{"id":7459,"date":"2023-07-24T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T21:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:17:03","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/the-40th-year-of-the-uwm-jlu-giessen-exchange\/\">The 40th year of the UWM &#8211; JLU Giessen exchange!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-19T09:46:08-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 19, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jeff Zimm (MA 1988) sent some wonderful photos &#8211; many thanks.&nbsp;His trip down memory lane took him to the summer of 1988 when he participated in the second year of the UWM &#8211; JLU Giessen Student Exchange.&nbsp;That makes this summer the 40th consecutive year that students have been exchanged between UWM and our German partner, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/annual-panther-econ-connect\/\">Annual Panther Econ Connect<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T10:44:26-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 15, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">At the end of the term we said good-bye to those economics students graduating this year.&nbsp; We also connected with alumni and friends during this annual event.&nbsp; Back to speak to us was Evan Andrew (MA 2017), Senior Audit Manager, BMO.&nbsp; He discussed his path since graduation. He emphasized the need in the market or &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/undergraduate-research-spring-2026-symposium\/\">Undergraduate Research Spring 2026 Symposium<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-28T10:18:19-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 28, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Five undergraduates, with the help of their faculty mentors, prepared and presented original research at the Spring 2026 Symposium held in the UWM Student Union. Presentations included research on important topics in macroeconomics, transportation economics and local outsourcing.\u00a0See the details here. Undergraduate David Gomez with his poster<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/uwm-414-day-of-giving-3\/\">UWM 414 Day of Giving<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-06T14:50:41-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 6, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Celebrate Milwaukee, Panther pride and the UWM Economics Department! Give a gift to the department. This year,\u00a0Professor John Heywood\u00a0will give\u00a0$1,400 after 30 donations of any size\u00a0to the following funds: Economics General Fund: Supporting students, instruction, and scholarships. Yoshio Niho Faculty Excellence Fund: Funding research opportunities for faculty. William Holahan Prize and Scholar Fund: Awarding outstanding &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/uwm-makes-great-showing-at-midwest-econ\/\">UWM Makes Great Showing at Midwest Econ!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T09:37:47-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 1, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The UWM Economics Department was extremely well represented at the Midwest Economics Association Meeting at the end of March held in Chicago.\u00a0 Professor Rebecca Neumann joined many graduate students and alumni in attending and presenting research.\u00a0 Indeed, the turnout was so large that we are likely to forget some who were there &#8211; sorry.\u00a0 Alumni &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/gary-hoover-93-wins-the-uwm-distinguished-alumni-achievement-award\/\">Gary Hoover &#8217;93 wins the UWM Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-02-26T12:28:44-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 26, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This February the Department was thrilled to participate in welcoming Gary Hoover \u201993 back to campus to win the UWM Distinguished&nbsp; Alumni Achievement Award.&nbsp; Gary is the Executive director of the Murphy Institute, professor of economics and affiliate professor of law, Tulane University Gary Hoover &#039;93 Hoover is a leading voice and researcher in the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/professor-bahmani-recognized-for-length-of-service\/\">Professor Bahmani Recognized for Length of Service<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-02-11T09:19:54-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 11, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">At the annual length of service ceremony on February 10th, Professor Mohsen Bahmani was recognized for a remarkable 45 years of service to UWM and to the Department of Economics.\u00a0Well done! Chancellor Gibson congratulates Mohsen Bahmani<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/professor-sunwoong-kim-retires\/\">Professor Sunwoong Kim Retires<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-09T10:59:17-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 9, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Prof. Sunwoong Kim retires!&nbsp; Sunny joined the Department in 1989 teaching urban economics and mathematical economics. His broad research interests included the importance of spatial aspects of markets, economic development, discrimination, the economics of education and the interaction of politics and economics. His work appeared in the&nbsp;Journal of Political Economy,&nbsp;the Review of Economics and Statistics,&nbsp;the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/department-helps-bring-economics-to-high-school-students\/\">Department helps bring Economics to High School Students<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-01T09:50:58-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 1, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Continuing to work with the Office of Dual Enrollment, the Department hosted students from two local high schools late in the fall term. Evan Schmidt from Shorewood High School brought 28 students from his Econ 100 class.\u00a0 Joseph Torrisi (BA 2019) from Grafton High School brought 16 students taking AP Economics.\u00a0 Professors Kundan Kishor, Vivian &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/prof-lazkano-named-international-advocate\/\">Prof. Lazkano named International Advocate<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-21T08:52:33-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 21, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The UWM Center for International Education named Prof. Itziar Lazkano an\u00a0International Advocate. As an\u00a0Advocate\u00a0she &quot;significantly impacted and improved the lives of UWM international students and study abroad participants.&quot; This recognition follows from students nominating faculty who showed them exceptional support and assistance.\u200b Prof. Lazkano and TA\u00a0Adipon Haque from Bangladesh<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/student-and-alumni-pride\/\">Student and Alumni Pride<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-12T13:34:21-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 12, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">UWM Economics Hats going viral?<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/a-great-year-for-the-niho-fund\/\">A Great Year for the Niho Fund<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-10-28T12:55:17-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 28, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Niho Fund has grown into a critical tool increasing the research and exposure of the Department.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow size-p-md\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/category\/news\/\">All Economics News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Economics News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":7456,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-7459","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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