2020

Welcome from James Peck

These are uncertain times and COVID-19 has impacted all of our daily lives. The virus has drastically reshaped the Department of Economics. Faculty members have moved…

Early Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Responses on Labor Markets

The Department of Economics along with the College of Arts and Sciences held the webinar, Early Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Responses on Labor Markets, on…

Breakfast of Science Champions

Ohio State welcomed several hundred middle school students from nine Columbus City Schools on November 6, 2019, for the Breakfast of Science Champions. The students took part in hands-on science…

Young Alumni Spotlight: John Conlon

My name is John Conlon, and I graduated from Ohio State in 2016 with a bachelor of science in economics and philosophy as well as a minor in mathematics. I knew by the end…

Undergraduate Student Profile: Alexander Williams

Alexander Williams is a fourth-year undergraduate student seeking a dual B.S. in economics and mathematics. Alexander is the lead tutor in the department's Economics…

Graduate Student Spotlight: Yaming Cao

Yaming Cao is a third-year graduate student in the Department of Economics at Ohio State. She joined the economics PhD program in 2017 after receiving her master’s degree in…

Faculty Spotlight: Meta Brown

My fields of specialization are labor economics and consumer finance. I am primarily an empirical researcher, and my projects explore the dynamic, interdependent choices of…

Department of Economics Career Services

Stephanie Petrov joined the Department of Economics in fall of 2019 as the department’s career services coordinator. Since her arrival on campus, Petrov has helped numerous…

Economics Alumnus Cameron Conrad awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Economics Alumnus Cameron Conrad awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the 2020 recipients for its prestigious…

2019 Department of Economics Undergraduate Poster Forum

Our Annual Department of Economics Undergraduate Poster Forum was held on November 4th, 2020. Undergraduate students were encouraged to create a poster to illustrate their original research in…

Course Spotlight: Health Economics

Econ 5860: Health Economics Course Description: An introductory course to the field of health economics. Students will apply concepts from introductory and intermediate microeconomics to problems…