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Andreas Cornett, a visiting professor from
Soenderborg, Denmark, did research on regional development strategies and economic coherence in
the Department of Economics from
Sept. 1 - October 31, 2008.
This page only contains events from the 2007-08 academic year. If you are looking for an older event, please visit the Event Archive.
The Economics Department hosted a Student Debate on "The 2008 Economic Stimulus Package", on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 4:30-5:30pm, HHH100. The students participating in this debate were: Robyn Fennig, Sarah Fisher, Aaron Brewster, Brandon Miller, Tony Angeles and jared Koerten.
Ms. Sanjukta Chaudhuri, Ph.D. candidate from the City University of New York and a new UWEC Economics professor, presented "Tradition, Economics & Gender Bias in India: Why do parents discriminate?" This event took place on Friday, April 25, 4:00-5:00pm in SS100. Refreshments followed the presentation in SSS105.
"Raising Awareness about Organ Donation & Transplant: The Gift of Life!" was presented on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 4:30-6:00pm in the Council Fire Room, Davies Center . Find out more about this important life and death issue. Following the general presentation we heard first-hand stories from two people whose lives had been touched by the gift of life. Contact Dr. Eric Jamelske (jamelsem@uwec.edu) at 836-3254 or Cynthia Meinholz (cmeinholz@uwhealth.org) at 608-890-8522. You can also visit the US-OPO website at http://www.uwhealth.org/page.asp?contentid=1086
"Exchange and Specialization as a Discovery Process" was presented on Thursday, October 4, 2007, 4:30pm in SSS306. Bart is an 1992 UWEC alum and is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University.