Archived Departmental News
Goldman Sachs Gives Public Service in Health Care Award established with $500,000 endowment
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Goldman Sachs Gives Public Service in Health Care Award established with $500,000 endowment Beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year, one major barrier to receiving career development experience for students in the Department of Economics and the S...read more
Economics Department Hosting Pizza with Professionals Lunch and Discussion
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
The Department is hosting a Pizza with Professionals Lunch and Discussion on February 21, 12-1PM in ECON 1052. Learn from UNM Economics alumns about what they've accomplished with their Economics degree. See the flyer for more information!...read more
Three Economics Majors Awarded ASSURE Funding
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
The Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience program (ASSURE) will support three economics majors this Spring as they pursue research projects under the mentorship of economics faculty members. Economics garnered 1/8 of all...read more
Adrian Balderamos Lands Prestigious Research Position at the Federal Reserve
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
In the first year of our BA/MA shared credit program, Adrian Balderamos received a job offer with the United States Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, D.C. with a start date after graduating with his MA in Economics....read more
Celeste Lucero Receives the Inaugural Ryan and Brandi Mummert Research Fellowship in Economics
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Alumnus Ryan Mummert says he gained invaluable skills as a research assistant when he was an undergraduate, and he wanted to make sure that other students could also have that experience. That is the impetus behind the new endowment fund he es...read more
Research for a Better New Mexico
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Economics faculty members shared their research with over 50 attendees, including state legislators, student, faculty members, and alumni, at the department’s second annual Economics Research Day. With help from graduate and undergraduate rese...read more
Grateful Alumnus Creates First Undergraduate Fellowship in Department of Economics
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
The Ryan and Brandi Mummert Research Fellowship in Economics was created by Ryan Mummert, a 1996 graduate of the Department of Economics, and his wife, Brandi. Their gift is not only intended to support undergraduate students in their research effor...read more
Research for a Better New Mexico
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Economics faculty members shared their research with over 50 attendees, including state legislators, student, faculty members, and alumni, at the department’s second annual Economics Research Day. With help from graduate and undergraduate rese...read more
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang joins Water Resources Program as Associate Director
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang joined the UNM Water Resources Program as Associate Director. Research Assistant Professor and Director of Water Resources Dr. Becky Bixby announced: Dr. Wang comes to the program with a wealth of experience in envi...read more
Economics PhD Candidate Jesse Kaczmarski has Paper Published
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Economics PhD candidate Jesse Kaczmarski recently had his paper, "Public support for community microgrid services" published in Energy Economics. It can be read here....read more
Economics Professors Find Bitcoin Mining is Environmentally Unsustainable
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
UNM Department of Economics faculty Benjamin Jones, Andrew Goodkind, and Robert Berrens have research published on the environmental costs of Bitcoin mining. Read their article in Scientific Reports here....read more
Economics Associate Professor Sarah Stith Discusses Costs of Cannabis Laws to Pharmaceutical Companies
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
UNM Department of Economics Associate Professor Sarah Stith discussed here recent co-authored article, "U.S. cannabis laws projected to cost generic and brand pharmaceutical firms billions" with KKOB and the Daily Lobo. Read "U.S. cannabis laws proj...read more
Associate Professor Benjamin Jones Discusses Bitcoin for the Lobo Living Room
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Associate Professor Benjamin Jones will be discussing Bitcoin for the Lobo Living Room on August 17th at 6:00 PM. Although in-person attendance is completely booked, you can attend via Zoom. Read here for more information!...read more
Associate Professor Sarah Stith on Southwest Economy Podcast
Posted: Apr 11, 2024 - 10:24am
Associate Professor Sarah Stith was recently on the Southwest Economy Podcast with the Dallas Fed to discuss legalized marijuana. Click here to listen to "Legal Marijuana in NM: How Will Costs Stack Up Against Benefits?"...read more
