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]

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]
Three Econ Alumni Share Career Advice
November 15, 2024
Can alcohol taxes reduce drinking in New Mexico?
October 22, 2024
UNM research shows methadone, other substance use disorder treatments in jails reduces recidivism
September 26, 2024
3rd Annual NM Economics Research Day Examines State Policies and Economic Opportunities
August 24, 2024
Interview with Online Teacher of the Year: Economics Senior Lecturer III Dr. Cristina Reiser
August 1, 2024
NSF announces $16 million investment in UNM-affiliated projects to build climate resilience
July 23, 2024
Economics Celebrates the Class of 2024!
May 10, 2024
2024 Pizza and Professionals
April 1, 2024
Goldman Sachs Gives
March 13, 2024
Three Economics Majors Awarded ASSURE Funding
January 30, 2024
Celeste Lucero Receives the Inaugural Ryan and Brandi Mummert Research Fellowship in Economics
November 10, 2023
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang joins Water Resources Program as Associate Director
October 3, 2023
Research for a Better New Mexico
August 19, 2023
Economics PhD Candidate Jesse Kaczmarski has Paper Published
November 7, 2022