Past Events
Tuesday April 23, 2013
ODE Honor Society Dinner (Presidents' Lounge at 6-30-9pm)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Laura Crispin
Friday April 19, 2013
Ursinus College 24th Annual Omicron Delta Epsilon Undergraduate Conference.
Health Care Economics Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Economics. Organized by Tom Heron. More details soon.
Wednesday April 3, 2013
First Annual Economics Society Networking Night (McShain Hall (fifth floor) at 7-9pm)
Special guest: Kyle Hillmman, Moody's Analytics & SJU Class of 2009. Click on the link for more information.
ISDS
Intelligence Squared Debate Series (BL 265 at 11:30am-1:00pm)
Frederick Mishkin, John Taylor,
Steve Forbes and James Grant discuss the motion: America Does Not Need a
Strong Dollar Policy. A video from recent live debate in New York will be shown.
EMMM (Greaton Room at 11:30am-12-55pm)
Sarah Lewis, Director at IMA Consulting, talked to students about her experience as a consultant in the health care industry. Organized by Tom Heron.
Tuesday February 26, 2013
"Beauty Pays," by Dr. Daniel Hamermesh (Click here for the recording of the lecture)
(Mandeville Teletorium at 11:30am-1pm)
Dr. Hamermesh is the Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Economics is Everywhere and Beauty Pays. He is known for his work on labor demand, the economics of time use and applications of economics to a wide range of daily life applications such as "workaholism," "time to eat," "time stress," "sleep," "social norms," and "beauty." Dr. Hamermesh also contributes to the New York Times Freakonomics Blog.
"Beauty Pays," by Dr. Daniel Hamermesh (Click here for the recording of the lecture)
(Mandeville Teletorium at 11:30am-1pm)
Dr. Hamermesh is the Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Economics is Everywhere and Beauty Pays. He is known for his work on labor demand, the economics of time use and applications of economics to a wide range of daily life applications such as "workaholism," "time to eat," "time stress," "sleep," "social norms," and "beauty." Dr. Hamermesh also contributes to the New York Times Freakonomics Blog.
February 8, 2012
"Headwinds Diminish...Tailwinds Develop," by Dr. Mark Zandi
(Mandeville Teletorium at 3-4:30pm)
Dr. Zandi is the Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics and frequent contributor to CNN
"Headwinds Diminish...Tailwinds Develop," by Dr. Mark Zandi
(Mandeville Teletorium at 3-4:30pm)
Dr. Zandi is the Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics and frequent contributor to CNN