Archived Departmental News
Podcast Considers the Alcohol Tax
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
New Mexico ranks among the top five states for alcohol-related fatalities—but could a higher alcohol tax help? UNM economics professor Brady Horn thinks so. In the latest episode of It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science, titled &#...read more
Alumni share career paths and advice
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Bobak Khodaie took a position with the firm where he interned, Erik Harrington left for Mexico, Shaina Saint-Lot started a Master's at Cambridge. Thus began the career paths after graduation for three UNM Economics alumni who recently returned to UN...read more
UNM Economics alumna, Alison Turner, is honored as a DCI 40 Under 40 leader in economic development
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Alison Turner was recently recognized at the International Economic Development Council's leadership summit as a DCI 40 Under 40 winner. This award recognizes 40 influential leaders in the economic development profession who are working to support t...read more
Econ Ph.D. Student, Ana Paula Milan Hinostroza, Selected to Participate in WEAI’s Graduate Student Workshop
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
4th year Ph.D. student Ana Paula Milan Hinostroza has been selected to participate in the Western Economic Association International’s (WEAI) Graduate Student Workshop in San Francisco, CA from June 19-22, 2025. Held in conjunction with the WE...read more
Tuesday, February 11, 2025: Economics Building Art Reception
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Econ majors, minors, graduate students, art students, art lovers, UNM alumni, staff, faculty, friends and family: Please join us to celebrate a new public art installation in the Economics Building lobby! Learn about the art from Arif Khan, Directo...read more
Three Econ Alumni Share Career Advice
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Three out-of-state economics alumni zoomed into the Econ Department earlier this week to share their experiences with undergraduate majors. The remote “Pizza with Professionals” event was co-hosted with the UNM Alumni Association. Belind...read more
Alumnus gives the gift of economic impact analysis
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Economics Alumnus Charles Lehman (B.A. 1963) has donated $30,000 to UNM for a campus-wide license for IMPLAN, the leading software for assessing economic impact. IMPLAN allows economists, geographers, planners, and other researchers to evaluate the ...read more
Interview with Online Teacher of the Year: Economics Senior Lecturer III Dr. Cristina Reiser
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Dr. Reiser shares her enthusiasm for students and her excitement about teaching economics using evidence-based approaches in this in-depth interview. ...read more
Can alcohol taxes reduce drinking in New Mexico?
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Professor Brady Horn provided expert testimony to the New Mexico legislature regarding a proposal to increase alcohol taxes. Read more here....read more
UNM research shows methadone, other substance use disorder treatments in jails reduces recidivism
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
If you provide methadone treatment or other substance use disorder treatments in jails, will it reduce people from going back to jail? Several University of New Mexico researchers say yes. Brady Horn, a professor in the Department of Economics, and ...read more
3rd Annual NM Economics Research Day Examines State Policies and Economic Opportunities
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Faculty from the University of New Mexico Department of Economics and the Department of Community and Regional Planning presented six different research projects focused on issues impacting New Mexico during the third-annual New Mexico Economic Rese...read more
Congratulations to Jingjing Wang on $6 million NSF award!!
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
NSF announces $16 million investment in UNM-affiliated projects to build climate resilience...read more
Economics Celebrates the Class of 2024!
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Economics hosted a Convocation for its graduates on a beautiful spring day. Among the honorees were three newly minted PhD's, 14 Master's students, and 37 undergraduates. Efraín Ibarra Dávila, the 2024 Department of Economics Distinguishe...read more
2024 Cristina Reiser Outstanding Online Teacher of the Year
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Dr. Cristina Reiser received the UNM-wide Online Teacher of the Year Award at a ceremony that celebrated exemplary college instructors in May. The Economics Department Chair, Melissa Binder, who had the honor of presenting the award, highlighted thr...read more
2024 Pizza and Professionals
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 - 09:21am
Jacquelyn Rambo, Project Lead at the National Nuclear Safety Administration, offers career advice to students at the Pizza with Professionals networking event. Other panelists, from left to right were: Joel Villarreal, Labor Advocate at the AFL-CIO,...read more
