Department News

Liang Fu, Sai Sindhura Gundavarapu, Min Jang, Nayoung Kim, Soonhong Min and Won Sung are PhD students in the Department of Economics. Read their profiles to find more information about their fields of interest and their job market papers.

Fifty-two UAlbany employees are being honored this year for their longtime service, and Distinguished Professor Kajal Lahiri of Economics, with the longest term of all, lists the many reasons he stayed.

Professor Cuicui Chen has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Diversity and Inclusion Leave Program. The program aims to enhance opportunities for researchers in their early career. In addition, the program also seeks to promote diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity.

In a recent article on the Times Union, Professor Chun-Yu Ho criticizes the remote instruction plan for K-6 students in the coming school year. He cites recent studies showing adverse effects of remote learning on students achievements. He points to the increasing the academic gap across socio-economic groups caused by the lack of in-person learning environments.

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.