April 22, 2024
Climate change drives up the price of olive oil and chocolate
It's supply and demand: Climate is affecting olive and cocoa crops, but with demand staying high, prices aren’t going down any time soon, economist Colin Mang says....
April 22, 2024
Weekly Seminar Series: Maripier Isabelle
Maripier Isabelle, Assistant Professor from l’Université Laval, will present to our economics graduate students and faculty on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 from 11:30am – 12:30pm (EST) in KTH 334. Maripier is an assistant professor from l’Université Laval. Additionally, she is a researcher and director for the Economic Development Group at the Observatory for Children’s […]
April 19, 2024
Thesis Success: Alex Sam
PhD Success Alex Sam, a PhD candidate, successfully completed his thesis defence this month! Alex’s research interests include microeconomic theory, information economics and privacy economics. In July 2024, Alex will be joining the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor (tenure Track). We want to send our warmest congratulations […]
April 18, 2024
Why McMaster donors give: Anne Keenleyside’s story
Anne Keenleyside, BA ‘85 and PhD ’94, was an esteemed bioarcheologist and valued member of the McMaster alumni community. Keenleyside died on October 27, 2022, but before her passing she left a lasting legacy through a gift in her will. ...
April 15, 2024
Weekly Seminar Series: Francisco Roldán
Francisco Roldán, Economist from the International Monetary Fund, will present to our economics graduate students and faculty on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 from 11:30am – 12:30pm (EST) in LRW 5001. Francisco is an Economist from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. He is also a Senior Researcher at RedNIE, The National […]
April 12, 2024
Economic Expertise for CHCH: Colin Mang
Assistant Professor Colin Mang was interviewed for CHCH’s 6pm spotlight on the Bank of Canada’s upcoming Interest Rate announcement this past Wednesday. For the sixth time consecutively, the Bank of Canada is maintaining it’s key interest rates at 5%. The Bank of Canada states that this interest rate is impacting inflation in the way […]
April 10, 2024
Anthropology Instructional Assistant Melissa Dunham wins prestigious Geoff Egan Prize for Finds Research
Melissa Dunham, instructional assistant in the Archaeology Teaching Lab in the department of anthropology has been awarded the Geoff Egan Prize for Finds Research for her MA research. Dunham’s research, which she undertook at the University of Leicester was titled ‘From general stores to city retailers: plotting and debating changes in the availability of […]
April 10, 2024
Weekly Seminar Series: Yuan Liao
Yuan Liao, Professor from Rutgers University, will present to our economics graduate students and faculty on Friday, April 12th, 2024 from 11:00am – 12:30pm (EST) in KTH 334. Yuan is a Professor of economics at Rutgers University. Yuan’s expertise in econometrics are high-dimensional models and factor analysis. He will present “Economic Forecasts with Noise“. […]
April 10, 2024
Donate your solar eclipse glasses to be recycled
Community members are invited to drop off their used glasses at locations on campus until April 30th. ...
April 8, 2024
‘The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood’: eclipse and apocalypse in religious texts
Eclipses have had a special significance in the human conscience throughout recorded history. Postdoctoral fellow Abby Kulisz talks about eclipses in Christian and Islamic texts. By a cosmological chance, the April 8 eclipse coincided with the final week of class for “Apocalypse Then and Now”, a Religious Studies course taught by postdoctoral fellow Abby Kulisz. […]
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