Department News

News about the Economics department, including our faculty, alumni, current students, etc.

Andrea Velásquez Awarded a Russell Sage Foundation Grant

Jan. 12, 2024

Andrea Velásquez awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant on the Socioeconomic Integration and Assimilation of Mexican-Origin Migrants: Who Stays and Who Returns?

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Hani Mansour and Andrea Velásquez

Oct. 10, 2023

Hani Mansour and Andrea Velásquez write about the adverse employment effects of Chinese import competition in Peru .

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Announcing: 2023 DABE Award Winners

June 1, 2023

The 2023 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Weizhe Sun and Vicente Veatch. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

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Andrea Velásquez is a 2023-2024 awardee of The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society

Feb. 14, 2023

Andrea Velásquez is a 2023-2024 awardee of The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. Each year, The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society awards a diverse range of interdisciplinary faculty research projects that address critical issues. Learn more about the 13 selected for 2023-24: https://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/news/neubauer-collegium-announces-new-research-projects-for-2023-24 .

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Professor Santiago Saavedra presents at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings on Economic Sciences

Sept. 1, 2022

Santiago Saavedra, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, presented at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings . At this conference, Nobel Economic Laureates participate and meet the next generation of leading young economists from all around the world.

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Announcing: 2022 DABE Award Winners

May 25, 2022

The 2022 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Yuxin Cai and Quynh Hoang. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

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Announcing: 2021 DABE Award Winners

May 13, 2021

The 2021 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Yue Yu and Cyril Waymel. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and marked...

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Announcing: 2020 DABE Award Winners

May 8, 2020

The inaugural 2020 DABE/UCD Econometrics Award has been awarded to two undergraduate students, Xiao Wang and Ismael Bosch-Bello. The annual Award was established by the Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and the CU Denver Economics Department to recognize up to two undergraduate students who have demonstrated "extraordinary effort and...

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DABE Scholarship

Sept. 16, 2019

The Denver Association of Business Economists (DABE) and CU Denver's Economics Department are collaborating to create a scholarship that will recognize the outstanding performance of undergraduate students in econometrics classes (ECON 4811 and ECON 4812). Frequency: up to two students per year Amount: $500 per recipient to spend on academic...

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Professors East and Velasquez

Feb. 18, 2019

Chloe East and Andrea Velasquez's paper has been cited in The Economist article "How immigration-law enforcement can affect high-skilled American women."

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