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Professor Meta Brown to present at TEDxOhioStateUniversity
Every spring semester, TEDxOhioStateUniversity hosts an event featuring Ohio State students, faculty, staff and alumni who leverage their scholarly expertise and research to present on a wide…

NIH awards economics researchers $2.3M to study health, economic impacts of COVID-19
Even now — nearly two years after the pandemic began — the totality of COVID-19’s ever-evolving health and economic consequences remain unclear.
The pandemic’s ripple effect has impacted a…

Professor Trevon Logan Named Special Assistant to Provost for RAISE Initiative
Trevon D. Logan, the Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor of Economics and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as special assistant to the provost for the…

Groundbreaking ideas from women scientists get less attention
Courtesy: Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State News
Scientists are less likely to adopt important new ideas in biomedicine introduced by women researchers, a new study has…

2021 Department of Economics Newsletter
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It has been quite a year! I am grateful for the work of faculty and staff as they continued to rise to the challenges of the past year. With the successful…

Professor PJ Healy Selected As Huber Faculty Fellow
In recognition of his excellence in scholarship, Paul J. Healy, Professor of Economics, has been selected as a Joan N. Huber faculty fellow for 2021.
An expert on economic theory, game…

The Department of Economics is delighted to welcome Prof. Tamar Oostrom
I am thrilled to join the Department of Economics as an assistant professor this fall. My areas of specialization are health economics and public economics. In general, my research focuses on the…

Logan named director of American Economic Association Mentoring Program
In his new role as director of the American Economic Association (AEA) Mentoring Program, Trevon Logan isn’t necessarily looking to push the field of economics into more research on diversity and…
