Archived Departmental News
UNM research shows methadone, other substance use disorder treatments in jails reduces recidivism
Posted: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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Economics Celebrates the Class of 2024!
Posted: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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
Goldman Sachs Gives Public Service in Health Care Award established with $500,000 endowment
Posted: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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
Grateful Alumnus Creates First Undergraduate Fellowship in Department of Economics
Posted: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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: Sep 26, 2024 - 01:07pm
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