Economics ECON

Beauty Pay$

Sponsored by:
Economics
Speaker: Daniel Hamermesh/UT Austin (retired faculty)

Co-sponsored by the D.K. Smith Lecture Fund.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

AALAC Faculty Workshop Economic History of States and Societies

This workshop aims to bring together faculty from political science and economics departments at AALAC member institutions for a workshop on the economic history of states and societies. The workshop will include sessions discussing new research papers, a session on teaching in the liberal arts, and a keynote by Saumitra Jha (Stanford GSB).

Kirk Center

Closed to the Public

AALAC Faculty Workshop Economic History of States and Societies

This workshop aims to bring together faculty from political science and economics departments at AALAC member institutions for a workshop on the economic history of states and societies. The workshop will include sessions discussing new research papers, a session on teaching in the liberal arts, and a keynote by Saumitra Jha (Stanford GSB).

Kirk Center

Closed to the Public
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Improving Government Services with Data

Sponsored by:
Economics
Innovative technologies, data-driven insights, and next generation infrastructure are helping federal agencies connect people to the services they need as never before. Jennifer Sample, Data Science Principle Director at Accenture Federal Services, will deliver academically-focused lecture offering vignettes of applications of data science to improving government policies and programs across climate, social and health domains.

Sponsored by midd.data.

Axinn Center 229

Closed to the Public

Is economics a science?

Sponsored by:
Economics
Economists failed to forecast the Great Recession. They disagree on the minimum wage, the workings of financial markets, and the determinants of growth. One might suspect that whoever first paired the words “social” and “science” suffered a delusion of rigor. Associate Professor of Economics Caitlin Myers will acknowledge and address these criticisms, arguing that “social science” is not a myth. She will illustrate her arguments with a variety of examples, and focus particularly on innovative work being done by Middlebury faculty and students.

Axinn Center 229

Free
Open to the Public

Economics Department Senior Thesis Poster Session

Sponsored by:
Economics
Feel free to stop by to view economics majors senior thesis posters and talk with them about their research. Refreshments will be served.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall

Open to the Public