Seminar Series
The Department of Economics sponsors a weekly seminar series in the fall and spring that features the cutting edge research of both our own faculty and leading economists from across the world. The upcoming lecture is featured on the Department home page, while the full list for the semester is found here. The lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact our Seminar Series Convener, Professor Bahmani.

A New, Informal Seminar Series
Started last year, a new 'brown-bag' seminar series for micro oriented papers will be held on Wednesdays at 12:30. This seminar series is oriented for work that is in its beginning stages, and so is very informal. Check the main Economics Department webpage for an announcement for the next seminar. Contact Professor Heywood for more information or to sign up to present.

Economics Professor to Join CEA:
Professor Scott Adams will be on leave in the 2008-9 academic year to join the Council of Economic Advisors who advise the U.S. President in economic matters. He will be part of a team of ten senior economists. Congratulations!

Alumnus Congratulations!
Denis Drechsler (MA 2004) recently published his MA thesis as a book entitled, "Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities" (VDM Verlag: Saarbrucken, 2007). Mr. Drechsler is a policy analyst for the OECD Development Centre in Paris France. Well done! For a list of our other MA and PhD graduates click here.

And Faculty congratulations too!
Several Economics faculty have been recipients of honors recently. 1) Professor Scott Drewianka has been elected as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Midwest Economic Association for a one year term starting in March, 2008. 2) UWM Economics Chair, Professor William Holahan was recently identified as one of the top 50 Economists for Teaching-Focused Research Productivity in the January 2008 issue of the Southern Economic Journal. And last but not least, 3) Niloy Bose has been recently promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations all!

Winter 2008 Preliminary Exams
The Ph.D. preliminary exam schedule for Winter 2008 is below. All exams are from 8:30-11:30am in Bolton 868C. Please contact the office for more details.

Spring 2008 Enrollment
Enrolling for Spring 2008 classes has started, so this is a great time to sign up for an introductory microeconomics (Econ 103) or macroeconomics (Econ 104) course. Or if you have already had one of our introductory courses, why not sign up for one of our field courses like Money and Banking (Econ 325), Economic Development (Econ 353), or Economics of Employment and Labor Relations (Econ 415). Click here for a full listing of Spring Economics classes, and click here for general information about classes, majoring and minoring in Economics and the economic returns to majoring in Economics. Contact one of our Undergraduate Advisors for more information.

Calling Economics Alumni and Current Students
The UWM Department of Alumni Relations has started a new mentoring program to pair Economics alums with current students. The goal of the program is to provide career-related advice and resources and networking to current students. Click here or contact Andrea Simpson in Alumni Relations or Prof. Holahan for further information.

Faculty News
As you walk around the halls of the 8th floor of Bolton Hall, you might notice that it is somewhat more crowded than last year! We are happy to welcome new faculty member Professor Kundan Kishor who specializes in macro-economics. We also welcome back several faculty who were on leave last year: Professors Keith Bender, Vivian Lei, Hamid Mohtadi, Antu Murshid, Yoshio Niho, and Filip Vesely. Finally we want to congratulate Professors Scott Drewianka, Vivian Lei, and Rebecca Neumann who were promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.

Fall Preliminary Exams
The Ph.D. preliminary exam schedule for Fall 2007 is below. All exams are from 8:30-11:30am in Bolton 868C. Please contact the office for more details.

Mark Your Calendars!
The fall 2007 Faculty and Graduate Student Orientation will be held on Friday Sept 14 in Union Room 345 from 4-6pm. Contact Prof. Bahmani or the office for further information. See you there!!