts.

But in the past decade or so, economists have started to become players in research on civil wars. Two economics majors—Sara ('07) and Matt ('10) Lowes, a sister and brother tandem—have been a part of this process, and returned not long ago from a region recently racked by violent civil conflict.