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Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, recently presented a paper in Madrid at the Conference on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. February’s news topics included the economy, Black history, and a new college president, among others.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. January’s news topics included DEI policies, prison writing, and book banning, among others.

Professor of Economics Emily Conover presented a paper at the Governance and Development Seminar Series of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, presented a summary of her research on gender diversity on bank boards of directors at an American Bankers Association (ABA) Open Forum on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in October. Her research titled “The performance benefits of a more gender-diverse board of directors,” is available online and will be in print in the ABA Banking Journal in January.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. October’s news highlights ranged from coverage of the role of luck in career success to the interrelationship between art and science.

Assistant Professor of Economics Mo Alloush recently presented research “Income and Corporal Punishment” at the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute in Cambridge, Mass.

Stephen Wu, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics at Hamilton, recently teamed with former student Qi Ge ’06, assistant professor of economics at Vassar College, on the study “How Do You Say Your Name? Difficult-to-Pronounce Names and Labor Market Outcomes.”

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. Here are the second quarter’s national news coverage highlights. The articles include expert commentary on wars in Ukraine and Sudan, opinions on civic education, and an explanation of how the concept of race evolved in the Renaissance, among others.

June’s news highlights ranged from admission issues to air quality to Russia and President Putin.