Graduating Seniors Lunch

A buffet lunch in honor of our graduating seniors will be held at 1pm on the day of Commencement (Friday June 15). It will be held under a tent in the Sorority Quadrange behind Cahn Auditorium / Scott Hall. All seniors and their families are welcome. Click here for more information.

Daron Acemoglu named as 2012 Nemmers Prize Winner

Daron Acemoglu, who is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the 2012 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics. Professor Acemoglu's has been active in a wide range of fields within Economics. Read the formal press release here. The 2010 Prize winner, Elhanan Helpman, will again be visiting campus from April 24 to May 18, and there will be a conference associated with his visit on May 11 and 12.

Papers from 2012 Nemmers Prize Conference Available

On May 11 and 12, Northwestern University hosted a conference associated with the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics on the political economy of growth and development. Papers from the conference are available here. The conference was concurrent with the visit of the current holder of the Nemmers Prize, Elhanan Helpman (pictured), to campus in the Spring Quarter of 2012.

Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings to be held at Northwestern in 2012

Northwestern University will be hosting the North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society. The meeting will be from June 28 to July 1, 2012. Information can be found here.