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Haruka Takayama smiles in a sunlit hallway while wearing a white blouse and black blazer
Professor Takayama Receives Drescher Award
Professor Haruka Takayama has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Diversity and Inclusion Leave Program.
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2023 Pong S. Lee Awardees Announced
In recognition of outstanding student research, the Economics Department has awarded the Pong S. Lee Award to Zhendong Li for his third-year paper, "Forecasting Economic Time Series in Presence of Weak Factors: Multiple Supervised Learning-Based Approach."
Ayden Johnson Receives Undergraduate Research Award
Johnson has been selected as a Fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Award recipient under the supervision of Professor Pinka Chatterji for research on the observed decline in disability applications in some states during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hiroshi Yoshikawa wears glasses and a suit while standing in front of a bookshelf full of books.
Former Faculty Selected as 2023 Person of Cultural Merit
Professor Hiroshi Yoshikawa was selected as a 2023 Person of Cultural Merit (文化功労者, bunka kōrōsha). The Cultural Merit Award is a prestigious honor bestowed by the Japanese government to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Japanese culture in various fields such as literature, arts, academia, and sports.
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NextGenPop Works To Expand the Fields of Demography and Population Science
Undergraduate students from across the country meet for an intensive two-week program on population composition and changes, focusing on issues including race and income inequalities, health disparities and immigration.
Laurence Kranich, chair of the Economics Department at the University at Albany, addresses attendees of the Inaugural Pong Lee Memorial Lecture.
Inaugural Pong Lee Memorial Lecture Held
The Inaugural Pong Lee Memorial Lecture was held at the University at Albany's Massry Center for Business on Friday, September 8, 2023.
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Annual Graduate Award Winners Announced
The Economics Department awards graduate students for their excellent in teaching and preliminary exams.
Headshot of David Autor, a Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Department of Economics Hosts Inaugural Pong S. Lee Memorial Lecture
The Pong S. Lee Memorial Lecture series was established to pay tribute to the memory and remarkable contributions of Professor Pong S. Lee.