Dr. Margaret Ray and Dr. Brad Hansen are presenting today at 4:00 as part of the COVID-19 in Context series!-This will be a discussion of the costs and benefits of social distancing and an economic approach to evaluating alternative public policies to address the COVID-19 pandemic.Here is the Zoom link if you would like to join, but have […]
The Economics Department would like to congratulate Dr. Hansen and his wife, Dr. Hansen!In early April, the American Historical Association issued a call for historians to apply their skills to help illuminate the challenge COVID-19 poses to our nation and the world. As the AHA Council wrote: “Historians can…play an important role by providing context, […]
Please help us congratulate all the Economics Department’s 2020 scholarship and award recipients!Tea Brandt – Adam Smith Award for Graduate Studies in EconomicsJess Suddreth – Henry W. Hewetson Economics AwardAspen Aston – James Harvey Dodd Award
April 24, 2020 would have been the 14th annual Research and Creativity Day symposium at the University of Mary Washington. As in years past, the Hurley Convergence Center would have been filled with posters and hosted simultaneous oral sessions. There would have been multiple exhibitions and performances across campus, and numerous departments would have hosted […]
Effective as of Fall 2020.There will be changes to the existing Economics major and the department is adding a new major called Applied Economics. However, these changes to the Economics major are for students who declare AFTER the Spring of 2020. The Economics Department is now offering two majors leading to a Bachelor of Science […]