Category: Events

Class seminar WI12!!!!

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Dear Fellow Huskies,

As you all are aware, registration period for Spring Quarter is approaching and as usual the Economics Department is offering a wide array of courses. Now, one could certainly ask how do you choose which class to register? What exactly is taught in Econ 400 or 401? Should I take ECON 482 before 483?

Come and listen to what the EUB members, many of whom have taken nearly every ECON courses at UW, have to say about their favorite ECON courses!

As an incentive to come, pizza will be provided!

See you guys in SAV 155 6:30 ~ 8:20pm on February 15th!

Paul Heyne Seminar

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Please join us for the memorial Paul Heyne lecture hosted by the Economics Undergraduate Board (EUB). Professor Stephen Turnovsky will present “The Profound Impact of Phillips Curve: Stabilization Theory and Policy.”

Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Savery Hall 136

The Phillips curve is one of the most important works in macroeconomics. How does Bill Phillips’ theory, developed 60 years ago, guide fiscal and monetary policy-making today? What are the challenges? Come join this seminar for an accessible glimpse in the rigorous analysis of macroeconomic theory and its implication on policy-making.

Professor Turnovsky holds the Castor Chair of Economics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, is a former Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and remains on that Journal’s Advisory Board. Currently he serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Macroeconomic Dynamics, where he also serves as Special Issues Editor, the Journal of Public Economic Theory, and the Journal of Human Capital, as well as being on the Editorial and Advisory Boards of a number of other journals. He is a past President of the Society of Economic Dynamics and Control and of the Society for Computational Economics.

Refreshments will be served at this event. Hope to see you there!

 

Fall Career Seminar!

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Anyone interested in networking and in meeting new people? And, possibly, looking for a career in banking , business development, and consulting after graduation? If you answered yes to one of the questions you should definitely come to one of the most popular event of the quarter hosted by EUB!

As an incentive to come, we’re giving out FREE PIZZA!  SEE YOU THERE!!!!!

One last thing, spend some time reading bio. of the four speakers who all have graduated from UW with ECON degree! GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO BEFORE YOU MEET THEM!

Class Seminar (Fall quarter 2011)

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Dear students,

As you all are aware, registration period for Winter Quarter is approaching and as usual the Economics Department is offering a wide array of courses. Now, one could certainly ask how do you choose which class to register? What exactly is taught in Econ 400 or 401? Should I take ECON 482 before 483?

Come and listen to what the EUB members, many of whom have taken nearly every ECON courses at UW, have to say about their favorite ECON courses!

As an incentive to come, pizza will be provided!

Location: SAVERY 166

Time and Date: 6-7pm and Nov. 2nd

See you there!

 

Math Review Seminar!

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Greetings from the Economics Undergraduate Board.

The EUB is hosting a “Math Review Seminar” on Oct. 6th from 5:30 to 7:20 in Savery 137.

Topics include:

  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Lagrange Multiplier
  • Linear Programming

If you need to refresh your math skills needed for 300-400 level economics courses, come join us!