Professor Joshua Rosenbloom, KU Professor and Associate Vice Provost of Research, has research featured in The Boston Globe. Rosenbloom's research is focused on the question: What Caused the Disparity Between Men and Women in Scientific Fields? The Boston Globe - May 18, 2008
	Professor Donna Ginther Testifies on Capital Hill Professor Ginther, KU Economics Professor, will testify on Capital Hill, Thursday, May 8, 2008, about how to increase the number of women in faculty tenure track positions. About The Hearings Professor Ginther's Research

Department of Economics Employees Honored
Department of Economics employees were honored for their years of Service to the University on May 7, 2008, in the Kansas Union Ballroom by the Office of Human Resources.
  Mohamed El-Hodiri - 40 years
  David Faurot - 35 years
  Shigeru Iwata - 20 years
  Joshua Rosenbloom - 20 years
  Teri Chambers - 10 years
  Elizabeth Asiedu - 10 years

Dr. Jeffrey M. Wrase, Oswald Distinguished Speaker Dr. Jeffrey M. Wrase,chief economist for Republican members of the U.S. Senate's Joint Economic Committee, presented a public lecture as part of the Oswald Distinguished Speakers Series, sponsored by the Department of Economics, University of Kansas. May 7, 2008. Lecture title: “Global Financial and Economic Fragility: How Did We Get Here and Where are We Going?” Additional Information

Elizabeth Asiedu: Byron Shutz Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient.

The Byron T. Shutz Award for Excellence in Teaching was established in 1978 to honor distinguished teaching in economics and business, the award was modified in 1985 to honor outstanding teachers from any discipline in alternating years. Professor Asiedu will be recognized for her achievement during Commencement 2008. Professor Asiedu is the Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in Economics. She received her BS (Hon), Math and Computer Science, University of Ghana; MS, Math and Economics, University of Illinois; PhD Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Asiedu joined the University of Kansas in 1998 becoming the first Oswald Scholar/Assistant Professor in the department.

Congratulations to Professor Leonid Hurwicz, University of Minnesota!
Professor Hurwicz has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
"for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." 10/15/2007 (more)

Mohamed El-Hodiri to Receive Career Award Professor El-Hodiri will be honored by Chancellor Robert Hemenway and by members at the organization’s 30th annual gala Nov. 2 at the Kansas Union by receiving the Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award.

A Researcher is Born (KU Endowment) Undergrad sheds light on childhood poverty. This past spring, Laura Dague, '07, presented her A honors thesis, "impact of Four Labor Market Measures on Child Poverty Rates in the United States," at KU's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, where her project won one of three top awards. During Dague's KU years, she received support from eight different KU 1 Endowment scholarship funds, primarily the A Farel R. Lobaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund, created in 1976.

Neal Becker is Recipient of First Charles W. Oswald Award For Teaching Excellence in Economics At its annual awards banquet held at the Kansas University Alumni Center on May 1, the Economics Department honored Professor Neal Becker, Director of the Undergraduate Program, for dedicated excellent service in teaching and advising.  Neal is the first recipient of The Oswald Award for excellence in Teaching in Economics. Picture shows Joe Sicilian, Department Chair (left) and Neal Becker.

Economics Department Announces 2007 Student Award Winners

Lawrence -- The University of Kansas Department of Economics honored 25 undergraduate students with awards and scholarships totaling more than $30,000. at its annual awards banquet.

William A. Barnett Lecture and Book Signing Announced for Inside the Economist’s Mind

William A. Barnett, Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Kansas, will present a public lecture and discussion at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Alderson Auditorium on level 4 of the Kansas Union on the University of Kansas Campus in Lawrence. The presentation will be moderated by Kansas Public Radio broadcaster Kaye McIntyre and will be simulcast to the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park - Regnier Hall, Room 165. The focus of the program will be the recent book Barnett co-edited with Nobel Laureate Paul A. Samuelson, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A book signing will follow the Alderson presentation, in the Traditions Lounge of the Kansas Union lobby. Samuelson will not be in attendance at the event but has provided signed book plates for the book signing. The event, sponsored by Oread Books, is free and the public is invited.

Emerging Scholar: Economics professor Elizabeth Asiedu honored for research on African economy

Congratulations to Elizabeth Asiedu who has been named Emerging Scholar of 2007 by Diverse magazine. Elizabeth Asiedu is among a group of 10 researchers and educators chosen by Diverse to be so named.

For more information see: http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_6863.shtml

William Barnett on "Bloomberg on the Economy" January 16 1 pm - 2 pm central time

Both Paul Samuelson and William Barnett were interviewed on, "Bloomberg on the Economy," about their just-published book, "Inside the Economist's Mind." The program will be rerun on some other afternoons and evenings and the podcast will be permanently online at Bloomberg's web site.
Pod Casts: Samuelson's and Barnett's

Earnhart to present Shutz Award lecture

Dietrich Earnhart, associate professor of economics and recipient of the 20th Byron T. Shutz Award for Distinguished Teaching, will present his Shutz Award lecture, "The Effects of Ownership Structure on Corporate Performance," at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

Earnhart has a bachelor's from Yale University and holds doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

He has been a research fellow with the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan since 1999 and was a visiting scholar at the Prague School of Economics, Czech Republic, and at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education at Charles University, Prague.

Rosenbloom new associate vice provost for research

Joshua Rosenbloom, professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic and Business Analysis in KU's Institute for Policy & Social Research, has been named associate vice provost for research. He succeeds Mary Lee Hummert, who was appointed vice provost for faculty development in August. Rosenbloom came to KU in 1988. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass. He has a bachelors from Oberlin College and a doctoral degree from Stanford University.

IN THEIR HEADS: The new book "Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists," edited by William Barnett, Oswald Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics, contains interviews with some of the world's foremost authorities on economics. It offers insight from several former Nobel Laureates, as well as an interview from former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The interviews were previously printed in the journal Macroeconomic Dynamics, which Barnett founded and edits. He co-edited the book with Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson.

Teaching Awards and Recognition

Dietrich Earnhart, associate professor of economics, received the Byron T. Schutz award. The award, established in 1978 to honor distinguished teaching in economics and business, we modified in 1985 to honor outstanding teachers from any discipline in alternating years.

Elizabeth Asiedu, the first Oswald Scholar, has recently been named the Outstanding Woman Educator at the University of Kansas by the Emily Taylor Women's Center.

Ted Juhl, the second Oswald Scholar, has been selected as the 2003 recipient of the Byron Shutz Award for Excellence in Teaching. Originally established in 1978 to honor distinguished teaching in economics and business.

Harry Shaffer was selected as the fourth recipient of the Career Achievement Teaching Award. This award recognizes his distinguished teaching career, and the profound impact he has made in the lives of the students.

Joe Sicilian is the recipient of the Frank B. Morrison Teaching Award. This award was established by the former chancellor Gene Budig and his wife Gretchen, to honor Frank B. Morrison, the former governor of Nebraska.

People and The Department

In the Fall of 2001, the University of Kansas announced that an Economics Department alumnus and successful businessman, Charles W. Oswald, made the largest individual donation in its history. The majority of this gift is designated for the Economics Department in the form of two endowed distinguished professor positions, student fellowships, and other support. In recognition of this and an earlier gift from Mr. Oswald, the undergraduate economics program at the University of Kansas will become known as the Oswald Program in Economics.