Three Hunter students presented their work at the 86th Annual Meeting held by the Midwest Economics Association (MEA) in Minneapolis, MN during March 2022. PhD student Chuxin Liu presented her research paper “Extreme Temperature and Maternal Health” in the “Maternal Support, Fertility, and Children” session. Her paper studies heterogenous effects Read more…
We would like to congratulate accounting student Tatiana Vargas-Caba for receiving a Summer 2022 Start Internship from PwC, one of the Big Four accounting firms. Tatiana is currently a sophomore, and anticipates graduating in 2024. Tatiana graduated from City College with a B.A. in English Literature. She was inspired to Read more…
Congratulations to Professor Monica Deza, whose paper “Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Abuse, and Crime” has received the 2021 Georgescu-Roegen Prize from the Southern Economic Association (SEA). The SEA awards this prize each year for the best academic article published in the Southern Economic Journal. In this paper, Deza et Read more…
Nouhoum Traoré, PhD is the 2021 recipient of the Carl K. Eicher Award from the International Association of Agricultural Economists for best doctoral dissertation on a topic related to African development. Traoré’s work takes a novel approach to observing the effects of climate change and trade disruptions in Côte d’Ivoire Read more…
As of August 23, 2021 the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was given full FDA approval for individuals aged 16 and older. All students now have until September 27 to upload proof of vaccination into CUNYfirst. Students who fail to upload their proof of vaccination by September 27 will be subject to Read more…
The Economics Department is excited to welcome students and faculty back to campus. We know that for many students, this past year posed unique challenges with online learning, and we remain optimistic that a gradual return to campus is a sign of a long-awaited return to normalcy. This semester, the Read more…
6/14/21. Congress introduced bipartisan legislation Friday to recognize accounting as part of the STEM programs in schools, as part of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula. Read the full story here.
2/3/21. Hunter College and the African School of Economics invite applications for admission to their Masters in Economics for the 2021-22 academic year. This Masters is part of the Hunter African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics (HASPERE), a collaborative initiative between to the two schools that aims at Read more…
1/24/21. In the Summer of 2020, Hunter offered, for the first time ever, an Accounting “Boot Camp” for Hunter prospective M.S. in Accounting students. This summer program was a way for students lacking the pre-requisite accounting course work to become prepared for accounting courses (and to meet the eligibility requirements Read more…
Economics majors are successful in a variety of careers! Below is a video from the American Economic Association highlighting the versatility of an econ degree.