Prof. Arora Recognized
The UWM Asian Faculty & Staff Association recognized Professor Swarnjit Arora for his decades of service to the Association.
Faculty
Niho Research Excellence Fund – Update
Academic year 2016-17 was a spectacular year for support from the Yoshio Niho Research Excellence Fund! This was the first year we were able to make four awards.
Giessen Exchange Going Strong
Professor Rebecca Neumann teaches this summer in Giessen Germany.
Professor Bahmani hoods 50th PhD student!
Professor Bahmani hoods 50th PhD student! Check it out here!
Owen Thompson wins Best Paper Prize
Owen Thompson wins the Best Paper Award from Contemporary Economic Policy.
The Governor Honors Rebecca Neumann
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker honors Professor Rebecca Neumann with a 2016 Governor’s Financial Literacy Legacy Award.
Niho Research Excellence Fund
Academic year 2015-16 was another great year for support from the Yoshio Niho Research Excellence Fund! The details of the three awards are below and we encourage you to contribute to help the fund grow!
Professors Bose and Murshid win NSF Grant
The NSF Economics Program awards Niloy Bose and Antu Murshid $98.5K for their research project “Identifying Household Wealth Effects.”
Prof. Hamid Mohtadi awarded NSF grant
Prof. Hamid Mohtadi, together with co-researchers, has been awarded an NSF grant. The grant is renewable for up to five years and UWM’s share would total $278,000.
Owen Thompson quoted in the Journal-Sentinel on “childhood poverty in Wisconsin”
Prof. Owen Thompson was asked by the Journal-Sentinel to comment on the study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that drew attention to the effects of widespread poverty among African-Americans in Wisconsin