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Department News Archive
The Graduate School Hosts 5th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition
The Graduate School's 5th annual Three Minute Thesis competition featured student research on wide-ranging topics — from forest-saving forensics and a local invasive insect to social media hashtags and student mental health.
Jayanta Talukder Takes Second Place in 3MT Competition
Economics Ph.D. candidate Jayanta Talukder took second place in the 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Talukder presented his doctoral thesis "Reverse Migration and Occupational Choice: Evidence from COVID-Induced Lockdown in India."
The 2023 Economics Newsletter is Now Available
The annual newsletter of the University at Albany Department of Economics, Volume 5, Winter-Spring 2023 is now available. Read the 2023 newsletter.
UAlbany Economists at Southern Economic Association Conference
UAlbany faculty, PhD alumni, and current PhD students attended and presented their work at the Southern Economic Association conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida during November 19-21.
William O'Dea donates to endow Helen Horowitz Award
UAlbany alumnus William O’Dea ’88 donates $25K to endow The Helen Horowitz Award for Outstanding Teaching to honor his mentor and friend, Professor Helen Horowitz, who came to Albany in 1960 and became one of the most respected undergraduate teachers at the University.
Econ Professor Wins Prize for Paper Forecasting Recession
Economics Professor Kajal Lahiri won the prestigious Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award of the National Association of Business Economics for a paper using new prediction models and co-authored by former PhD student Cheng Yang.
Professor Lahiri Wins the 2022 Edmund A. Mennis Award
Professor Kajal Lahiri's paper with a former PhD student Cheng Yang is selected as the winner of the 2022 Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award. The award comes with a cash prize and a commemorative plaque.
The award-winning paper is entitled as "ROC Approach to Forecasting Recessions Using Daily Yield Spreads." It will be published in an upcoming issue of National Association for Business Economics' journal. There will be a dedicated session to present the paper at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, which is held on October 9-11 in Chicago.
Mapping Innovation, Output in the Publishing Life Cycle
A first-of-its-kind study, co-authored by economists at the University at Albany, shows that scientific creativity peaks earlier among biomedical researchers, with quality declining as authors get older.