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Advice about how to study economics from the United Kingdom.  Hattip to Professor Greenlaw.
 http://studyingeconomics.ac.uk/

The UMW Fed Challenge team has established a blog. You can follow their progress at http://fedchallenge09.umwblogs.org

Professor Robert S Rycroft’s new book, The Economics of Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty, and Mobility, has just been published by M.E. Sharpe Inc..

At the 2009 Commencement ceremony, one graduating economics major and one faculty member received especially meritorious awards.
Christine Linman Exley of Norfolk, Va., received the Colgate W. Darden Jr. Award, which is presented annually to the student with the highest grade-point average (GPA) in the four-year undergraduate program. She finished with a 3.99 GPA.  Christine was [...]

Click here to take the Economics Department Assessment Survey for Spring, 2009.

The Economics Department will have its annual Happy Hour this *Thursday,
April 16th*. The event will start at 5:00 at Fortune’s then move to Capital
Ale House. All students, faculty and alumni are welcome!

The Economics Club Picnic will take place on Thursday, April 23.  Time and location TBA.  Check this space for more details.

A reception for graduating economics majors will be held on Friday, May 8 from 3:30 – 5:30 (right after graduation practice) at EconHouse.  All graduates and all the family and friends who have come to town to see them graduate are cordially invited.  The faculty will be present.
A formal invitation will be sent later, but [...]

Economics majors Sarah Ball ‘10 and Tristan Diaz ‘09 were elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the prestigious academic honor society.  They join Margaret Graybeal ‘09 and Julie Milam ‘09, who were elected last year.  The UMW chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is Kappa of Virginia.