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Tong Li organized international econometrics conference in Naples, Italy
May. 23, 2024—Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Social and Natural Sciences and Professor of Economics Tong Li has organized an international conference on econometrics and models of strategic interactions to be held in Naples this week. This conference is a joint project with numerous renowned economics programs, including the Queen Mary University in London, the Toulouse School...
Yuya Sasaki honored with Endowed Chair Investiture
Apr. 12, 2024—Dr. Yuya Sasaki was honored this week by receiving the Brian and Charlotte Grove endowed chair appointment. “Endowed chairs are the highest honor that a university bestows on a member of the faculty,” Chancellor Diermeier said at the ceremony. “Across the academy, they signify that these individuals have achieved—by scholarship, research, artistic creation and teaching—the...
Spring, 2024 David Steine Lecture
Apr. 8, 2024—Thank you to everyone who joined the Department of Economics for our annual Steine Lecture! This year we welcomed former Governor of the Federal Reserve and current professor at Columbia, Frederic Mishkin, as he presented his talk on “Central Banking Post Crises.” The David Steine Lectureship honors former Vanderbilt professor David L. Steine and was...
Steine Lecture, April 4th
Mar. 26, 2024—Frederic Mishkin Steine Lecture Central Banking Post Crises Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024 Time: 3:00-4:30pm Location: Buttrick 101 Join us afterwards for a reception in the Buttrick Atrium with food and drinks.
Professor Tong Li to present at the Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance Symposium
Feb. 23, 2024—Professor of Economics and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Social and Natural Sciences Tong Li will join professor Krish Roy, the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans dean of engineering and a University Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering, as a plenary speaker at this year’s Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance (VIRAL) symposium on April 18th. This will be...
Economics Professors, Tong Li and Mattias Polborn to host 2024 North American Summer Meeting
Feb. 12, 2024—2024 North American Summer Meeting June 13 – 16, 2024 Nashville, United States We are pleased to announce that the 2024 North American Summer Meeting (NASM) hosted by Vanderbilt University will take place from June 13 to 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee, and is now accepting papers. The Econometric Society is now accepting papers. Students...
Spring 2024 Advising Pizza Party
Jan. 29, 2024—Spring 2024 Advising Pizza Party When: Thursday, March 21, 2024 Where: Sarratt Promenade Time: 11:30 – 1:30pm
Sophomore Sharmila Adapa awarded prestigious Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship
Nov. 27, 2023—Sharmila Adapa, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Science, will travel to Sweden in December as one of only 10 students globally to receive a 2023 Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship. Adapa, who is double majoring in medicine, health and society and economics and plans to attend medical school, says a summer experience interning...
Center for Research on Inequality and Health hosts inaugural seminar, ‘Understanding LGBTQ+ Youth in Times of Change’
Oct. 27, 2023—Nashville’s Vanderbilt University will create a new center that will study the causes and consequences of health-related inequalities. The Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health will represent a collaboration of the university’s College of Arts and Science and the School of Nursing. The center will convene the university’s leading researchers with expertise in...
2023-24 Ph.D. Job Market Candidates page now live
Oct. 18, 2023—Good luck to our 6 Ph.D. job market candidates this year! View them here.