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GEORGETOWN ECONOMICS IN THE NEWS!
Georgetown Professors (Billy Jack, Economics and James Habyarimana, GPPI) Hope
to Reduce Kenya Traffic Accidents (click here to read more)
Georgetown Math and Economics Major Puts Skills to Work at Fannie Mae (click here to read more)
Justine Underhill - Economics Major Wins Award
The economics honor society (ODE) Competitions and Awards Committee announced Justine Underhill one of the winners of the Outstanding Student Awards Competition for the 2010-2011 academic year. Justine graduated last May and was very active in ODE. She secured a grant from ODE to sponsor speakers for our department. Justine was able to secure Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, and Sara Duflo, MIT professor in economics who wrote the book, “Poor Economics,” with Abhijit Banerjee to speak at the university.
(Washington, D.C.) FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today the appointment of Marius Schwartz to the position of Chief Economist in the Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis (OSP). Schwartz is Professor of Economics at Georgetown University and will begin June 1, 2011. FCC Chairman Genachowski said, "I'm delighted that Marius will be joining us. He will bring outstanding economic expertise and a wide range of telecommunications experience. The Commission has come to rely heavily on the analyses of the Chief Economist and his role in building the agency's economic capabilities, and I look forward to that continuing under Marius."
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS NEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE - GCER
We are pleased to announce the creation of GCER, the Georgetown Center for Economic Research. GCER is the newly established research institute housed within the Department of Economics and setup to foster an environment of open and rigorous scientific inquiry into current economic policy issues and problems. Go to GCER to read more about GCER's mission and activities.
MASTERS PROGRAM:
Update on Masters in Applied Economics:
The Masters Program will begin Fall of 2011 and is now accepting applications through the Graduate School Website.
The objective of the program will be to provide students with a solid understanding of the fundamental tools required to undertake rigorous analyses of economic issues and policies. The program will be structured so that a full-time student with the necessary preparatory background will be able to complete the course of study in one calendar year by taking the appropriate courses during the academic year and the subsequent summer. The program will also accommodate part-time students who will be able to satisfy the degree requirements in as little as two years.
Our program will begin with courses on microeconomics and macroeconomics, as well as statistical and data analysis. Once equipped with the various tools of economic and data analysis, the students will study their application to a range of current day economic problems. This material will be covered in a large range of elective courses focusing on specialized areas of economics such as Health Economics, Labor Economics, Program Evaluation, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Development Economics and Macro economic policy. A distinguishing feature of the program will be the involvement of both Georgetown Economics Department faculty and Washington DC practitioners. The required courses will be taught by Georgetown faculty members and the elective courses will be taught by qualified individuals working in their areas of specialization. For further information please contact Kerstin Gobel (kg238@georgetown.edu or 202-687-6172).
