Recent News
The UW Department of Economics is pleased to announce that the 2025 Milliman Lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. We are honored to welcome Professor James Robinson from the University of Chicago as this year’s keynote speaker. Professor Robinson, the 2024 Nobel Laureate, is renowned for his groundbreaking research on political and economic development.
UW Economics teaching professor, Melissa Knox, was recently featured in The Seattle Times and The Seattle Medium for her research on Seattle's Fresh Bucks program, which provides households with cash benefits to purchase fresh produce. The study examines how the program supports food security and access to healthy foods in the community.
The Department of Economics is pleased to share details about the 8th Annual Pacific Northwest Labor Day Workshop, taking place Friday, September 19, 2025, in Savery Hall, Room 410 at the University of Washington.
On Tuesday, June 10th, 2025, the Department of Economics honored our undergraduate and PhD degree recipients, in a spectacular occasion, at the Husky Union Building Ballroom, at the University of Washington.
The festivities were presided over by Chair Eric Zivot, and the Department of Economics Faculty.
The Department of Economics mourns the passing of Dr. Patrick L. Bajari, a cherished colleague, teacher, and mentor whose contributions left a lasting mark on our academic community.
The Jeff and Perri Roe Term Fellowship for Graduate Students continues to provide invaluable support to third-year PhD candidates in the Department of Economics, enabling them to focus on innovative research.
The EUB hosted an Economics Networking event with representatives Danielle Johnson, Briana Rubens, and BJ Bell from BlackRock.
Paul Heyne The Winter 2025 Paul Heyne Seminar featured Professor Yael Midnight as the speaker. The talk focused in on issues in economics that are often overlooked or untouched by scholars in the field of economics, such as sports or bride kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan.
The UW Department of Economics is proud to highlight three economics majors—Maxim Arzumanov, Oscar Coromina Pujol, and Jacob Kirsch—who are currently interning at Badgley Phelps. These talented student-athletes have brought leadership, strong work ethics, and a passion for growth to the company.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Greg Duncan, Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Economics at the University of Washington and Senior Principal Economist and Technologist at Amazon, has been named the recipient of the 2025 PURC Distinguished Service Award.