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Be an Economics Journalist. See the World!
Keith Bradsher ’86 was your typical overcommitted Economics major – but with a difference. While many of his classmates were interning with financial firms, Keith wrote for the Daily Tar Heel. He...
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Life After Carolina: Letter from Justin Rao (Class of 2005)
After graduating from Carolina in the spring of 2005 I started my Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California at San Diego. I chose UCSD in part based on a conversation I had with Professor Gary...
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Jennie Ellison: Supporting Economics at UNC
Jennie Ellison ’89 of Charlotte, N.C., fondly credits Carolina for providing her with the resources she needs to think critically every day at Microsoft as the global release manager for Office Client...
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Economics Grad Students Win Summer Macroeconomics Internships
Three of our graduate students received macroeconomics-oriented summer internships this year. Karlye Dilts Stedman will be a research intern in the Western Hemisphere Department of the International...
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That Gardner Magic strikes again …
What is your favorite memory of Gardner Hall? Kyle McCay (2010) and Meredith Sapp (2011) both remembered Gardner fondly, but on 14 May they created a brand-new memory that is sure to stay with them for...
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The Best College for the Economics Major in North Carolina
No surprise: Carolina is # 1. The quants at Zippia, a new website devoted to providing expert career advice, have created an algorithm for ranking the success of universities in training and placing...
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Peter Hansen: the new Latané Distinguished Chair in Economics
Peter Reinhard Hansen has been named as the third recipient of the Henry A Latané Distinguished Professorship of Economics In the Department of Economics. He is currently Professor of Econometrics at...
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Congratulations, Graduates!
May 8 was a very special day for our senior Economics majors. It began in Kenan Stadium with the University’s 2016 Commencement ceremony, and then continued with the Economics Department reception in...
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The “Data Guy” is a Carolina Grad
Jonathan Pingle came to Chapel Hill in the fall of 1998. He was a bright guy — undergraduate degree at University of Connecticut, graduate courses in accounting and a Masters in Public Policy at the...
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The 2016 Graduation Reception
The sky was Carolina blue for the 2016 Economics Department Graduation reception — and the tables were laden with Carolina-blue punch, Tar Heel cookies and pimento-cheese sandwiches. After the...
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