CSU featured in Newsweek Article on nontenured faculty

Two Numbers: Downgrading Professors BY ANNA BERNASEK / DECEMBER 16, 2014 12:27 PM EST As colleges and universities compete to attract students, they frequently advertise their star faculty members—acclaimed intellectuals or business and professional leaders, maybe even a few Nobel Prize winners. What they don’t say is that more and more teaching is done by […]

Dr. Weiler gives online presentation on economic growth

Dr. Stephan Weiler to give online presentation on economic growth – Wed., Nov. 5 at 1:00 pm. Innovation and Economic Growth in Colorado Wed., Nov. 5 at 1:00 pm. Meeting Description: Innovation is the key to economic growth. Each year, the Colorado Innovation Network issues a report, exploring Colorado’s innovation performance. This report is based […]

INNOVATION REPORT – DR. STEPHAN WEILER

Denver Startup Week COLORADO MATTERS Even Colorado’s failing companies help create jobs in the long-term BY RACHEL ESTABROOKSEP 16, 2014 – See more at: http://www.cpr.org/news/story/even-colorados-failing-companies-help-create-jobs-long-term#sthash.11nxgUg8.dpuf Denver Startup Week is underway, an annual celebration of entrepreneurship in the area, and a study released today finds Colorado continues to be a national leader when it comes to […]

How Many Adjunct Professors Are on Public Assistance

Someone Calculated How Many Adjunct Professors Are on Public Assistance, and the Number Is Startling By Jordan Weissmann Once in a while, someone publishes an article about adjunct professors who resort to food stamps in order to survive on the rock-bottom pay that so many college instructors are expected to live on. But until today, […]

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Anita Alves Pena

Professor Pena is an associate professor of economics with research interests in public sector economics, labor economics, and economic development. Much of her current research relates to undocumented and documented immigration, public policy, poverty, and agricultural labor markets. Dr. Pena received her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2007, M.A. in Economics from Stanford […]

Faculty Spotlight – Elissa Braunstein

Professor Elissa Braunstein joined the CSU faculty in 2005 and was recently tenured and promoted to associate professor. She specializes in international macroeconomics, economic development and the economics of gender. Professor Braunstein has published two books and twenty articles and book chapters on topics such as the Chinese economy, the gendered impact of macroeconomic policy, […]

Economics Department is represented at WEAI

The Economics Department is represented at the WEAI conference in Denver, June 27th.  Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University and Maoyong Fan, Ball State University –  The Short-Term and Long-Term Impact of the Great Recession on Immigrant Groups and Native Workers:  Evidence from the Current Populaton Survey Nancy A. Jianakoplos, Colorado State University –   NCAA Basketball:  […]

Economics Department congratulates Scholarship and Award winners.

Congratulations to the Economics Student Award and Scholarship winners, Spring 2014. Undergraduate Awards:                                                                                                            Outstanding Undergraduate Student Dung T. Phung ODE best term papers Shea Curan Christopher Johnston Alok Mehta 9-11 Scholarship Gabriel Anton Brull Ed Hewett Memorial Scholarship Zachary Burns McCallum                 Alumni Scholarship Daniel Biondi Tyler Olson Graduate Student Awards: ODE Outstanding Paper […]

College of Liberal Arts Faculty Honored with 2013-2014 Faculty Awards

Ann Gill, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, honored the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts 2013-14 Faculty Awards at the Spring Faculty/Staff Meeting and Awards Celebration on Wednesday, April 23rd at the University Center for the Arts University Dance Theatre. These awards acknowledge the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty and […]

Economics Awards Celebration

  ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Annual Awards Celebration and New ODE Member Recognition MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 GREY ROCK ROOM, LSC, 4:30 PM rsvp:  jenifer.davis@colostate.edu ________________________________________ AN ECONOMIST IN HIGHER EDUCATION:  ONE PERSPECTIVE SPECIAL HONORARY ADDRESS AT 5:15 PM BY: Dr. Michael V. Martin, Chancellor, CSU System Ph.D., Applied Economics, University of Minnesota 1977 Based in Denver, […]