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Student entrepreneurs take top prizes at inaugural Start-Up Fellowship Competition
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Steve Strand to Retire after 34 years!
1 April 2015Professor Steve Strand will retire this term after 34 years of teaching at Carleton! A celebration in his honor will be held on April 8 from 4:30-6pm in Weitz236.
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Economics Major Matt Cotter Advances to Programming World Finals in Morocco
25 February 2015Matt Cotter ’15 (Economics/Computer Science), Marielle Foster ’16 (Computer Science/Math), and Ken Schiller ’15 (Computer Science/Math/Statistics/Cognitive Science) have qualified for the prestigious International Collegiate Programming Contest’s World Finals in Morocco! On behalf of the Economics Department, congratulations! See the full article.
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“How Broad Liberal Arts Training Produces PhD Economists: Carleton’s Story”
12 January 2015Economics Professors Jenny Bourne and Nathan Grawe presented a paper, “How Broad Liberal Arts Training Produces PhD Economists: Carleton’s Story” on January 3, at the annual meeting of the American Economics Association in Boston. A revised version of the paper will appear in the Journal of Economic Education.
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Robert Will, Professor Emeritus of Economics, received the 2014 Joseph Lee Heywood Distinguished Service Award and was honored at a dinner on September 3, 2014. Professor Will taught at Carleton College for over 35 years (1957-1993). Solidifying his name as one of the Emeritus Professors of the Economics Department, he possesses an influence that stretches far outside the classroom.