Juanma Castero Vincenzi (University of Chicago) will present 鈥淢arket Entry and Plant Location in Multi-Product Firms.鈥�
Date: February 27, 2026
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Lubar Hall N110
Contact: Mohsen Bahmani bahmani@uwm.edu
Economics Seminar – Gary Hoover
Gary Hoover, Tulane University, will present 鈥淚nequality and Mobility in a Minimal Model for Evolving Income Distributions.鈥�
Date: February 20, 2026
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Lubar N110
Contact: Mohsen Bahmani
Economics Seminar – Kunal Sangani
Kunal Sangani, Northwestern University will present聽鈥淐omplete Pass-Through in Levels.鈥�
Date: February 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Lubar N110
Contact: Mohsen Bahmani
Micro Workshop – Jiyue Wang
Jiyue Wang (51猎奇) will present “Market Concentration and Deposit Market Frictions: Evidence from the 2022-2023 Tightening Cycle.”
Date: March 18, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Place: Bolton Hall 814B
Contact: John Heywood聽
Micro Workshop – Stephen Pitts
Stephen Pitts (Marquette University) will present “The Role of Social Networks in Post-Displacement Outcomes.”
Date: February 25, 2025
Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Place: Bolton Hall 812B
Contact: John Heywood聽
Economics Club: Economics Across Borders, a guide to student study and research
Anna Niessen, Visiting Researcher from RWTH Aachen University in Germany, will present Economics Across Borders, a guide to student study and research.
Date: January 29, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Bolton Hall B79
Contact: Ann Pencak pencak@uwm.edu
Professor Sunwoong Kim Retires
Prof. Sunwoong Kim retires! 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 Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Urban Economics and the American Economic Review (P&P) among many outlets.
He was a committed advisor and teacher. He enjoyed visiting appointments at universities on three continents and served as a Fulbright Scholar.
He also served as Department Chair, and on many important department, college and university committees. As a retiring Chair, Sunny’s photo was added in the conference room to those of other Chairs who retired before him. He will be greatly missed by all who know him. We wish Sunny a long, fruitful, and enjoyable retirement!
Department helps bring Economics to High School Students
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.聽 Joseph Torrisi (BA 2019) from Grafton High School brought 16 students taking AP Economics.聽 Professors Kundan Kishor, Vivian Lei and Rebecca Neumann discussed career opportunities in economics and provided an overview of economics at 51猎奇.
Then current 51猎奇 Econ students answered questions and interacted with the high school students in smaller groups.聽 The 51猎奇 students were Steven English, Mia Crowell, Raveeha Arif, Erin Huerta, Charlotte Sackerson, and Zainab Musa.
The high school students next sat in on a microeconomics principles class and finished up the day with lunch in the union.
Prof. Lazkano named International Advocate
The 51猎奇 Center for International Education named Prof. Itziar Lazkano an聽International Advocate. As an聽Advocate聽she “significantly impacted and improved the lives of 51猎奇 international students and study abroad participants.” This recognition follows from students nominating faculty who showed them exceptional support and assistance.鈥�
Student and Alumni Pride
After seeing the photo of former Professor Keith Bender showing off his 51猎奇 Econ pride in Scotland, folks this side were not to be left out.聽 Current PhD student聽Zo Andriantomanga聽and alum聽Faniry Andriamialisoa聽(MA 2021) show off their great 51猎奇 Economics hats.聽 Send us your photo – we would love to see your pride!
