UWindsor alumna Zheng Wang (MA 2009) will discuss “How to License a Transport Innovation” in a free public presentation Friday.
UWindsor alumna Zheng Wang (MA 2009) will discuss “How to License a Transport Innovation” in a free public presentation Friday.
Recent economics grad Imran Abdool will discuss his career in a free public presentation on Friday, March 14.
The Outstanding Scholars program made Nathalie Hinchey an offer she couldn’t refuse.
The Hamilton native had considered studying at another university, but the combination of financial incentives and the chance to engage in research was too good to pass up. The mathematics students was part of this year’s class of graduating Outstanding Scholars honoured with a luncheon reception Wednesday.
The global economic crisis that began in August 2007 has shaken the belief that financial crises belong only to the past, says Robert Dimand.
“At every moment in the evolution of economics, you could find people who were convinced that the way things were is how they would always be,” he says.
A professor of economics at Brock University, Dimand will explore the value of teaching economic history in his free public presentation “What to tell a Graduate Course in Macroeconomics about Keynes,” at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, in room 1163, Chrysler Hall North.
A search committee invites nominations and applications until January 15 for the position of head of the Department of Economics.
The position will commence July 1, 2013, for a term of three to five years. Candidates must hold a tenured position in the department. For more information, please see the online posting of the internal search.
 Hua Meng. |
An international student herself, Hua Meng says she was amazed to see the ethnic diversity on the UWindsor campus. A teaching assistant in economics, the master’s candidate says she hopes to set an example.
With the realities of today’s tight job markets, young people are looking for new ways to try the international job market on for size. However, going on an international internship can turn from exciting to nerve-racking without the right guidance.
AIESEC Windsor will hold an information session on Wednesday, November 21, at 2 p.m. in room 263, Chrysler Hall South, to discuss the organization and its role in the application process for international experience.
The family of Peter Townley, the economics department head who died August 3, will join his friends and colleagues for a campus memorial service on Monday, November 19.
Everyone is welcome to attend the service, which will begin at 10 a.m. in room 1162, Chrysler Hall North.
A free public seminar Friday morning is the latest in a series sponsored by the Windsor History of Economic Thought Club.
David Laidler, a professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, will deliver “Two Crises, Two Ideas and One Question” at 10 a.m. October 26 in room G125, Chrysler Hall North.
Recent economics grads Jessica Courtney (BSc 2009) and Tim Scholz (BSc 2008) will discuss their careers in a seminar entitled “What Economists Do” on Friday, October 12.
The event is the fourth in an annual series to provide an opportunity for students to meet working economists, discuss their personal career development and the challenges and rewards of life as a professional economist.
