Department News

UAlbany researchers study finds that white students were provided in-person instruction 31 percent of the time while just 6 percent of black students were provided in-person instruction during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an interview with the NYS Writers Institute, Beth Akers explains why college is still a smart investment and reveals how to stack the odds in your favor by employing strategic decision-making. She cuts through the romanticism we often attach to college decision-making and teaches the reader how to make decisions that are grounded in data and fact. She is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of "Making College Pay." She earned her BS in mathematics and economics from UAlbany and a PhD in economics from Columbia. Watch the interview.

In an opinion article in the Albany Times Union, Professor Chun-yu Ho discusses why it is important for the Capital Region to bid for the Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition recently announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo. He cites a study that predicts a one percent increase in local employment generated by a 10 percent increase in air passengers and the importance of knowledge-based economy in the Tech Valley.

Rising seniors Jordan Ozley and Nicholas Chin have been selected to receive the Juneteenth Scholarship, honoring their achievement while promoting values of diversity and inclusion.

Poet, artist, budding economist and committed advocate for youth, Fanta Ballo will help President Rodríguez kick off the Virtual Commencement Ceremony by performing one of her spoken word poems.

Dr. Seung Park donates $100K to Pong S. Lee Memorial Fund. Seung Park received his PhD degree in Economics at UAlbany in 1974 as a student of Prof. Pong S. Lee. Prof. Park then returned to Korea and played an important role in South Korea's economic development. Most notably, he served as the Minister of Construction (1988-1989) and as the Governor of the Bank of Korea (2002-2006). He is currently Professor Emeritus at Chung-Ang University. The Pong S. Lee Memorial Fund is...

Professor Ben Griffy has been selected as a Spring 2021 Faculty Research Award Program recipient. His research project is titled "Educational Expenditures and Intergenerational Mobility."

Professor Cuicui Chen's work with Professor Jose Miguel Abito at the University of Pennsylvania won the 3rd EmPOWER Air Data Challenge held by the Environmental Protection Agency. Professor Chen's project will use CAMD’s Power Sector Emissions Data as well as allowance data from CAMD to evaluate how the availability of market information affects the efficiency of environmental markets using the Acid Rain Program as a case study.