Student News

• Norov Tumennasan has been accepted into the doctoral program at Brown University for fall 2004.  Congratulations, Norov!
  
  
• Idrissa Boly has been accepted into the doctoral program at Duke University for fall 2004.  Congratulations, Boly!
  
  
• In continuing the high quality of our student population, the department has admitted 20 new students at the graduate level for fall of 2004.
  
  
• Kaj Gittings graduated from our master's programs in spring 2002. He is in his second year at Cornell University in the Ph.D. program in economics.  Kaj was a research assistant in the department for 2 years. 

Faculty Presentations and  Recent Developments

• Buhong Zheng presented papers at the Econometrics Society meeting at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and at ANU in Melbourne.
  
• Mei-chu Hsiao presented a paper at the International Conference on Korea and the World Economy in Seattle, Washington.
  
• Steve Medema presented a paper at the History of Economics Society meetings at Duke University in North Carolina.
  

The AEA Summer Minority Program

The 29th annual American Economic Association Summer Minority Program concluded Friday, August 1, 2003 and was hosted by your UCD Economics Department. 

Participants took classes in mathematical economics, microeconomic theory, econometrics, and research methodology and data analysis. The courses were offered at two different levels, a Foundations (advanced undergraduate to MA level) program, and an advanced (MA level) program. Those completing the Foundations program will be returning to their undergraduate institutions to complete their BA degrees or will enter MA programs; many of those completing the Advanced program will be moving on to Ph.D. programs.

The UCD Department of Economics is the eighth host of the Summer Program, which typically rotates every three to six years. Most recently it has been located at the University of Texas-Austin, Stanford, Temple, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Yale, Northwestern, and University of California-Berkeley. The National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the American Economic Association provide funding for the Summer Program.