Weinberg College welcomes Associate Professor Walker Hanlon to the department of economics!
Hanlon recently answered a few questions about his current research and what inspired him to pursue economic history. Walker will join the Economic History group at Northwestern as …
Junta Nakai graduated from Weinberg in 2004, studying economics and international studies. Nakai is currently the Vice President for Financial Services and Sustainability at Databricks, a Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence(AI) company. He is also an investor, adviser, sake brewery …
Even before COVID, childcare was a challenge, but the pandemic’s swift economic plunge has only made it worse.
However, two Weinberg College faculty members are working to improve childcare, narrow childhood disparities, and improve the overall wellbeing of America’s children, …
Du Chai (Weinberg College ’94, Kellogg School of Management’01) has been named to the Board of Trustees at Northwestern University. He also serves on the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors.
Chai is a managing director at …
Professor Joel Mokyr, of the Department of Economics, was named a 2021 Citation Laureate™, for his studies of the history and culture of technological progress and its economic consequences.
Each year since 2002, analysts from the Institute for Scientific …
The following includes an excerpt from the Northwestern Now article about the Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family gift to Northwestern University. Read the full article here to learn more.
The Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, …
Three Weinberg College Alumni have been named Alumni Regents, who represent Northwestern in communities across the globe.
Alumni Regents exist in areas that are home to large alumni populations. They work to engage fellow alumni volunteers and represent the University …
India is currently home to more than 1.3 billion people, but a cultural preference for sons has meant the population has disproportionately more men than women. As a result, India lags behind many countries around issues of gender equality, and …
Alessandro Pavan, professor of economics, is investigating the productivity of workers as they age and their correlation to taxes.
The research is part of a joint effort between Northwestern University and the University of Kent, and it was based …
Northwestern University’s Center for Economic History in the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has received a $2.5 million grant from the Menard family.
The grant will fund a faculty position for an economic historian, who …