DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

The EDE program was launched by BFI in 2021 and aims to increase diversity in economics through finding and supporting outstanding undergraduates who are interested in the field. Through the EDE Summer Institute, BFI and the Hutchins Center are dedicated to fostering a new generation of academics and professionals who draw on the tools of economics to offer new perspectives and research ideas, and eventually make a positive impact in the world. It recognizes the necessity of diversifying the study of economics and expanding the range of voices in the field.

The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.

The Econometrics Game, held annually by the University of Chicago, is a fast-paced competition where teams of one to four undergraduate students from universities across the US and internationally are given 13 hours with a dataset to devise and answer a question of economic importance. Northwestern's team, including Erica Ewing Zhou, Naoki Ito, Aren Soner Yalcin, and Natan Tesfahun, tied with Harvard to place first with their paper "Impacts of Pandemic Instruction Mode on High School Education Outcome: Evidence from Illinois."

Rebecca M. Blank, former president-elect and professor of economics at Northwestern, died Friday, Feb. 17, from cancer. She was 67 years old.

Northwestern honored 92 faculty members who earned tenure in 2020, 2021 and 2022 during a Feb. 6 ceremony in Evanston.

Economic Theory Fellows are selected for their scientific excellence, originality, and leadership; high ethical standards; and scholarly and creative achievement.

Jackson was previously Co-Editor of American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

His paper will be published in the Winter 2022 Issue