Department News

Podcast Considers the Alcohol Tax

March 24, 2025

New Mexico ranks among the top five states for alcohol-related fatalities—but could a higher alcohol tax help? UNM economics professor Brady Hor ... [Read More]

UNM Economics alumna, Alison Turner, is honored as a DCI 40 Under 40 leader in economic development

March 3, 2025

Alison Turner was recently recognized at the International Economic Development Council's leadership summit as a DCI 40 Under 40 winner. This award re ... [Read More]

Alumni share career paths and advice

February 28, 2025

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 ... [Read More]

Econ Ph.D. Student, Ana Paula Milan Hinostroza, Selected to Participate in WEAI’s Graduate Student Workshop

February 17, 2025

4th year Ph.D. student Ana Paula Milan Hinostroza has been selected to participate in the Western Economic Association International’s (WEAI) Gr ... [Read More]

Tuesday, February 11, 2025: Economics Building Art Reception

January 6, 2025

Econ majors, minors, graduate students, art students, art lovers, UNM alumni, staff, faculty, friends and family: Please join us to celebrate a new pu ... [Read More]

Charles Lehman

Alumnus gives the gift of economic impact analysis

December 19, 2024

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 econo ... [Read More]

Goldman Sachs Gives

March 13, 2024